Everyday fashions get a touch of lace or more

Everyday fashions get a touch of lace or more By Samantha Critchell Associated Press NEW YORK – With the fashion world in such a romantic mood lately, lace has moved from bedroom to boardroom. A lace collar or cuff on a blouse, or even a lace-trimmed camisole, instantly feminizes a menswear-style suit — another big […]

Quang Nam promotes central region with Tourism Year 2014

Quang Nam promotes central region with Tourism Year 2014 Thanhnien The opening ceremony – to be broadcast live by Vietnam Television – will take place at three stages in the historic town of Hoi An, the My Son holy land and the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone. Tran Minh Ca, head of the Quang Nam […]

UNICEF representative Children’s rights, the core of NIHD programmes

UNICEF representative Children’s rights, the core of NIHD programmes Morocco Times Van khol presented on Thursday a survey on “Analysis of the situation of children” in Fez. The UNICEF representative in Morocco said that the 2002-2014 cooperation programme of Morocco and UNICEF proves that the Moroccan citizens, NGOs, national associations and government are all aware […]

Tas Musim Semi Fendi yang Chic

Tas Musim Semi Fendi yang Chic Tak hanya menyajikan warna-warna netral, seperti hitam, beige, dan coklat, Fendi pun menyuguhkan warna-warna berani untuk penggemar koleksinya. Salah satu desain tasnya yang menonjol adalah tas berbahan dasar kulit, dilapisi kain berenda warna putih. Ditambah aksen dua kantong tempel di bagian depan, plus renda tipis warna kuning di atasnya. […]

Miniature houses: innovative handicraft

Miniature houses: innovative handicraft Yemen Times The beauty of the Old City in Sana’a has attracted and inspired the work of many artists and poets. The area has been immortalized in their paintings, poems and literary works. Its markets and neighborhoods also impress visitors to the city. What strikes them most is the way its […]

Whilst Leading Experts Gather For American Sewing and Stitchery Expo, Australian Grandmother Steps Onto The World Stage

Whilst Leading Experts Gather For American Sewing and Stitchery Expo, Australian Grandmother Steps Onto The World Stage [Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News (PRWEB) – Mudgee, Australia (PRWEB) February 9, 2014 — As America prepares for the annual Sewing and Stitchery Expo at Washington State University next month, Australia’s latest leading light and budding nonagenarian, Mavis […]

Gujarat prepares Rs 500-cr kite-making project for minorities

Gujarat prepares Rs 500-cr kite-making project for minorities New Kerala Ahmedabad, Feb 8 : Chief Minister Narendra Modi today told the visiting Prime Minister’s high-level committee on Minorities that Gujarat Government has prepared a Rs 500-cr project for modernisation of kite-making industry. He said 98 per cent of people in the kite making activity belonged […]

Endangered handicraft sees revival

Endangered handicraft sees revival Xinhua BEIJING, Feb. 9 — Sales of horsetail embroidery articles are currently low, but 40-year-old Song Shuixian still believes the traditional handicraft has great market potential for the future in Guiyang.     With the support of the local government, Song opened a shop half a year ago in Sandu, China’s only Shui […]

Learning about orang asli culture

Learning about orang asli culture The Star Online By CHOW HOW BAN THOSE who want to find out more about the daily life of the indigenous people in the Raub district can visit the Orang Asli Women Love Day 2014 that is on until Tuesday at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur.  Organised by Persatuan […]

India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga

India: Breathe in, and hands off our yoga ABC News DELHI  India’s centuries-old traditional knowledge, preserved and orally passed down through generations of households, is now going digital. Over the coming months, India will unveil a first-of-its-kind encyclopedia of 30 million pages, containing thousands of herbal remedies and eventually everything from indigenous construction techniques to […]