Tailored jackets have made a strong impact this season, with designers and retailers focusing on trimmer shapes, slim lapels and traditional fabrics such as tweed, wool and boucle.

A revolutionary new facial that involves allowing live snails to slither across the face has been hailed the next big thing in beauty.

Smart Casual is really just code for: “Normal clothes but nothing low-rent”, writes Shelley Bridgeman.

Kate Moss tells Allure magazine "the anorexic thing ... to be held responsible for somebody's illness. I wasn't anorexic."

A programme called Look Good Feel Better aims to give Kiwi cancer patients a confidence boost.

Celebrate the two sides of San Francisco style with these contrasting all-American approaches to grooming, drawing on the city's hippie-chic ethos or the technology focus epitomised by nearby Silicon Valley.

The prince of pyjamas, Peter Alexander, is calling on cute Kiwi boys to pose with a pup for a new charity calendar.

Celebrate the two sides of San Francisco style with these contrasting all-American approaches to grooming, drawing on the city's hippie-chic ethos or the technology focus epitomised by nearby Silicon Valley.

Take a look at this strange and wonderful bras from a new book compiling the very best from the World of Wearable Art's Bizarre Bras.

The pea-soup-yellow tracksuits with grey cuffs that Vili Tonu's mother made for him as a child were one of the designer's first encounters with upcycling.

Kirsten Warner asks some devotees of vintage and retro about their attraction to the styles of the past, and if there is such a thing as a ‘vintage lifestyle’.

Wolfgang Joop thinks the Duchess of Cambridge dresses like a "dolled-up air hostess".

Bow ties have been reworked this season from formal into several casual alternatives available in tweed, wool and grosgrain, reflecting a growing appreciation for traditional aspects of men’s dressing.

Sometimes, especially in the summer months at the beach, I think about pubic hair and the trend for the past decade which has seen women remove it all.

Clothes that make you look fabulous yet don't get in the way of everyday life. That's why Isabel Marant's eponymous label is the hottest thing in French fashion.

A handpicked edit of the best in French inspired style right now – see this week's issue of Viva for more.

Singer Annie Lennox has written a candid blog post urging women to avoid cosmetic surgery.

There's a sense of mystery when it comes to a woman and her handbag, the contents of which can leave any man utterly perplexed.

A selection of World of Wearable Arts garments made a splash at an exclusive event for fashion and yachting royalty in America.

As Karen Walker celebrates 20 years in retail, she takes a look back at some of her memorable campaigns.

Sharon Stephenson has been under makeup’s hypnotic spell since she was a child — what difference will five cosmetics-free days make?

It was an unusual choice for the theme of this year's Met Gala as the star attendee's were asked to go "Punk: From Chaos to Couture."