Clutch me
Totted on red carpets, bags designed by Sarah Beydoun have become in as little as 10 years rarified collectors’ items. Catherine Deneuve, Queen Rania of Jordan and architect Zaha Hadid…
Rosa Maria: Hammered heirlooms
Rosy Abourous is hard to define as a person, and hard to corner into one creative field. She is not merely a boutique owner, or the jewelry designer of her…
The artful (fashion) dodger
Sometimes I’m reminded of the simple pleasure of dressing up while intending to dress down. Being put together in a casually modern style while borrowing a little class from yesteryear…
Wire sculpting makes for fine jewelry
Visitors to the Gezira Art Center in Zamalek in February and March may have admired an unusual exhibition of jewelry — intricately twisted wires binding semi-precious stones — and wondered…
New Gourna; conserving our heritage and empowering the people that inspired it
CAIRO: It is widely held that around 80 percent of buildings in Cairo have not involved an architect. Judging from the organic way it looks, I think that figure is…
Chanel goes barefoot with hippie chic cruise show
Chanel, known for its stark black and white elegance, went baba cool Tuesday with a 2010-2011 cruise collection steeped in the burnt ochre hippie chic of the 1970s. Barefoot models…
Spanking children can lead to aggressive behavior: study
Children who are spanked frequently at age three are more likely to be aggressive when they're five, a recent study has found. The results reinforce earlier studies which have found…
The Reel Estate: The kid, the picture and the neighborhood
It was supposed to be the biggest, most important evening of his life. Last November’s premiere of the highly touted Egyptian film “Heliopolis” was anything but ordinary. The chaos, scuffles…
US crude falls below $75; Brent holds above $81
LONDON: Oil prices were mixed on Thursday, with the benchmark US crude contract pressured below $75 a barrel by record stockpiles in the US Midwest, while London-Brent crude held above…
Egypt, Spain partner on shipping line
CAIRO: Egypt and Spain agreed to launch a study to create a new maritime shipping line between Alexandria and Taragona, with the objective of boosting trade between both countries. Egyptian…