I was a squashy and bookish teenager, with berserk hair and pimples that were bigger than my boobs.

A two piece ensemble made entirely out of old brown leather suitcases has taken out the Supreme Winner crown at this year's World of Wearable Arts event in Wellington.

It could be the ultimate in male vanity - men are paying thousands of pounds in search of the perfect nipple.

Fashion magazine Marie Claire has apologised for featuring a non-Maori model wearing a sacred Maori tattoo in its October issue.

A young beauty queen with a severe form of arthritis is speaking out about her experience with the disease in the lead-up to tomorrow's Arthritis New Zealand street appeal.

An Auckland academic says a fashion magazine’s use of a Maori facial tattoo on a non-Maori model is a “cultural insult”.

One of the biggest department stores in the Philippines has been forced to withdraw a T-shirt which appeared to justify rape after outrage erupted online.

Fashion is about self-expression, individuality, it is a way of communicating with the world around you.

The fashion designer and co-owner of World, Francis Hooper, was at the Langham organising World's 25th birthday bash for the media later that afternoon.

If elections could be won on looks alone then Internet-Mana leader Laila Harre might just be our next PM - according to new research from Auckland University.

A show at London Fashion Week went ahead yesterday despite being interrupted by a builder crashing through the roof and falling about 9 metres to the ground.

A 16-year-old model from New Plymouth has opened the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show at London Fashion Week wearing a "Yes" badge, in support of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom.

There have been many innovative and creative watches over the years. Remember the Casio calculator watch? Here are 10 creative and innovative watches.

A complaint about a beauty therapist who performed a skin treatment on a woman that resulted in burning, facial swelling and blisters has been upheld.

Britney Spears proves that looking good is the best revenge, launching her new lingerie line in the New York Public Library.

An innovative lingerie brand aims to 'empower' every woman with a new underwear collection for darker skin tones.

Karen Walker has found a new fan in Girls star Lena Dunham, who has been touting goodies by the New Zealand designer this week, including a dress, sunnies and clutch.

Long-awaited Apple Watch heralds company's first foray into the style arena. We try it on for size.

A woman has taken it upon herself to show how conventional standards of beauty are shifted when a biracial identity is involved.

Photos from Serena Williams Spring 2015 collection, shown at Fashion Week in New York.

Intrepid travellers looking for a new thrill might want to seek out these unusual beauty treatments.

Kiwi women are having Botox injections in their fingers and hands to look better in close-up wedding photographs.

Pop star Miley Cyrus is set to debut her first collection of art at a New York Fashion Week show on Wednesday.

For some women, age is no obstacle to looking good, finds Claire McCall.

Keep it simple with black and white.