Fashion historian Ivan Sayers stands alongside two of the pieces he will be displaying and talking about at the African Mtindo fashion show Sept. 17 at the Corrigan Nature House. The show is a fundraiser for girls leadership training in Kenya, led by a former North Vancouver resident. photo Paul McGrath, North Shore News In Read More →

India’s gems and jewellery exports is likely to decline by a staggering 30 per cent in the financial year 2017-18 due to unfavourable government regulations and trade restriction from the Gulf countries.   The signals of the steep decline in exports were already visibile in July with over 26 per cent fall in India’s gems and Read More →

(Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for #SephoraXKaufhof) Behold the beauty aisle; prepare to put on your war paint. Once invulnerable to promotions, price cuts and similar commodity-moving tactics, the beauty category — specifically higher-priced, prestige beauty — is buckling under competitive pressure from savvy consumers finding new ways to purchase venerated brands. As a result, some Read More →