Fashion

Actor Tom Hanks arrives for the Gala Premiere of the film “A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood” at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) FNG101 FNG101 FNG101

September 15, 2019 at 7:00 am

Sunday Best: It’s a beautiful day at the Toronto film festival

A swarm of fans, each wearing that trademark red Mister Rogers cardigan, greet Tom Hanks at the premiere of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"...

Actress Zazie Beetz poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Joker’ at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP) LENT190 LENT190 LENT190

September 8, 2019 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Vibrant looks from the red carpet in Venice

The late-summer red-carpet draught has ended — and GOWNS, thank goodness, are back. Here are three smashing ones from the Venice Film Festival last weekend.

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010811 Bruce Roe CQ of Bremerton sports a 10-inch wide moustache that has had much success in international competitions. He says he has won more trophies in world facial hair competitions than any other American. But Saturday the win went to another as Seattle Opera hosted the Barber of Seattle contests including best facial hair, hair makeovers and close shaves. Winners won tickets to the “Barber of Seville.” (McCaw Hall at Seattle Center)

September 5, 2019 at 7:12 am

Seattle is the nation’s fifth-most facial-hair-friendly city, new study says

"Seattle’s affinity for bearded necklines runs as long as its shorelines," trumpeted a news release about a study whose intent is to let people know...

Local News

September 4, 2019 at 4:34 pm

California bans fur trapping for recreation, commerce

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Wednesday became the first state to ban commercial fur trapping, ending the practice nearly 200 years after animals like...

Nation & World

September 1, 2019 at 7:00 am

Sunday Best: ‘Design is so different than fashion’

Isabel Toledo, the Cuban American fashion designer who leapt to national fame after designing Michelle Obama's iconic 2009 inaugural parade outfit, died last week in...

FILE — Isabel Toledo, in her own dress, at the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards event in New York, June 7, 2010. Toledo, the Cuban-American designer who was revered by other designers for her ability to combine precisely geometric construction with extreme grace, but who was known to most of the public as the designer of the dress Michelle Obama wore in the 2009 inaugural parade, died on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 59. (Deidre Schoo/The New York Times) XNYT95 XNYT95

August 26, 2019 at 11:37 am

Fashion’s Isabel Toledo, creator for Michelle Obama, dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Isabel Toledo, the Cuban American fashion designer with an avant-garde flair who created former first lady Michelle Obama's standout lemon grass-colored...

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR THE TELEVISION ACADEMY – “Russian Doll” costume designer Jennifer Rogien, left, and “Black-ish” costume designer Michelle R. Cole, are pictured with displays of their Emmy-nominated work during the premiere of the 13th Annual Art of Television Costume Design at FIDM Museum & Galleries on Saturday, August 17, 2019 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television AcademyAP Images) CALB107 CALB107 CALB107

August 25, 2019 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: Celebrating the designers who dress some of our favorite TV characters

Emmy-nominated costume designers Jennifer Rogien ("Russian Doll") and Michelle R. Cole ("Black-ish") attended the opening of the 13th annual Art of Television Costume Design at...

Emma Watson (Meg), Florence Pugh (Amy), Saoirse Ronan (Jo) and Eliza Scanlen (Beth) star in “Little Women,” in theaters Dec. 25. (Photo courtesy of Wilson Webb / Columbia Pictures.) Emma Watson (Finalized);Eliza Sc

August 18, 2019 at 6:00 am

Sunday Best: ‘Little Women’ come marching in

"Little Women," directed by Greta Gerwig, marches into theaters Dec. 25.

August 14, 2019 at 9:12 am

Model Ashley Graham shows off pregnancy with first child

NEW YORK (AP) — Surprise! That's how model Ashley Graham announced she's pregnant with her first child. Graham and filmmaker Justin Ervin are also celebrating...

Entertainment

Elizabeth Debicki as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West in Chanya Button’s “Vita & Virginia.” Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films release.

August 11, 2019 at 7:00 am

Sunday Best: Prints, patterns and pearls

"Vita & Virginia," which depicts the real-life literary love affair between author Virginia Woolf and socialite/writer Vita Sackville-West in 1920s London, opens in New York...