New Zealand's aspiring fashion designers have just a few more days to submit their entries for this year's Westpac Young Fashion Designer Competition.

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.

When it comes to the current fashion for hemlines, the longer they are, the better.

Women in Asia contend with hot, humid weather for months at a time, and though many concentrate their beauty efforts on skincare, I do wonder how those who wear makeup stop it from sliding off.

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.

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.

Rachael Duval is among three young designers whose works will feature in this year's New Zealand Fashion Week.

A 17-year-old model from Matamata is touted to give Kate Moss a run for her money.

The plus-size finalist on New Zealand's Next Top Model has her skinny counterparts on the run.

Jane Shepherdson changed the way women shop and has been dubbed the most important person in fashion.

Too good just for toast, slather honey on your skin, writes Janetta Mackay.

Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.