Model town: The hottest trends are backstage and on the street

The clothes on the catwalks may be for autumn, but the clothes-horses in the audience are looking to spring. Casting off winter’s uniform of long-line black drapery and leather trousers, the fashion pack have re-invented themselves (again) in a palette of softer shades and more relaxed silhouettes.

Sports-luxe is a key trend, and one that bodes well with long days spent staggering from show to show – simple athletic-looking trousers in khaki or olive, pseudo-jodhpurs and jogging bottoms or harem pants are all excellent options. It’s rare that comfortable also equals directional, so make the most of it.

How to keep New Year’s resolutions

With the New Year comes new resolutions, but we often end up breaking those promises and wait for next year.

Now, G. Alan Marlatt, director of the University of Washington’s Addictive Behaviours Research Centre has offered some tips for keeping your resolutions.

Regional accents ’still thriving’ in UK

Regional accents in Britain are increasingly getting prevalent despite the progressively homogeneous nature of society, according to academic studies.

According to forecasts, accents would disappear and merge into a national way of speaking, albeit with some class and regional variations.

However, experts found that accents like Geordie, Scouse, Mancunian, and Brummie are actually becoming more distinct.

Tips for workers to beat the post-holiday blues

If thinking of going back to work after days of festivities draws a frown on your face, then cheer up, for experts have revealed tips on how to beat those post-holiday blues.

Motivational speaker Craig Harper recommends starting the day with some exercise mixed with a positive attitude and getting on with it.

Internet may kill traditional English spellings, says expert (Re-issue)

Leading language expert David Crystal of the University of Wales, Bangor believes the internet will kill traditional spellings of English words within a few decades.

Professor Crystal predicts, thanks to the advent of blogs and chatrooms, simplified or invented spellings favoured by many internet users could replace the current versions that were standardized in the 18th century, reports The Telegraph.

‘Green’ jewellery: Ring with live plants growing inside them! (Re-issue)

A jewellery designer has created rings with live plants growing inside them.

Said to be a ‘clash of jewellery and gardening’, the rings feature tiny Icelandic moss plants sprouting in their stainless steel bases, reports The Telegraph.

Lindsay Lohan is going to expand her fashion line

THAINDIAN NEWS) Lindsay Lohan is all set to expand her fashion line by introducing new items in the spring of 2011. She had first launched her fashion line in 2008, and since then it has certainly come a long way. This time around she is planning to introduce an additional 150 items.

And apparently one of her New Year resolutions is to turn over a new leaf and do less of the ‘Lohan Drama’, which was a constant over the previous year.