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NZ Fashion Week kicks off
NZ Fashion Week has opened, marking four days of shows and behind the scenes business.
Tricks and tips: Show-stopping catwalk looks
The beauty look for a show can have as much impact as the frocks.
What you wear can make you smarter - study
Wearing "smart clothes" can make you smarter, according to a growing field within psychology known as embodied cognition.
Designer Ingrid Starnes' nod to nostalgia
She was the darling of last year’s Fashion Week, with her debut show a hit. But with twins and a newborn baby, how can fashion designer Ingrid Starnes follow up with another successful showing?
NZFW: New kids on the block
Established names form the backbone of the industry, but it's the fresh new faces who keep it moving forward. We talk to the designers behind four new labels holding their first solo shows at NZ Fashion Week.
Lady Gaga perfume - enticing but terrifying
Lady Gaga refused to sign a fragrance deal with cosmetics firm Coty Beauty unless bosses could find a way to create the world's first-ever black perfume.
NZ hairstylists get creative with colour
The Redken NYC Hair Awards has been set-up to scout new creative colouring talent. Check out a few of the looks that impressed judges of the Kiwi wing of the competition. Dunedin based hairstylist Kelsey Lyons took out the top prize, winning a trip to Las Vegas.
Michele Hewitson Interview: Denise L'Estrange-Corbet
Fashion business World's co-founder is a stranger to diplomacy, talks loudly and very fast and is never short of an opinion
Haircare for men: Dealing with the b-word
Men are well advised to seek specific scalp solutions.
A touch of Colombian style in Auckland
Colombian Gilberto Navas-Cotte shaers his South American style.
Nicole Kidman goes topless in racy photoshoot
Nicole Kidman has ditched her usual wholesome image, daring to bare for the latest issue of V Magazine's Travel Issue.
Fashion designers share inspiration for their latest looks
Top designers tell Viva the ideas behind their latest collections.
Shopping tips for guys
Dan Ahwa, the fashion editor of Canvas magazine and unassumingly stylish man, shares some new-season shopping tips for men.
Men's fashion taking off in New Zealand
Andreas Mikellis celebrates the changing face of menswear in New Zealand.
Dan Carter: If the shoe fits...
Dan Carter's favourite shoes are custom-made by top label Louis Vuitton. Viva finds out more.
Pageant push 'surreal,' says beauty queen
'Pageant push' victim, Kiwi beauty queen Collette Lochore, reckons she held her own against Miss Malawi and her elbows.
How to shop: Style advice from fashion experts
It's no longer reserved for the rich and famous, darlings; all kinds of Kiwis now hire experts for style advice. Rachel Grunwell lets a stylist work her magic in a spring makeover.
Daytime PJs in public keeps city awake at night
A heated debate has erupted in Gisborne over whether pyjamas should be banned from being worn in public.
Weekend leisure: Hats off to her
Master milliner Carolyn Gibson shares her expertise with novice hatmakers. Helen Twose writes.
Sneak peek at David Beckham's latest underwear campaign
Football star David Beckham has unveiled the new black and white shots to promote his H&M Bodywear collaboration with the high street retailer.