Formal wear

It might be the short, pleated kilts, tasseled black garters and pompom-tipped shoes, but there's something more endearing than intimidating about Greece's best-known military unit, the Presidential Guard.

Which helps explain why they are one of Athens's most popular tourist attractions, vying for camera clicks with the millennia-old ruins of Greece's Golden Age.

A model presents a creation by Vassilios Kostetsos, during a fashion show where the Greek designer presented his Spring Summer 2019 Haute Couture "Narcissus," at the entrance square of the ancient Herod Atticus Theater, in Athens, Saturday. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, who created famous looks for Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jackie Kennedy, has died at the age of 91.

His partner Philippe Venet, a former haute couture designer, confirmed the news to the AFP news agency.

"It is with huge sadness that we inform you that Hubert Taffin de Givenchy has died," he said via the fashion house.

Canadian crooner Celine Dion is comfortable in her skin.
The Love Can Move Mountains songstress posed nude while sitting on a white chair in a photo for Vogue. The fashion magazine posted the picture Tuesday on Instagram to highlight the 49-year-old singer’s changing of looks between shows.

Wearing that perfect dress on that one magical day of their lives is arguably one of the most important things for women looking forward to their wedding. Here are 15 photos of some of the most beautiful traditional wedding dresses from all over the world:

Turkey

Bulgaria

From creamy dantelles of the wedding gowns in the International Wedding Fair to alternative Saint Valentine celebrations, İzmir is in the mood for love as Valentine's Day approaches. 

Here are four reasons why it is worth celebrating love in the city founded by the Amazons:

Rather than imitating its valuable "real" siblings, creative faux jewelry has long taken a bold stylistic direction of its own. As Coco Chanel, a designer whose adornment vision included both real and fake pieces, once put it: "Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful."

Erospolis explores how the city that has the highest rate of divorce in Turkey manages to produce every three out of four wedding gowns made in TurkeyWe seem to be floating in a sea of white tulle, lace and silk, with semi-precious gems, beads, sequins, butterfly wings and silk roses in pale colors thrown in.

Katia Rybolovleva and Juan Sartori exchanged their vows swearing loyalty and love to each other in front of about 60 guests who were all close relatives and friends.

It was an emotional moment for all and especially for the father of the bride, Russian tycoon Dmitry   Rybolovlev, who was touched while walking his daughter down the aisle.

The Chinese can’t get enough of Greek islands. Many of them choose to get married on them. One young Chinese couple decided to draw all eyes upon themselves as the bride took the color “Mykonos blue” to a new level with her blue wedding gown and glass slippers. She wore a wreath with colored ribbons in her hair… The groom married in matching colors with a shiny blue suit and white shoes.