A mini-runway, lined with stiletto heels, glistens in bright fluorescent lighting. Shoes of various types sit neatly in individual glass shelves. A statue of an angel carrying several shopping bags stands in the middle as Los Angeles fashionistas mill about, trying on shoes, posing on the red carpet, drinking champagne served in tall, slender glasses.
It was a private launch party of a new luxury brand of shoes called Palessi, designed by Italian designer Bruno Palessi. Read More...
Explore More Scientists in Australia are vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an attempt to stop the sexually transmitted disease from wiping out the population. A team of scientists aims to catch and vaccinate about 50 koalas in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales as part of a government-approved field test to thwart the disease which causes blindness, infertility and death in the animals. Chlamydia, along with habitat loss and car crashes, has put the marsupials at risk of extinction in less than 30 years, according to a 2020 assessment from the New South Wales government. Read More...
The heart is certainly the organ most likely to be associated with love, but for one Illinois couple, their whirlwind romance began in the liver.
Heather Krueger and Chris Dempsey first met when Dempsey was found to be a match to donate part of his liver to Krueger. Fast forward a year and the two are now engaged to be married.
It all began in early 2014 when Krueger, a Tinley Park, Ill. Read More...