Ali McIntosh is surrounded by beautiful objects at home and at work.

Sir Paul McCartney's fashion designer daughter Stella was honoured for her career as she was presented with an Order of the British Empire medal by Queen Elizabeth II.

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Designer Marc Jacobs believes modern grunge fashion is "style without substance''.

Helena Christensen worries that many ladies rush through life without taking the time to enjoy special moments.

Lindsay Lohan has secured a six-figure deal to promote a clothing company.

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Karl Lagerfeld will direct a movie to mark the 100th anniversary of Chanel.

Shaved genitals have somehow become the new normal for an entire generation of women. Surely it’s time we asked why. Louisa Saunders ponders the politics of pubic hair.

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Sandy Cooper, founder of Auckland shoe company, Minnie Cooper.

It seems hard to believe but many women don't wear make-up, iron their clothes or even wash their hair when preparing for a job interview, a survey has found.

With a diffusion line about to drop at Topshop Oxford Circus, Tauranga designer Teresa Hodges highlights 10 things that bring her joy

Miranda Kerr was reportedly involved in a serious car accident in Los Angeles on Monday and had to be rushed to hospital.

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Headwear of all sizes, colours and styles stole the show at the official iD Dunedin Fashion Week launch.

Taylor Swift says it wouldn't be cute if she still wore sparkly dresses in 30 years' time.

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Running around city streets in high heels has caused a new bone to grow in the foot of Sex And The City star, Sarah Jessica Parker.

Louis Vuitton moved in a more feminine, sensual direction for fall-winter. "It was about intimacy, the mystery of what's going on behind the door," Jacobs said. "It's Hollywood mixed with rive gauche." Accordingly, models in '50s wigs slinked out of a dozen hotel doors wearing satin dresses resembling slips. A bathrobe made from a man's coat followed a crepe dress made with motifs of an undergarment. But the show was also about Kate Moss. Jacobs, who conducted interviews backstage in red pajamas, said the show grew from his close friendship with Moss, and years of dressing her up in hotel rooms. She made a surprise appearance on the catwalk.

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It was the white collars and sublime colors of Vermeer's masterpiece The Girl with the Pearl Earring on the mood board for Valentino. Using the Flemish masters as a starting point, designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered a more varied silhouette than last season in vase, trapeze, tulip and column-shaped. It was a welcome change. Short-skirts and some sporty looks with a cool circular edge pattern in red, pale pink, green and blue signalled a slight relaxing for the house known for its austere edge. But this is Valentino, and the high white Flemish-style collar and frequent full-length sleeves ensured this was not forgotten. Still, not all the looks worked. A red dress with white fur collar looked overly theatrical - but this was unimportant, given the show's rich pickings.

Hermes pared down the energy of last season in what was a more classical, intimate ready-to-wear affair. High waists and furs gave proceedings a glamorous edge, with models sporting Greta Garbo waves in their hair. Long tan coats thrown nonchalantly over shoulders and rich capes slightly alluded to a mystery - evoked also in the show setting.

As fashion looks back to the 60s and 70s, we ask why designers continue to be fascinated with these groundbreaking decades

The show's 79 varied looks brimmed with ideas, classic and new, and showed that the designer in his late 70s is still a creative force to be reckoned with. Models, including Stella Tennant, walked around the circular globe runway sporting stylish new winter concepts in tones of blue, gray, purple, pink and black. Zippable leather leg sheaths - like leggings that start at the thigh and end at the ankle - were warm but allowed thighs to be exposed. And coat silhouettes were cut away squarely in the middle of thighs so legs are visible even on those cold days.

Masterton medical laboratory scientist Bec Hughes has taken out the title of New Zealand's "specsiest" woman.