NZ's premier shopping district could be losing its shine, with high numbers of shops forced to close and others selling almost nothing.

Top fashion design company Liz Mitchell Design Ltd has gone bust, owing creditors nearly $200,000.

A teen's mother has raised concerns about beauty pageant organisers trawling social networking sites seeking pretty contestants.

I visited the brand new Glassons flagship store in Newmarket this morning, and it turned me into a giddy girl of 15 again.

Take the best of the local waters in the winter. Finish off with a fish'n'chip picnic and a good night's sleep.

With a fashion designer for a grandmother, it's not surprising Sarah Chapman is inspired by the stylish fabrics from yesteryear.

Sexy, elegant, aggressive ... machine-washable? Is there no end to black's versatility?

First the nail bar, now the blowdry bar ... convenience comes to town.

Photos from the recent Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Week in the Danish capital.

The ongoing case of a Wanganui teen beauty queen forced to surrender her crown for darkening her hair.

Style maven Dianne Ludwig pours her heart, soul and years of experience back into the fashion industry.

An exhibition celebrating the work of Valentino opens in Brisbane - Viva was there.

A range of mother and baby care products containing a banned ingredient should be withdrawn immediately, says Consumer NZ.

A New Zealand teen beauty queen who lost her crown for dying her blonde hair brown has received a flood of support from the United States.

Levis new fit system takes the guesswork out of which style of jeans will suit your figure best.

Leading fashion designers are abandoning celebrity drawcards and going back to using bona fide models for their runway shows.

A major exhibition of the work of celebrated designer Valentino opened in Brisbane this weekend. Alice Neville went along.

Put the Bolly on ice, dahlings, next month's New Zealand Fashion Week will be the 10th. To celebrate, Fashion Week creator and leading dahling Pieter Stewart allowed Canvas exclusive access to her photographic archive.

Owners of the luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo are evaluating strategic options for the company, which could lead to a sale or a flotation.

Not very nice supermodel Naomi Campbell did human rights a service by drawing attention to Charles Taylor's trial, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Teen beauty Olivia O'Neil has been forced to hand back her crown after a Facebook spat with a pageant organiser over dyeing her hair.

Solid gold, diamond-encrusted shoes worth $217,000 - the world's most expensive footwear - have gone on sale in the UK.

A New Zealand's Next Top Model contestant who was badly injured in a crash last month still hopes to pursue a career in modelling, her family said last night.

The supermodel's legal team accept she may have broken the law when she received three unfinished diamonds as a gift.

High-pitched screams: the second series of New Zealand's Next Top Model was - as to be expected - full of them.