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Isn't is amazing how different you look when you get your eyebrows done? Los Angeles-based brow expert, Claudia Connelly, understands the power of the brow all too well. Check out her professional opinion on how to put your best brow forward!

Claudia, what makes eyebrows so essential for making us look as put together as possible?

Eyebrows frame your face, and your eyes are usually where most people will be looking at you. Plus having a defined brow is an easy way to look polished. You can change your expression with the eyebrows.

Britain fashion icon Sir Paul Smith revamped his company after annual profits plunged 50 percent into the lowest levels since its 40-year existence.

This Is Money reported that Smith said his fashion empire needs a "kick up the backside." He said been streamlining the brand's clothing ranges, shut down to stores, and made some managers redundant. The company's pre-tax income went down £9.7million this year ending June, a decrease from last year's £20.7million.

The event: Just as in her gem of a hit tune, Rihanna looked every bit as “beautiful like diamonds in the sky” at Thursday’s second annual Diamond Ball. The event benefits the pop star’s Clara Lionel Foundation -- named for her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite -- which funds projects to improve the quality of life in areas of health, education, arts and culture.

Tamara Stepchuk-Forrest and Olenka Stepchuk went to university to study art history and forestry, respectively. What they didn’t know at the time was if they fast-forwarded 20 years, they’d be running a family fashion empire.

The Stepchuk family’s story is all about staying power. To have that in a world where everything changes with the seasons requires not only resilience, but also a willingness to change and adapt quickly and constantly.

As it strives to push sales toward an ambitious, self-imposed goal, Kohl’s Corp. wants to speak to more than just the “mom-ness” of its core customer.
It wants to tap her inner sense of style.
The nationwide retailer, with a location in The Crossing of Spring Hill shopping center, has made moves in this direction before. It is looking to further up its game in women’s apparel and position itself as a wardrobe “destination.”

Thanks to Muhammad Ali, plenty of people think that the name of Jane Lewis’s clothing line, Goat, is an acronym for Greatest of All Time. In fact, it was so named because of the collection’s early emphasis on cashmere, but Lewis said she’s also come to think of it as an acronym: "Get One Amazing Thing." Each season, the brand strives to provide quiet so-called “hero pieces” that will stay in your closet for decades, like the perfect simple tweed coat or office-friendly A-line shift. Lewis sticks to a simple ethos; design-wise, as she puts it, “There's no jazz hands going on.”

New York-based luxe streetwear label Public School chose Dubai for its first international runway show last week.
The Dubai Design District was the venue for the duo behind the brand, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, to showcase their pre-fall collection which will be rolled out globally next year.
The show took place in front of a host of industry folks from the UAE and their US counterparts, and was held in partnership with Cadillac on the eve of the Dubai Motor Show.

Selena Gomez became an irresistible seductress at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with the help of Louis Vuitton clothing.

Selena Gomez exuded sexiness in her leather Louis Vuitton maxi dress while walking the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show red carpet.

The 23-year-old singer performed during the lavish affair held at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan, New York City on Tuesday 10 November 2015.

As the weather gets colder it becomes even more important to keep your skin properly moisturised. You need a soothing product that sinks in quickly and delivers on nourishment and high-quality ingredients. If you need a little help when shopping for your new winter saviour, check out our guide.

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In a story Nov. 3 about unionization efforts at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, The Associated Press erroneously identified a previous labor case involving a Mobile, Alabama, nursing home. The name of the facility is Specialty Healthcare, not Southern Healthcare.

A corrected version of the story is below:

VW opposes union for maintenance workers at Tennessee plant

Volkswagen opposes union election for 'micro unit' of maintenance workers at Tennessee plant

By ERIK SCHELZIG

Associated Press