By BEATRICE DUPUY and BROOKE LEFFERTS NEW YORK (AP) " With more than 50 years in fashion, Ralph Lauren is still looking for adventure. Lauren took his celebrity guests on an adventure into t…
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) " There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Monday night who did not watch any of the runs.…
By RICARDO ZUNIGA For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he …
By NAM Y. HUH RIVER FOREST, Ill. (AP) " Up-and-coming dancers performed traditional and contemporary styles at the semifinals of the annual Youth America Grand Prix dance competition in Rive…
By ULAA KUZIEZ NEW YORK (RNS) " Kadjahtou Balde has a hard time parting with some of the vintage gems that make it into her Harlem thrift shop " a silk skirt adorned with traditional Palesti…
By ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) " A soft layer of white snow blankets the grounds of the Chicago Botanic Garden. The air is chilly, the sky gray. Inside, however, the air is warm and lights illu…
By The Associated Press Timothée Chalamet starring as a table tennis wizard in "Marty Supreme" and Charli xcx's soundtrack to Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" are some of the new telev…
By ERIN HOOLEY CHICAGO (AP) " Thousands of orchids fill the greenhouse of the the Chicago Botanic Garden for its 12th annual Orchid Show, themed "Feelin' Groovy," where installations inspire…
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) " Belgian fashion designer Pieter Mulier has been named the new creative director of the Milan fashion house Versace starting July 1, according to an announcement…
By ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and ANDREW MEDICHINI ROME (AP) " On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the…
By AYSE WIETING ISTANBUL (AP) " Iraqi calligrapher Ali Zaman gazes with pride at his masterpiece " a colossal, handwritten manuscript of the Quran that has taken six years of craft and devot…
By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) " "I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing" " or so goes Funkadelic's 1978 groove "Cholly (Funk Get…
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) " At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music's cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer " not for hi…
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) " Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London w…
By The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy "Splitsville" landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and games …
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) " Paris couture this season did something unexpected: It got lighter and down to earth. Not just in fabric, but in attitude. Even with major couture debuts at Ch…
By JOVANA GEC BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) " It may be out of place on a busy downtown street and it may be a bit run down, but this small mansion in central Belgrade is thriving. Its walls crumbli…
By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) " From her house up high in Colorado's Elk Mountains, author Shelley Read can only look out in amazement at the worldwide success of her debut novel, "Go as a …
By The Associated Press Paris opened its Spring/Summer 2026 haute couture season with theatrical runway moments and diverse designer visions. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo …
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) " Fashion powerhouse Chanel stacked the Paris front row like a movie premiere Tuesday: Nicole Kidman, Dua Lipa, Penélope Cruz, A$AP Rocky, Gracie Abrams, Margar…
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) " A day before an emerging Ghanaian designer made his Milan runway debut, Michelle Francine Ngonmo was troubleshooting how to squeeze more people into the venue t…
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) " Dior turned the Musée Rodin into a celebrity waiting room " then into a garden " on the first day of Paris Couture Week. Guests packed into the museum as the …
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) " Paris men's Fashion Week ended Sunday with two messages that kept coming up on runways: dress sharply, and build clothes to last. Japanese powerhouse Sacai pus…
By MAY JAMES HONG KONG (AP) " They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house's rooftop. A flock has landed in Wang Tong V…
By The Associated Press Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny live at the Grammy Awards and Rose Byrne's Oscar-nominated performance in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" are some of the new television, fi…