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The runway debut of the 'hot felon' and Madonna’s late arrival were only part of the reason that The Phillip Plein show at New York Fashion Week was chaotic. It seems that the appearance of US President Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany Trump had fashion editors fleeing from the front row. Tiffany, 23, had already made an appearance at Taoray Wang’s runway show with her mother Marla Maples, the second wife of the POTUS, but turning up among the A-list crowd at Phillip Plein was a more complicated manoeuvre. "Seating sh*t show at Philipp Plein because no editors want to sit...

Nasa has released pictures of a prototype space suit, parts of which American astronauts could one day wear on the first manned mission to Mars. The public voted on three different designs for the Z-2 and the "Technology" design won by a landslide with 63 per cent of the vote. The design uses luminescent wire to form a light on the front of the suit that can be personalised to help astronauts identify other individuals on their team. The Z-2 is a prototype so will not be making any future trip to Mars itself as it does not have the...

Macy's Department Store in Boston has broken new ground in its cutting-edge support of "gay pride" and the homosexual / transgender movement. As an official "Gay Pride Week" event, Macy's downtown Boston store held a fashion show MC'd by a well-known Boston drag queen. "Jujubee" is a man who dresses as a woman and performs at various drag queen and cross-dressing events. (And it's been holding similar celebratory events in 16 cities nationwide, according to a company spokesman in our video!) The event was open to the public, held in the men's department of the downtown Macy's store, and widely...

In this TV post we take a look at NBC's newest summer offering-"The Listener". The main character's cute and has ESP. But does this make a hit show? Also, HGTV's $250,000 challenge where families win even if they lose. It's fun and on a subject ALL females are concerned about. BravoTV's The Fashion Show reality contest continues on and it intrigues. But a "jock" look with fringes on stockings? Finally, Dancing With Stars sexy Marini has new role and how did Kris Allen really win American Idol 2009?

Japan holds diaper fashion show -- for adults Friday 26th September, 05:33 AM JST TOKYO — One after the other, the models strutted across the stage to bouncy ‘80s dance tunes, all showing off designs of the same article of clothing—adult diapers. Japan has one of the world’s most rapidly aging societies, and the fashion show Thursday proved the country’s diaper producers are intent on keeping the elderly clean and dry. “Diapers are something that people don’t want to look at,” said Kiyoko Hamada of the Aging Lifestyle Research Center, a leading organizer of the show. “But if you make...

It was at the Yohji Yamamoto fashion show, where several old men over 60 hit the catwalk. One of them happened to be artist turned filmmaker Steve McQueen, who just won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

At a fashion show of Iraqi fashion designer Hana Sadaka(?), held in Amman, Jordan, models feature colorful dresses and accessories.

A Fashion Show for Paper ClothesDuring the 4th Korean Handicraft Festival in the morning of June 23, 2005, held at KOEX Convention Hall in Seoul, S. Korea, a fashion show was held, which featured clothes made out of traditional Korean paper. (Note: paper made by using traditional technique is thicker, more elastic, and has better texture. It take a lot more time to produce it, though.)

A Babe Beaming Alone South Korean actress Kim Tae-hee, center, participates in a fashion show held by South Korean apparel maker Shinwon company in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, just a few hundred meters (yards) north of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula, Thursday, May 26, 2005. Hundreds of South Koreans crossed the border into North Korea on Thursday to watch South Korean models strut down a runway in clothes made by North Korean workers at a new joint industrial park. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-Won, Pool) Let's wave at the reporters before we leave! Let's go now ...

South Korean actress Kim Tae-hee, center, participates in a fashion show held by South Korean apparel maker Shinwon company in the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, just a few hundred meters (yards) north of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula, Thursday, May 26, 2005. Hundreds of South Koreans crossed the border into North Korea on Thursday to watch South Korean models strut down a runway in clothes made by North Korean workers at a new joint industrial park. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-Won, Pool)

One-hundred forty years ago, the Women's Gunboat Society raised money for Confederate gunboats. The group still exists today, but with a different purpose -- preserving the history of the Civil War era.Donning 19th century attire, the members of the society and project coordinator Matt Young discussed recruitment, fund raising and a fashion show at their meeting Friday.The group will have a recruitment fair from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 at Peachtree Mall. "We want everyone interested to come out and join," executive director Doris Willis said.In addition, the society will have its first fashion show during the first week...