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Beauty: High and dry

Dry shampoos are the low-profile oddballs of the hair cleaning world. Their main fans are travellers and backstage fashion show stylists, especially time-poor ones.

Retail Therapy: Get Ingrid

Auckland boutique Made have just received a selection of pieces in store from new label Ingrid Starnes.

Velvet underground

The trends from the latest international fashion weeks have yet to trickle down to stores here, but there is one key look you can wear right now: velvet.

Sacrificed fur fashion

The fight against killing animals for the sake of fashion continues but designers are increasingly going back to the old favourite - albeit claiming the skins are ethically produced.

Burberry proves it's plugged into the British weather

No one does luxurious, practical outerwear better than the British label Burberry Prorsum, writes Carola Long.

Christopher Kane's 'biker girl' take on the LBD

When Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel created the little black dress in the Twenties, she could hardly have foreseen the sexy leather and lace versions which graced London Fashion Week yesterday.

Modestly stylish

Being comfortable while looking good is important to <i>Tagata Pasifika</i>'s Angela Tiatia.

Wearable clothes - a novelty for fashion week

Stylish, wearable clothes which do not demand a model's body or a film star's lifestyle: that was what several designers delivered at London Fashion Week yesterday.

Wardrobe makeover

As the autumn/winter collections begin going into stores, we bring you 20 easy ways to update your wardrobe.

Alexander the great

Leaders in the local fashion industry remember British designer Alexander McQueen who died last week.

NZ Fashion: The ones to watch

They're new and they're exciting - just don't call them the next big things. We bring you three new labels to watch out for in 2010.

NZ designer Rebecca Taylor shows at NYFW

NZ-born designer Rebecca Taylor had a healthy dose of masculinity in her fall 2010 ready-to-wear collection at New York Fashion Week.

Preteen samba queen breaks down at Rio Carnival

The youngest drum corps queen in Carnival memory broke down crying after being surrounded by cameras.

Barbara Sumner Burstyn: Inspired by passion

With a busy life as a producer, director and writer, and mother, Barbara Sumner Burstyn still has time for stylish luxury.

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Fur makes a comeback at New York Fashion Week

Alexander Wang showed a cool leather trenchcoat with a strip of mink running entirely down the back during the weekend's shows at New York Fashion week.