Austrians embrace traditional dress, despite political connotations

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Many in Austria believe you can quite literally wear your patriotism on your sleeve. “It cannot be denied that people with right-wing ideas are also prone to wearing tracht or like tracht,” said Gexi Tostmann, who ran the upmarket Tostmann Trachten family business before handing it over to her daughter.

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‘Sex and’ the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker picks Maryland for first boutique

The first standalone SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker store will be located in the new MGM National Harbor resort hotel in Maryland. 

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Seven things about Victoria’s Secret you were too afraid to ask

The US lingerie giant Victoria's Secret is holding its hugely hyped annual fashion show in Paris for the first time Wednesday. The brand has already flown in its “angels” — including supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner — in what it called the “world's most glamorous airplane” for the star-studded event at which Lady Gaga will perform. Victoria's Secret may be a household name in the US, but it is almost totally unknown in France, the country that invented lingerie.

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