fashion

Fiat 500: inexpensive and successful despite the economic downturn

The car industry is in crisis, but Fiat has responded well with the successful marketing of a new product. The 'Italian Dream' now costs less than 12, 000 euros pr £10, 609

by maria cerino @ // 24/02/09

fashion, fiat, economical crisis, industria automobilistica, marketing, comercio, politics

President-elect Obama: the US changes

History was marked on 4 November. With 52% of the popular vote, the Americans clearly chose the 47-year-old senator of Illinois to be the 44th president of the United States. Perspectives, as the widescreen bows George W. Bush out and Obama campaign fever peaks in the Paris fashion and Barcelona art worlds. Plus a voice for defeated rival, John McCain

• Read the special edition President-elect Obama: the US changes
• Press review: why is Barack Obama so popular in Europe?
• Videos: Sarah Palin, from porn films to Pakistani compliments
• ‘W’ by Oliver Stone: what about Europe's improbable leaders?
• Videos: bye Bush, bye to an eight-year tragicomedy
• Europeans can expect a John McCain victory
• Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona

Teen rock bands: the Tokio Hotel phenomenon

Young, extremely successful - and extremely annoying for some. Why are teen bands like Estonia's 'The Bedwetters' and Denmark's 'Dúné' storming the charts across Europe?

by Yvonne Pöppelbaum @ // 28/03/08

fashion, germany, estonia, denmark, leonid kuchma, paris, music

Estelle Swaray: 'the singlest woman alive'

Why the British rapper, hip hop singer and producer, 28, swapped London, its boys and the UK music industry for Brooklyn's cabbies, leading to ‘an unexpected duet’ with American rapper Kanye West

by Titus Aguigah @ , Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 28/03/08

fashion, brunch, senegal, estelle swaray, grenada, london, kanye west

Hairy Portuguese women

The French and Spanish joke goes that Portuguese women have moustaches

by giulio zucchini // 12/12/07

fashion, women, spain, portugal, lisbon, iberia, cities

Tecktonik - arm-splaying, mullet hair dance craze

TCK. Three letters that stand for a phenomenon: tecktonik. Similar in style to electro, it has been a sensation amongst teenagers in France, Belgium and Holland over the last six months - and is also a registered trademark

by Georgia Diaz Carrasco @ // 03/12/07

fashion, underground, belgium, netherlands, western eu, paris, cities

Guinea pigs in the spotlight!

Study reveals men not only prefer blonds but those with small brains

by Prune Antoine @ // 18/07/07

fashion, sex, united kingdom, europe, society

Baltic style

33 year-old Daiva Urbonaviciüté is a stylist in Vilnius. Her original brand, both stylish and comfortable, seems all set to infect the West.

by evangeline masson // 21/12/06

fashion, vilnius, lithuania, lifestyle, culture, society

Alternative lifestyles: 'I came to Amsterdam to live in a squat'

In the 1980s, a political movement of squatters changed the face of the Dutch capital. Today, young apolitical Eastern Europeans are joining the squatter movement

by christian lindner // 28/08/06

fashion, protest, ageing society, discrimination, development, freedom, drugs