Retail Therapy: Race into it

Jockey Comfort Classics. Photo / Supplied

Stripes are very racy, so get in the style of the season with Jockey's latest look. The new navy stripe briefs and singlets are made from a soft, eco-friendly bamboo blend fabric available from $19.99. If something less athletic is your look then check out Jockey's No Panty Line Promise Next Generation range which is perfect under slinky little dresses. This popular range has been updated with a no-slip strip made from skin sensitive silicon to keep your knickers in place and VPL at bay. In a range of cuts from bikini to full brief from $24.99.

Open now

New to the inner-city High St shopping precinct is Australian label Marcs. Located in the old Keith Matheson store, the large, minimalist space sells the label's signature clean, classic designs.

Portrait of an artist

The Auckland Festival of Sails gets underway next week with The Louis Vuitton Trophy which sees eight international sailing teams fighting it out on the Waitemata Harbour. In the meantime, this week sees the Louis Vuitton store on Queen Street open the art exhibition "Pippa Blake: Journey". Following the death of her husband - and New Zealand's most famous sailor - Sir Peter Blake, Lady Pippa has been on an incredibly journey - both emotionally and physically - as she's reconnected with her fine art training. Her abstract paintings are an evocative mix of the powerful and the sensitive. The exhibition opens this Friday at Louis Vuitton, 56 Queen St in the city and runs until March 21. You can read our exclusive interview with Lady Pippa in next week's Viva.