An important blue dyestuff, until about 1900 indigo was obtained entirely from the plants of the genera Indigofera and Isatis but is now manufactured synthetically. Indigo plants are stiff-stemmed shrubs with pinnately compound leaves and small,...

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There's a lot you can do to look sexy other than show a lot of skin. The dresses in Donna Karan's spring collection, previewed Wednesday as part of New York Fashion Week, were sensual thanks to their body-hugging stretch fabrics in skin-tone colors, not because...

Across from Nashville, Tenn.'s newly renovated Metropolitan Court House, the 1929 American Trust Building occupies one of the best locations in town. In recent years, though, it has stood forlorn as a distressed property despite the downtown's transformation into a "live-work-play" area for young professionals...

Charles Nolan ditched stick-thin waifs in favor of "civilian models" to present his whimsical spring line Thursday at New York Fashion Week.In an art gallery loft far from the Bryant Park tents, dancers from the American Ballet Theatre twirled down the runway in blocks of...

Shedding its reputation for illegal gambling dens, prostitution and streets plagued by drug dealers, Honolulu's Chinatown has finally begun to emerge from its dark past.Visit the neighborhood today and you'll find yourself swept up in the crowds buying and hawking piles of tropical fruits, fragrant...