Time waits for no man, or woman -- even a queen, as Marie-Antoinette found to her cost amid the tumult of the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century.

Naomi Campbell, the British supermodel, was removed from a British Airways flight at London Heathrow by police on Thursday April 1st, an airport spokeswoman said.

Swedish cheap'n chic clothing chain H&M said on Thursday the Japanese founder of the Comme des Garcons fashion house, Rei Kawakubo, would guest design its autumn collection.

International watchmakers pinned their hopes on Asia and other developing economies Wednesday amid warnings the industry could be undermined by the growing turmoil on financial markets.

In the 1980s, Diep Bach Duong worked for a pittance as a bureaucrat in communist Vietnam. Now, she cruises around in a new Rolls-Royce and carries a Louis Vuitton handbag.

In Russia, nationalism now comes pret-a-porter. After three years working on pro-Kremlin rallies, Antonia Shapovalova, 20, is now putting patriotic slogans on a catwalk collection.

International watchmakers opened their annual showcase fair here on Wednesday with a warning that the industry could be undermined "at any time" by turmoil on financial markets.

British newspapers drew inspiration from French President Nicolas Sarkozy's recent trip state visit to London Tuesday April 1st, notably joking about his height among a clutch of April Fool-style stories.

Nicolas Hayek, chairman of the world's largest watch-maker Swatch told a newspaper on Monday, March 31th that he was considering taking the group private.

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A gold encrusted dagger once owned by the Indian Emperor who built the Taj Mahal could fetch $1 million when it goes on sale next month, experts said on Friday.

A gold encrusted dagger once owned by the Indian Emperor who built the Taj Mahal as a gesture of love for his wife could fetch 500,000 pounds when it goes on sale next month, experts said on Friday.

The Swedish high-street clothing chain H&M reported a surge in first-quarter profit on Thursday March 25th, saying that an aggressive drive into world markets was paying off.

Sime Darby , the world's largest listed palm-oil producer is looking to develop plantations in Africa and plans to build new palm-oil processing plants in eastern Europe to exploit booming edible oil demand.

On Lagrange Street in New England's second-largest city, two brick apartment buildings stand side-by-side in varying stages of decay -- boarded up, "No Trespassing" signs affixed, paint peeling.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's new wife, dominated the British press on Thursday, drawing comparisons to Princess Diana and Jackie Kennedy.