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Haute couture in Paris: Bejewelled skeletons and a mighty lion
Held in rooms at the gilded Place Vendome, Givenchy's haute couture show gave attendees a chance to touch the gowns.

The full treatment
New Zealand is seeking to make its mark on the global spa industry, writes Janetta Mackay.

Beauty: Travel tricks
Take off with a minimum of fuss with some holiday-enhancing products, writes Janetta Mackay.

Resort to it
The holiday fashion feel has plenty to offer, year-round. Two clever New Zealand designers show the way.

This charming man
A fascinating doco about New York Times street style photographer Bill Cunningham is showing at this year's New Zealand film festival.

Kiwis' workplace attire becoming more casual
More than 80 per cent of New Zealanders believe we are increasingly adopting a more casual approach to our workplace attire.

Floating silk gowns amid the celebrity crush
There are few things in this world more glamorous, sophisticated or elegant than the haute couture shows in Paris.

Haven on earth
Get ready to relax - body, mind and soul all get five-star treatment at Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat in Queensland.

Fashion Plate: Keya Matthews
Keya Matthews is lucky enough to work with the designers of one of her favourite labels.

Models are 'real women' too
Zoe Walker offers her two cents' worth on the issue of 'ultra-skinny' models.

Embarrassment for Sarkozy as L'Oreal feud comes to court
France is in thrall at a dispute which has all the incendiary plot-lines of a great TV melodrama.

Naomi Campbell to explain 'blood diamond'
When asked in an interview about receiving a 'blood diamond' Naomi Campbell stormed out - but she won't have the same option open to her when she appears in The Hague.

Wonder Woman gets modern makeover
You can get away with a lot when your superhero arsenal includes a "lasso of truth" and the ability to fly.

Retail Therapy: Eye to eye
Country Road has collaborated with Specsavers to release an exclusive range of eyewear.

Elle Macpherson new host of <i>Britain's Next Top Model</i>
The leggy Australian is drawing on her three-decade career as a supermodel to relaunch her television career.

Profile: Emilia Wickstead
Auckland-born Emilia Wickstead dresses the British Prime Minister's wife but her feet are firmly on the ground, writes Zoe Walker.

Paris Fashion Week: Space travel and rock'n'roll
Paul Smith is music mad. Rock'n'roll is at the core of each one of his collections.

Aussie code discourages ultra-skinny fashion models
Australia has moved to take ultra-skinny models off the catwalks and magazines under a new code of conduct announced yesterday.

Paris Fashion Week: Smocks, shirts and summery shapes
Even the more outlandish pieces at Raf Simons only served to make the traditional seem even more covetable in the end.

Australian code to encourage healthy sized models
A new code of conduct for the Australian fashion and beauty industries will encourage healthy sized models.

Paris Fashion Week: It's all in the details
Despite a predominance of coats, the Dior Homme collection was practically weightless and no garment was without a quirk of design.

Paris Fashion Week: Cooler than a polar bear's toenails
Isaac Hindin Miller writes from Paris Fashion Week where, despite the heat, the clothing is cooler than a polar bear's toenails.

Paris Fashion Week: Anoraks and Chinese dragons
At Louis Vuitton today, the show notes suggested a virtual reality traveller.