http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/executivelifestyle/News, views and information from the pages of The AustralianWed, 16 May 2012 15:55:46 +1000Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:46 +1000en-auCopyright 2012 News Limited. All rights reserved.aus_business_exec_lifestyle_6965http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/7Yq1UD2_MjU/story-fnb64oi6-1226357579067http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/coloured-baubles-all-the-rage-as-economic-austerity-bites/story-fnb64oi6-1226357579067PASTE jewellery is making a comeback on the red carpets and catwalks in a time of economic austerity. And it seems bigger is better when it comes to fake jewels. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FfJYTQE-ejkEhm5CjQkf0E-_xuc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FfJYTQE-ejkEhm5CjQkf0E-_xuc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FfJYTQE-ejkEhm5CjQkf0E-_xuc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FfJYTQE-ejkEhm5CjQkf0E-_xuc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/7Yq1UD2_MjU" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 02:01:38 GMTCarolyn Asomehttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/coloured-baubles-all-the-rage-as-economic-austerity-bites/story-fnb64oi6-1226357579067http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/QTqkSNUKYMM/story-e6frg8k6-1226356716589http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/fashion/guccis-initial-offering-pitches-personal-touch/story-e6frg8k6-1226356716589A NEW breed of shoppers are demanding their own initials, rather than those of luxury brands, on designer products <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tDPqay5BFmReNAGjr1WP9zbIYn4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tDPqay5BFmReNAGjr1WP9zbIYn4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tDPqay5BFmReNAGjr1WP9zbIYn4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tDPqay5BFmReNAGjr1WP9zbIYn4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/QTqkSNUKYMM" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTDamien Woolnoughhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/fashion/guccis-initial-offering-pitches-personal-touch/story-e6frg8k6-1226356716589http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/7LvHDdNfFZI/story-fnb64oi6-1226356076922http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/dalai-lama-warns-against-hopelessness/story-fnb64oi6-1226356076922THE Dalai Lama is to give $1.5 million to Save the Children to help its work among starving children in India. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r_SNklyNDUdA5XlgMojk96_B8jM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r_SNklyNDUdA5XlgMojk96_B8jM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r_SNklyNDUdA5XlgMojk96_B8jM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r_SNklyNDUdA5XlgMojk96_B8jM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/7LvHDdNfFZI" height="1" width="1"/>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:12:34 GMTRuth Gledhillhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/dalai-lama-warns-against-hopelessness/story-fnb64oi6-1226356076922http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/SUDuMQDl6F4/story-fncv75k9-1226355174823http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/culinary-brothers-work-both-sides-of-the-street-in-fitzroy/story-fncv75k9-1226355174823IT is not true that Melbourne's City of Yarra is reconsidering a name change for Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, to McConnell Boulevard. Yet. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42u6wyybs0Y8Jm--qapi_CzrsPA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42u6wyybs0Y8Jm--qapi_CzrsPA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42u6wyybs0Y8Jm--qapi_CzrsPA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/42u6wyybs0Y8Jm--qapi_CzrsPA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/SUDuMQDl6F4" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTJohn Lethleanhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/food-wine/culinary-brothers-work-both-sides-of-the-street-in-fitzroy/story-fncv75k9-1226355174823http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/JJkKFK-bk2E/story-e6frg8y6-1226355274759http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/children-say-mums-and-dads-working-too-hard/story-e6frg8y6-1226355274759A NEW study of 10- and 11-year-olds shows 35 per cent think their father works too much <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bm7Vw3ax6b8xDa75DyagHn559Gw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bm7Vw3ax6b8xDa75DyagHn559Gw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bm7Vw3ax6b8xDa75DyagHn559Gw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bm7Vw3ax6b8xDa75DyagHn559Gw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/JJkKFK-bk2E" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTPatricia Karvelas and Sophie Gosperhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/children-say-mums-and-dads-working-too-hard/story-e6frg8y6-1226355274759http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/ZkCLi7ctRsU/story-fn9d344c-1226354282704http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/corset-hurts-but-the-support-act-must-go-on/story-fn9d344c-1226354282704BRISBANE burlesque artist Bertie Page's lifelong obsession with corsetry took her last year to Versailles. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHqCzKdtfzuWa9dRpn3H5Fy5VH8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHqCzKdtfzuWa9dRpn3H5Fy5VH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHqCzKdtfzuWa9dRpn3H5Fy5VH8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tHqCzKdtfzuWa9dRpn3H5Fy5VH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/ZkCLi7ctRsU" height="1" width="1"/>Sun, 13 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTTim Douglashttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/corset-hurts-but-the-support-act-must-go-on/story-fn9d344c-1226354282704http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/pOpjpZvTSsc/story-fnd35hw5-1226353310411http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/motoring/citroen-aims-high-and-misses/story-fnd35hw5-1226353310411WHEN the original Citroen DS landed in 1955 it must have looked like a spaceship. Except no one yet knew what a spaceship was. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b9WH2-9i9OrjSwsaZqHUBSbtQ0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b9WH2-9i9OrjSwsaZqHUBSbtQ0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b9WH2-9i9OrjSwsaZqHUBSbtQ0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b9WH2-9i9OrjSwsaZqHUBSbtQ0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/pOpjpZvTSsc" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTPhilip Kinghttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/motoring/citroen-aims-high-and-misses/story-fnd35hw5-1226353310411http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/StmkSozhTxI/story-e6frg9xf-1226353312559http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/scream-it-from-the-rooftops-art-aint-art-if-it-dont-make-a-noise/story-e6frg9xf-1226353312559LAST week a painting sold for $118m. It was of a Norwegian bloke screaming. I often scream like that when I get my car insurance. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7CBN6QxgGHKDjGmDZ8IzsrAkdg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7CBN6QxgGHKDjGmDZ8IzsrAkdg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7CBN6QxgGHKDjGmDZ8IzsrAkdg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X7CBN6QxgGHKDjGmDZ8IzsrAkdg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/StmkSozhTxI" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTJohn Connollyhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/scream-it-from-the-rooftops-art-aint-art-if-it-dont-make-a-noise/story-e6frg9xf-1226353312559http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/QCRww-iOSms/story-e6frg8h6-1226351090912http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-zip-code/story-e6frg8h6-1226351090912THE industrial-looking zip has become a favourite of Australian designers desperate to display their edgy, urban credentials. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5dk6VAM51U2YV-4c8jiHU979VhE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5dk6VAM51U2YV-4c8jiHU979VhE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5dk6VAM51U2YV-4c8jiHU979VhE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5dk6VAM51U2YV-4c8jiHU979VhE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/QCRww-iOSms" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTStylehttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-zip-code/story-e6frg8h6-1226351090912http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~3/fsHPgmSEAC0/story-e6frg8h6-1226351174757http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/pot-luck/story-e6frg8h6-1226351174757POT pies are more similar to a baked casserole than to a traditional meat pie as they are cooked in a ramekin with pastry on top. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-rUBRVtn981ME_hLrwmtVJ8AU4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-rUBRVtn981ME_hLrwmtVJ8AU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-rUBRVtn981ME_hLrwmtVJ8AU4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6-rUBRVtn981ME_hLrwmtVJ8AU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianExecutiveLifestyle/~4/fsHPgmSEAC0" height="1" width="1"/>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTDavid Herberthttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/pot-luck/story-e6frg8h6-1226351174757