A French association that fights for the rights of curvy women has made an official complaint against designer Karl Lagerfeld over his comments that no one wants to see plump models on catwalks.

Collette Dinnigan changed the way the world thinks about Australian style and our perception of what is possible on the global stage.

Women have been celebrated for their curvacious bodies in the first ever plus-size fashion week in Paris.

After 24 years in business, the designer most celebrated for her signature lingerie-style evening dresses has announced she is shutting most of her operations to spend more time with family.

Sponsored by Histoire de Courbes, a French group whose sole goal is to celebrate womens' curves, the showcase represents French designers including La Belle Affranchie, Maryse Richardson, Tamboo Bamboo and Femme Fabuleuses and has partnered with respectable retailers with stylish plus-size merch like Forever 21 and Asos Curve.

International musicians, including Kiwi songbird Kimbra, have taken out their artistic flair on white Converse sneakers being auctioned off to raise money for cancer.

Style File made an appearance at the the Whips N Spurs party to get an early guide to the form of this season's racegoers.

Victoria's Secret bombshell, Doutzen Kroes, admits she feels guilty working in an image obsessed profession.

In some ways, it's harder to be a plus-size model than size 0, and often the ideal fuller body shape is more unrealistic, says a curvy model.

Comedian, Melissa McCarthy, says she picked the jacket she wears on the cover of Elle, and denies the women's glossy of any fat-shaming.

Tom Ford wants to add quality to men's lives with his new skincare and grooming line.

Baldness could soon be nothing more than a bad memory, thanks to a breakthrough by British scientists.

Lucy Marr is half of Auckland's most fashionable hair salon empire and has started her own organic skincare line, Sans.

While researchers hint at a cure for hair loss, we reckon these gents look better bald.

A Kiwi designer is ecstatic R&B superstar Beyonce is taking two new shoes home as a souvenir from her New Zealand concerts.

Kate Moss is British Vogue's new contributing fashion editor.

The American actress has created a range of "socially responsible" accessories called Bare.

The Dutch model has signed a deal with the beauty giant to front new campaigns and will deliver their famous line, "Because you're worth it".

"Am I pretty enough?" It's a rare woman who hasn't pondered the question, silently and secretly.

This week Style File scouted talent around the inner-city streets by the Sky City Grand.

Women who want to wear new-season designer dresses to parties and events this summer but don't want to pay the big prices this can involve are turning to hire companies instead.

In a world that relies on smartphones to keep a track of our lives and the time spent living it, it’s little wonder how the act of wearing a watch has evolved from its practical origins to one that focuses now purely on aesthetics.

In a world that relies on smartphones to keep a track of our lives and the time spent living it, it’s little wonder how the act of wearing a watch has evolved from its practical origins to one that focuses now purely on aesthetics.

Supermodel Kate Moss is set to launch a new line with Topshop, with 40 pieces due to hit stores in April 2014.

The 50-year-old fashion designer began dating former porn star Harry Louis, 25, in 2011.