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Vatican bling takes centre stage at new Met fashion exhibit

Friday, 11 May 2018, 15:14 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Tiaras encrusted with thousands of diamonds, emeralds and rubies. Papal cloaks and vestments with golden embroidery so fine they took 16 years to produce. If you're going to wield power, you need...

Inside the Met Gala: Real-life cardinal gets star treatment

Thursday, 10 May 2018, 15:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

It was cocktail hour at the Met Gala, the most glittery and exclusive event on the New York social calendar, and celebrity guests were thronging around the imposing Temple of Dendur at the...

15 years of BMW X models - it all started with an X

Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 12:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

This letter was first used as a model designation for a BMW automobile as early as in the mid-1980s to indicate that it featured four-wheel drive technology. The car's dual symmetry was the ideal...

Clues to how people bounce back from surgery

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 20:04 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

  One of the big frustrations of surgery: There's little way to know if a patient will be a fast or slow healer, someone who feels back to normal in a week or is out of work for a month with...

Get ready for this weekend's bumper edition of Taste&Flair

Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 15:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

Taste&Flair is out this Sunday with The Malta Independent - a huge bumper issue packed with more delicious features, wonderful photography and stylish spreads!  This issue is another...

Dior gets frantic with Cotillard, Bruni, Fanning

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 22:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

There was something frantic in the air on Friday at Christian Dior. The queue for the ready-to-wear show snaked out way past the storied walls of Paris' Louvre and dangerously into the...

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