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Critical things to know about your cholesterol

How’s your cholesterol? Here’s a guess: If you’re healthy, you probably have no idea. But cholesterol’s artery clogging makes heart disease the Number One killer of women late in life. So, are you ready to start paying attention? Here, the things you need to know now. Here is the full story from CNN.com.

Armani Prive: Inheriting Couture

Fashion Wire Daily reports here at Yahoo News: Paris – Giorgio Armani did something peculiarly revolutionary Monday in the opening night of the Paris haute couture season – he sent out a collection whose every piece the women in the audience could wear.

Broccoli ‘fights’ heart disease

Broccoli may also have anti-cancer properties, BBC News reports here: Eating broccoli may protect against heart disease, US research suggests.

Pedometers help people lose weight

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – Walking can help people lose weight, especially if they use a pedometer to make sure they are going far enough, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

Vivienne Tam’s Hong Kong Disneyland Fashion

AP reports here at Yahoo News: HONG KONG – Hong Kong Disneyland unveiled new Chinese New Year outfits for Mickey and Minnie Mouse created by designer Vivienne Tam on Monday as part of the park’s efforts to boost its appeal to Chinese tourists after a dismal second year.

Italy’s Valentino opens first outlets in China

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: MILAN – Italian fashion house Valentino has taken a first step into China with the opening of a boutique at a Beijing hotel, to be followed by an own-brand store in May, the company said in a statement.

Documentary spotlights fashion maven Valentino

Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) – The life of fashion designer Valentino is coming to the big screen in the documentary "Valentino: The Last Emperor."

The Top Ten Eau de Parfum This Week

 The Top Ten Eau de Parfum This Week this week from the Bestsellers List at Amazon, see more details of these and other great gift ideas here on this page The Top Ten Eau de Parfum This Week in our online store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time) Some of the [...]

The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York

The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York  -  From the New York Times perfume critic, a stylish, fascinating, unprecedented insider’s view of an industry and its charismatic characters No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the [...]

Manuscript Reveals True Identity of Mona Lisa

Spiegel Online reports here: The Mona Lisa’s true identity has been revealed at last. Experts at Heidelberg University library say a manuscript they unearthed reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo.

Spice Girls attend Cavalli show in Milan

AP reports here at Yahoo News: MILAN, Italy – The Spice Girls pepped up the Milan fashion scene Monday when they turned up at Roberto Cavalli’s menswear show to thank him for designing their tour wardrobe.