Check out what's new and nifty in the world of beauty, writes Janetta Mackay.

Fashion showroom director Jacqui Secker Roberts shares her style secrets.

Fashion is all about good grooming this season, but are New Zealand women polished enough to pull it off?

Mothers may pass their genes down to their daughters, but it appears the reverse is true when it comes to their taste in jeans.

Cosmetics giant L'Oréal has been ordered to stop using overly airbrushed images of two famous faces.

Look out for these speedy new services in salons.

Phoebe Philo single-handedly turned around the fortunes of a Paris fashion house, then quit it all to start a family.

If you're feeling inspired by Kate Middleton's sheer pantyhose, you might be interested in a new line of hosiery available exclusively at Farmers stores.

A top modelling boss is mourning the violent death of her father at her home in an upmarket Auckland suburb.

Spoil yourself and book into one of the best spas in Australia and Asia.

Makers of makeup are shifting focus with a new range of models in their advertising campaigns.

A frequent flyer shares her secrets.

Take the stress out of holiday packing by keeping your beauty choices simple, writes Janetta Mackay.

Actress Gypsy Kauta often goes back to the past to make her wardrobe exude a timeless quality. Viva finds out more.

AUT's fashion school is known for turning out talented graduates, and a group of them are collaborating on a menswear-focused fashion collective, exhibition and temporary store opening in Auckland tomorrow.

Denim is fashion's great democratiser: a perennial favourite that doesn't look bad on anyone.

"Oh look, another EziBuy catalogue," says my husband, with just a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

There are new names are on the bill for NZ Fashion Week, but also some notable absences.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's stylish daughter has a couture wardrobe waiting for her when she becomes a young lady.

Life after Galliano begins - but Dior still knows how to put on a show.

Here are four French fragrances worth sniffing out, writes Janetta Mackay.

Innovative French cosmetics line By Terry proved popular in Mecca Cosmetica's recent Beauty Election in which customers and staff voted for their pick of products sold across Mecca's Australasian stores.

It hasn't been proven, but we think you would find it difficult to be unhappy in these new socks by Karen Walker.

White blonde is having something of a fashionable resurgence. Harriet Walker dyed her hair to see what the fuss was about.

Gill South plays a Remuera lady for a day, getting herself an anti-ageing facial at Lucy & the Powder Room.

I make a point of not buying anything that isn't immediately wearable after drip-drying on a coat-hanger.