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Hats on! A milliner talks Ascot's most important accessory

At her London studio, Merve Bayindir carefully glues on dried flowers onto a pale pink saucer hat. Nearby, an array of other colourful...

16 Jun 2025
Albania's women silk makers weave big dreams for ancient trade

Albania's women silk makers weave big dreams for ancient trade

 Albanian women have long been famed for their stylish and colourful traditional attire that some still wore until relatively recently. And few were...

16 Jun 2025
'This is a culture:' TikTok murder highlights Pakistan's unease with women online

'This is a culture:' TikTok murder highlights Pakistan's unease with women online

Since seeing thousands of comments justifying the recent murder of a teenage TikTok star in Pakistan, Sunaina Bukhari is considering abandoning her 88,000...

15 Jun 2025
Natalie Jayasuriya speaks about her tryst with fashion

Natalie Jayasuriya speaks about her tryst with fashion

It was during COVID-19 that Natalie Jayasuriya, born in the UK to Sri Lankan parents, identified an opportunity in the online fashion market....

15 Jun 2025
Kate, Princess Charlotte's coordinated outfits at Trooping the Colour parade spark reactions

Kate, Princess Charlotte's coordinated outfits at Trooping the Colour parade spark reactions

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, and Princess Charlotte delighted royal fans with their colour-coordinated outfits for the Trooping the Colour parade.  In the pictures,...

14 Jun 2025
Japan's 400,000-follower 'Insta-gran' dies aged 97

Japan's 400,000-follower 'Insta-gran' dies aged 97

A Japanese great-grandmother with 400,000 Instagram followers who shot to fame for her goofy self-portraits after taking up photography aged 72 has died,...

13 Jun 2025
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‘Largest Princess Diana auction' features frocks, hats, shoes and bags

From colourful frocks and hats to handbags and shoes, items belonging to the late Princess Diana go under the hammer this month in...

12 Jun 2025
Syria orders full body swimwear for women on public beaches

Syria orders full body swimwear for women on public beaches

Syria's Islamist-led government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public beaches and swimming pools,...

11 Jun 2025