Vivienne Westwood is to open 20 boutiques in China, and fellow British fashion house Burberry has confirmed that it will add 66 stores to its 44 Chinese outlets by 2012.

Employers cannot force workers to buy from the company catalogue.

Australian fashion designer Akira Isogawa has relished the opportunity and challenge of creating his own rugs.

After hunkering down during the recession, fashionistas believe they will be able to afford to show at this year's New Zealand Fashion Week.

Two clothing companies owned by high-flying Kiwis have run into financial strife - with their owners linked by underwear model Nicky Watson.

There will be no profit increase at The Warehouse this year, as the country's biggest retailer this morning unveiled a nearly 2pc sales fall.

Samantha Harris's mother was one of the "Stolen Generations", removed from her parents because she was black.

Annah Stretton, the last New Zealand designer to show at Australian Fashion Week, proved that fashion can be deep.

Kate Sylvester's new collection is simple, subtle and swooney, writes Zoe Walker.

Viva's Zoe Walker blogs from Australian Fashion Week in Sydney...

Handbags, sweaters and dresses were flying as hundreds of shopaholics fought their way into the opening of New Zealand's first Topshop outlet yesterday.

Gus and Irene Fisher have won the fifth annual Arts Foundation award for patronage.