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Audrey Hepburn, Kate Moss, Barack Obama, Gaga and R-Patz are among the celebs captured rocking Ray-Bans. We've raided the iconic sunglasses' picture vault and pulled together this gallery.

Quick, easy and appropriate - that's the makeup mantra for weekday mornings.

Louis Vuitton marked 20 years in China and the opening of their new Maison with a two-day extravaganza in Shanghai. Zoe Walker joined the celebrations.

Bronwyn Sell finds inexpensive designerwear — after a fashion — in inner-city Auckland.

Don't neglect your feet just because they've slipped out of view.

Student Aych McArdle has a unique and colourful take on fashion.

As boutique fashion store Miss Crabb celebrates its eight-year anniversary, Viva visits Kristine Crabb - a designer who has stayed true to her own vision - at home in St Marys Bay.

Skinny jeans are squeezing sartorially adept males too tightly in a particularly sensitive area, new research shows.

No wonder Frenchwomen are such beauty salon fans when they can tap into treatments like these.

Dior's new artistic director Raf Simons brings flowers and finesse to the catwalk and brings a fresh take to the classic French label.

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An expert adviser offers winning ways with hair.

Indulgence is personal, but underpinning it come values of integrity and aesthetics.

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Bonnie Shanahan talks luxury cosmetics, treasured dresses and Prada.

Twenty ways to indulge yourself or a loved one - from the decadent to the simple.