Melissa McCarthy has revealed designers refused to make a dress in her size for the Oscar awards in 2012.

The Queen was last night to take her first ride in the Diamond Jubilee state coach, parts of which were Kiwi-made.

"It's so naked" - this is how Rihanna's stylist described the popstar's revealing crystal encrusted mesh dress, en route to the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards.

Rihanna is not only a super-star singer, but she is also a major a style icon.

Living in an environmentally better world has always been something young entrepreneur Brianne West has strived for.

Wrap up to keep out the winter chill with everything from the classic trench coat to sassy capes, says Leigh Matheson.

Money contestants raised in the Miss Junior New Zealand pageant has not been paid to charities it was collected for.

Wrap up to keep out the winter chill with everything from the classic trench coat to sassy capes.

Wrap up to keep out the winter chill with everything from the classic trench coat to sassy capes.

The singer will feature on the front of all 62 issues of the magazine around the world in the July edition.

Leah Light is New Zealand's best known nail stylist and has created nail fashions for visiting celebrities including Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Eva Longoria. She left school aged 14.

Here are 10 extreme, bizarre and painful plastic surgeries. Are they worth it?

The Arab emirate of Qatar has bought into a topic that has already caused division among western women - by declaring that leggings are not pants.

Here are 12 money-saving ideas to take the sting out of the ball season this year.

New premises for Topshop and Topman in the Q&V Building opposite Whitcoulls in Queen St were leased to the business when the building was sold last year.

Ball season has arrived - and so have the costs, which can approach $2000 once the dress, shoes, spray tan, hair, makeup, nails and tickets have been paid for.

The fashion at Cannes Film Festival 2014 is some of the most glam we've gushed over. The 12-day festival was as much about frocks as it was about films.

Kiwi shoppers looking to kit themselves out in UK brands Topshop and Topman due to hit Auckland later this year can expect to pay "approximately" the same as those buying online - and the store's arrival may up the ante for existing retailers.

Topshop's first Auckland CBD store will be in the Q&V Building opposite Whitcoulls on Queen St.

It was just a matter of time before skyrocketting teen sensation, Lorde, sold her statement dark lip - and cosmetic label M.A.C was the perfect partner.

Her gorgeous bikini-clad body has graced magazine covers but Chrissy Teigen doesn't think of herself as sexy.

The kale obsession has gone beyond adding the leafy green to smoothies and salads - it's now showing up in your nail polish.

A Lorde fan got a right royal surprise in New York City yesterday when the purple-lipped singer planted a quick kiss on her cheek.

A leading skincare brand has dropped its prices by as much as $50 on some products to stop customers buying cheaper, and sometimes counterfeit, products online.

She might make a dollar showing off her enviable body, but Victoria's Secret Angel Alessandra Ambrioso says there's more to life than a nice booty.

With just a couple more days until Kim Kardashian and her rapper finance, Kanye West tie the knot, new details have emerged about the wedding everyone's talking about.

Every day women expose themselves to around 168 different chemicals hidden in products like deodorants, shampoos and cosmetics, which are spread with gay abandon over every inch of skin.

A new form of plastic surgery promises to deliver “firm, young-looking breasts that keep their shape over time” by implanting bra-shaped ‘silicone slings’ underneath the skin.

We're in the midst of daily gazing at the glamorous fashion gracing the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.