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Beauty: Sweet as honey
Too good just for toast, slather honey on your skin, writes Janetta Mackay.

Jane Shepherdson: London's style maker
Jane Shepherdson changed the way women shop and has been dubbed the most important person in fashion.

Wrinkly rat may hold the secret of eternal youth
Research has revealed the naked mole rat has a genome similar to that of a human.

Fashion Plate: Taupunakohe Tocker
TV presenter Taupunakohe Tocker is a confident dresser who always has more room in her wardrobe for shoes.

Claws sharpened over cat poster
The claws are out over a Gold Coast beauty salon's poster campaign to help raise funds for an animal welfare group.

Beauty: Uncommon scents
Unisex fragrances challenge the notion that men and women should smell a certain way.

Wardrobe hell: what to wear to work
Workwear need not mean a shirt and pencil skirt. We look at how to make a personal style statement while staying professional.

Wearing John Malkovich
Actor John Malkovich has extended his fashion range to include a second clothing line - full of bohemian-inspired pieces.

'Girls Day Out' bus takes quake shoppers to Timaru
"Girls' Day Out" trips to Ballantynes' small Timaru branch store are proving a huge hit.

Pacing through the height of fashion
Flats or heels? Viva asks what stylish women around town prefer.

Beauty: Through the looking glass
Get it right so goggle eyes look gorgeous, writes Janetta Mackay.

Former Miss World expecting her first child
Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is expecting a baby with her husband Abhishek Bachchan.

Fashion Plate: Georgia Faull
For Georgia Faull, elegance, quality and endurance are key factors in both business and personal life.

Retail therapy: A Versace moment (+competition)
Versace is the latest luxury brand to team up with chain store H&M to produce a collaborative collection.

Beauty briefs: Just bitten
It's the skin secret the Duchess of Cambridge reportedly used in the lead-up to her wedding in April and now a version of bee venom mask is on sale in New Zealand.

Facelift? Not me, says Warne
A slimmer and smoother sports star denies rumours he's had cosmetic surgery.

Top Muddle: The cook leaves, reality checks in
The Next Top Model competitors, thrown together in an apartment for the contest, go a bit gaga during a photoshoot with the boys.

Suffering for fashion as things get real
Jacqueline Smith blogs on New Zealand's Next Top Model.

Prints charming
Designer Cedric Charlier, is steadily reinvigorating the famous French label Cacharel which is now available here.

Clothes spending: Too much, too cheap
The proliferation of cheap clothing has led us to shop excessively. We should be buying more carefully, argues an environmental journalist.

Fashion Plate: Ruby Frost
Pop princess Ruby Frost has a glam take on style both on and off stage.

Disco drama a winner at hair awards
New Zealand's latest Hairdresser of the Year, Sara Allsop, says competitions are great training for young talent.

Back in Vogue
A new exhibition celebrates New Zealand's very own edition from the swinging sixties, of the world's fashion bible.

Beauty news: Nice to nails
Now is the time to be extra kind to your nails to keep them in good condition through the cooler months.

Retail therapy: WOW, that's incredible
Tickets are now on sale for one of the most spectacular events of the year - the Brancott Estate World of Wearable Art Awards in Wellington. Bringing together art and fashion in a two-hour show.

Menswear collections in Milan: Day three
Photos of the latest fashions to hit the runway at the menswear shows in Milan.