Hermes, Chanel, Louis Vuitton. What woman wouldn't covet a handbag by one of these iconic fashion houses?

You've bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those "Fifty Shades of Grey" books a time or three. You know who you are.

Gold-medal gymnasts Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber have one more stop to make before they can truly take a breath: the White House.

Helmut Lang design duo Nicole and Michael Colovos are known for turning out black and neutral-heavy collections full of slouchy, asymmetrical separates and tough-girl leather pieces. But for spring 2013 they ventured under the sea for a lineup that was half rock ’n’ roll, half Rockaway Beach. Read more at BLOUIN ARTINFO.

A San Franscisco salon offers a novel beauty treatment - "the ancient art of Thai face-slapping." (Video)

Donatella Versace added graphic lines of sequins to the bodies of her goddesses, bringing a contemporary Art Deco flair to her Atelier Versace Spring 2014 presentation that opened couture week on Sunday night in Paris.

With the staging of its first Haute Couture show since 1954 in Paris on Monday, the house of Schiaparelli is enjoying its moment in the sun.

Creative director Raf Simons evoked the trapeze silhouette of the 1960s while folding in his own modernist spin.

Glow-in-the-dark couture? Only On Aura Tout Vu could come up with such a zany concept, rigging a range of looks from their collection, “Light & Shadow,” with battery operated LED systems to illuminate shoulders or horizontal strips across dresses for the show’s finale.

The world of interiors exteriorized on couture garments. That was the latest concept presented by Maison Martin Margiela for its "Artisanal" line.