Relaxnews The Spring/Summer 2017 ready-to-wear shows have finally wrapped up, and it’s time to examine the key trends for the upcoming season. When it comes to tailoring, the next season will be all about playing with proportion. There were tops all over the SS17 catwalks, but the real star piece was its more wearable cousin, the crop top. Nicholas K …

  DUBAI / AFP Canadian-Jordanian designer Rad Hourani creates avant-garde designs with a vision: To break all boundaries, starting with gender. His revolutionary unisex garments were showcased in the Middle East for the first time ever during a show late Friday at Arab Fashion Week in Dubai. In thick pieces of material tied up in different styles, male and female …

Angers / AFP Dusty and somewhat faded, as befits its onetime use as insulation for horse stables, a priceless piece of medieval artistic heritage, France’s Apocalypse Tapestry, is getting a welcome clean-up. As the French culture ministry says, it’s high time “to see what state this old lady of upwards of 600 years of age is in.” In truth, she …