The finalists for next year's iD International Emerging Designer Awards have been announced.

The talents behind Viva magazine reveal what they want to give and receive this Christmas.

With her infectious cackle and outrageous dress sense, Anna Dello Russo - influential blogger, editor-at-large, street-style icon - is putting the fun back into dressing up, and gathering a huge following in the process.

Cloud Nine has a great Christmas deal on its groundbreaking The O induction pod for heated rollers.

More and more NZ women say they would prefer to age gracefully and forgo a cosmetic surgery.

Survey finds only 10 per cent of outlets meet the voluntary criteria for safety.

When former bank executive Melissa Cheals was at home with a new baby, she began researching ideas for her own company.

Buyer beware: That's the expert advice for beachgoers wanting a quick fix to brighten their pearly whites for summer.

Making your own cosmetics is a gift idea you've still got time to pursue before Christmas - and it could change your life.

Five stylish women and the day-to-night essentials that will take them through the party season.

France's incendiary political and society soap opera came to a shuddering halt after three years yesterday.

The Next Top Model hair team share tricks of the trade you can use at home.

Check out the look of these latest celebrity scents.

It's not often I let my husband fly solo, but when it came to the garage sale, it was the only way to go.

The winner of America's Next Top Model, Ann Ward, is so thin that a judge managed to fit both hands around her waist.

Teenage skin needs to be treated differently.

There are alternative, non-trashy celebrity icons out there for today's teenagers, writes Zoe Walker.

Bobbi Brown makes up the stars but her appearance advice is very down to earth.

Anjali Stewart and Rachel Easting are childhood friends and the designers behind Twenty-seven Names.

For a young person in a competitive job market, getting your foot in the door in your chosen industry is key.

A million kisses help heal heartache as we recognise today - World Aids Day.

A complaint about young women posing topless on NZ's Next Top Model has not been upheld.

The number of Kiwis travelling to Southeast Asia for cosmetic surgery has soared in the past year.

Carey Mulligan and Kelly Osbourne are among the style-savvy celebrities recruited to an internet giant's new fashion website, which lets women create their own virtual boutiques stocked with clothes from favourite designers.

New Zealander Henry Hargreaves is an ex-model making a name for himself in the Big Apple with a book celebrating breasts.

Europe is Natalie Evans-Freke's fashion playground, where she's able to indulge her eclectic tastes.

Practical and pampering presents will always be welcome.