In a small fuse bead workshop in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Liu Meiqi and several young people sit around a table on which hundreds of tiny plastic beads in every color imaginable are ready for their ...

China's market regulator has introduced stricter quality and safety requirements for pixel bead products to better protect consumers, particularly children. Pixel bead art is a form of handicraft ...

The best jokes have layers. Shane Lavers’ decision to call the new Chanel Beads record the same thing as the last Chanel Beads record began as a goof, a thumb in the eye of the idea that a creative ...

With over 10 years’ experience writing about consumer affairs, Sarah leads on energy content at Which?, helping customers navigate the market and exposing poor practice. Fuse Energy launched in 2023, ...

Quiet luxury may have dominated recent seasons, but fashion is embracing fun again. Enter: beaded bags. The nostalgic accessory trend is making a major comeback for summer 2026, showing up everywhere ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. At risk of stating the obvious: dressing for the summer should be fun.

Consumers create on fuse-bead crafts at "San Qian Zao Wu She" (also called 3000 DIY Store) in May. [Photo provided to China Daily] On a weekday night at a DIY store on Nanjing East Road, William Brook ...

Colourful beads aren’t exclusively “boho”, as such, but they do boast a kind of carefree spirit. Imbued with holiday feeling, beaded necklaces inevitably look their best when worn on dampened, salty ...

This video shows the creation of a Damascus knife using letter beads sealed inside a steel canister. The materials are compressed and forged under high heat until they fuse into a single billet. After ...

Sometimes, an aesthetic shift will sneak up on you and you won’t realize how ubiquitous it has become. Like when you suddenly noticed that all the jeans were baggy again. Or you looked around and saw ...