Decode the spa circuit and cross the pretenders off your list, writes Janetta Mackay.

Pretty dresses and comfort are high on the agenda for hair stylist Kate Murphy.

Auckland's Fashion Central is facing a dressing-down, with boutique owners saying sky-high rents will force them out of the area.

Travel tricks so you can take off with a minimum of fuss.

Held in rooms at the gilded Place Vendome, Givenchy's haute couture show gave attendees a chance to touch the gowns.

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

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

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

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

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

Vivienne Westwood, Anne Valerie Hash and AF Vandevorst fielded their most commercial lines in Paris yesterday.

Gok Wan is returning to New Zealand, with a critical eye for our celebrity 'four eyes'.

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

Zoe Walker offers her two cents' worth on the issue of 'ultra-skinny' models.

France is in thrall at a dispute which has all the incendiary plot-lines of a great TV melodrama.

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.

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

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

Let nature offer a helping hand, writes Janetta Mackay.

The latest trend for cyclewear celebrates the feminine, writes Catherine Smith.

Paul Smith is music mad. Rock'n'roll is at the core of each one of his collections.

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

Even the more outlandish pieces at Raf Simons only served to make the traditional seem even more covetable in the end.

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

Despite a predominance of coats, the Dior Homme collection was practically weightless and no garment was without a quirk of design.

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