Blogs Posts in Famous Women category; 224 blog posts

Stylish Ways to Tote Eyeglasses

Q: I want to know what's the stylish way to carry around my eyeglasses when I'm not wearing them. I don't always wear a shirt with a pocket, so should I keep them on a chain hanging around my neck? Or pushed up across my head? A: Eyeglasse [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Women's dresses are getting bigger

Sales of sizes 18-22 have increased by a third in the past two years, according to a report. The biggest women are in the Midlands and Lancashire, where more than 20 per cent are buying dresses larger than a size 18, but less women in the s [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

How much Girl Talk is too much?

Most teenage girls love to talk to their friends. And talk. And talk.As Debra Lee, the Brooklyn mother of a 13-year-old, observes about her daughter Tessa and Tessa's teenage friends: "They just keep talking. All day. On the phone al [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Tulsan starts women-only business expo

No men allowed. That is the philosophy behind the Women in Business Expo.Lisa Hardin, president and chief executive officer of e2 Worldwide Inc., started the monthly networking event after seeing the city lacked options for professional wom [...]

Posted On : Aug, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

Michelle Obama thanks Swedish women fans

Michelle Obama was slightly bemused Monday when asked by a journalist to say a word to Swedish women, who are apparently among her biggest fans. But she quickly recovered her composure before a posse of journalists as she did a walk-throug [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Women's Water Polo: Late Goal Propels Team USA into Finals

With one minute left in the match against archrivals Australia, U.S. women's water polo captain Brenda Villa scored to put her team ahead by one and a step closer to the gold medal game. The teams had started the second half tied at four b [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Bringing Western fashion to the Chinese woman

This past Saturday the Italian clothing label Max & Co held its third annual Kunming fashion show at TCG Nordica. A boutique line under Italian fashion giant Max Mara fashion group, Max & Co presented its 2008 fall and winter collec [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Classic crash: racing fashion goes left field as tradition h...

RACING traditionalists are unimpressed with the Victoria Racing Club's decision to relax the rules of its 46-year-old Fashions on the Field competition. The club, in consultation with Myer, which sponsors the men's and women's "clas [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

New Women's Soccer League in 2009

The latest incarnation of a women's soccer league will start in 2009. The new league plans to place franchises in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and Washington. The new women's league claims it has do [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Sensual Types... Eau De Galliano... Back At The Tents...

For four of the world's most sought-after women — all of who appear in the advertising campaign for Estée Lauder's new Sensuous women's fragrance — sensuality is about more than sex. Like what? "Nature," said E [...]

Posted On : Jul, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Trailblazer for womens athletics at URI retires

She served under three presidents and eight athletics directors and helped manage a department that became one of the finest in its conference. She coached and mentored more than 1,000 athletes and befriended dozens of colleagues. She r [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Driving ambition

Usually race drivers and hospitals only come together during times of crises, but a different relationship has emerged between Stefany Malanka and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. It began because Malanka has embraced a family p [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

'Win will change face of women's cricket'

The world's leading woman fast bowler Jhulan Goswami has predicted that victory for India in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 could have as dramatic an impact on Indian cricket as the men's win at the same venue in the 1983 World Cup. " [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Formula One: Can Women Break the Glass Ceiling in This Sport...

Women have scaled the heights of Mt. Everest, they have gone into space and come back. They have achieved the pinnacle of success even in male bastions, such as Wall Street and Big Business. They have scorched their path to dizzying heigh [...]