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.

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.

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.

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.

Here are our picks for Best Dressed at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

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 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.

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.

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.

A woman who was announced as a winner at a beauty pageant was told by organisers two days after her victory that her prize was meant for another Indian girl.

Block colours and classic lines are where it’s at for ball season. Just don’t leave home without a coat.

British fashion retailer Topshop is gearing up for major New Zealand expansion, with a central Auckland site secured for a flagship store

Traditional ball dresses and elegant mid-century shapes might seem twee in an age of sexed-up pop stars and the Kardashians.

Anna Wintour has declined an invite to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding - just weeks after controversially putting them on the cover of the fashion bible.

Stars attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld has no filter - no one is safe from the 80-year-old's acid tongue. We took a look at some of Karl's most controversial comments ever

When you're as beautiful as Angelina Jolie, maybe you don't ask anyone "how do I look?" before you go out.

Karl Lagerfeld has unleashed his acid tongue on pretty much anyone who has had cosmetic surgery in attempt to conceal the aging process.

Clothing retailer Just Jeans has voluntarily recalled four children's garments containing potentially cancer-causing dyes.

New figures suggest that the exclusive issue may have sold up to 250,000 copies fewer than expected.

Spreading fears of a carcinogenic clothing dye could see children's clothing and bed sheets pulled from store shelves over the next few weeks.