Guillaume Henry took an 80-year-old’s legacy and turned French label Carven into a hit - but how? Lisa Armstrong finds out.

Singer Natalia Kills talks to Zeenat Wilkinson about music, style and her love of New Zealand fashion.

Nici Wickes revisits an Auckland dining institution to check up on its recent revamp.

This week's Viva has inspired lots of fresh entertaining ideas for the festive season ahead.

Upskill your Christmas entertaining with tips and tricks from Auckland’s best chefs.

Set the scene with seasonal home fragrances advises Janetta Mackay.

Fashion designer Ingrid Starnes launches her first fragrance.

Ella Yelich-O’Connor is setting trends in more than music.

What to Wear Tonight: 20 dresses for every silly season occasion.

Flitting between New Zealand and the South of France keeps novelist Merryn Corcoran's social calendar packed - she tells us how she copes with the festive season.

The singer's makeup artist shares her trendsetting tips with Viva's beauty editor, Janetta Mackay.

It's a weekend to score a fashion bargain, with several designer sample sales happening around Auckland.

Keep the wine and food flowing, the music playing and your guests will be smiling, says menswear editor Andrew Glenn.

This is the summer to wear what you want, writes Noelle McCarthy.

Breakaway from the traditional Christmas pud and serve a colourful, light and fruity summer pudding.

Red carpet looks at London's fashion awards.

You can't go wrong with a traditional turkey for your Christmas dinnner centrepiece with a delicious date and macadamia nut stuffing.

Try scallops wrapped in bacon as a simple yet tasty starter to your Christmas dinner.

An international exhibition of some of fashion’s greatest images opens at Auckland Museum on Friday. We talk to the curator, Susanna Brown

Behind the scenes of Chris Cherry's trip to an indigo factory near Shanghai.

Angela Casley demonstrates just how versatile and delicious rhubarb can be.

Try this rhubarb and chicken salad for a bright start to your summer.

Try this delicious creamy tiramisu.

Make Angela Casley's roasted rhubarb tart for dessert topped with some rhubarb sorbet.

Will you or won't you line up for dinner? Nici Wickes looks at the increasing use of the no bookings policy.

Fiona Ralph meets jeweller Gabrielle Jelicich at her Grey Lynn studio.

As the ‘selfie’ officially becomes the word of the year, Harry Wallop examines the social media craze that has gripped pop stars, politicians and even the Pope.

Janetta Mackay speaks to a woman who is in the business of going brown. Plus, our tanning product picks.

Low-alcohol wines are exploding on to the scene in increasingly palatable varieties reports Jo Burzynska.

Try Eleanor Ozich's simply delicious vegetable dish.