My lips were constantly chapped and my skin flaky and dry during my stay in the world's driest desert. Yet the climate is surprisingly soothing, too, with an utter lack of humidity and refreshing breezes blowing through periodically. (Source: Li... [Full Article]
DUBLIN (AP) - Ireland ignored the mistreatment of thousands of women who were incarcerated within Catholic nun-operated laundries and must pay the survivors compensation, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Tuesday in an emotional state apology for the de... [Full Article]
DUBLIN (AP) - Ireland's premier has issued a state apology to the thousands of Irish women who spent years working without pay in prison-style laundries run by Catholic nuns. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was criticised by members of his own government on Wednesday for not issuing the state apology sought by ex-inmates of the notorious Magdalene Laundries following a damning report. More than a quarte... [Full Article]
DUBLIN (AP) - Ireland's government oversaw workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once held thousands of women and teenage girls in unpaid labor, often against their will, a fact-finding report concluded Tuesday, establishing state involvement in ... [Full Article]
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Many of the women and girls subjected to harsh discipline and unpaid work in Ireland's now-notorious Magdalene Laundries were sent there by the Irish state, an official report said on Tuesday. The laundries, run by Catholic nu... [Full Article]
Dries Van Noten - one of fashion's leading playmakers and trendsetters - found the one element that had arguably been missing from his stylish and elegant oeuvre - sex. (Source: Fashion Wire Daily)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A woman dries her saree, a traditional cloth used for women's clothing, after washing it on the banks of river Tawi in Jammu March 3, 2012. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)... [Full Article]
It's the true mark of an important designer that he can take a concept, translate it into beautiful clothes and then see them influence the way women dress all over the world. Which is what will happen with the latest collection from Dries Van N... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Models present creations by fashion designer Dries Van Noten as part of hisFall/Winter 2012-2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week February 29, 2012. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE - Tags: FASHION)... [Full Article]