Chelsea Jade Metcalf is a talented Aucklander with a unique outlook.

The dude known as a Miss chats to Jacqueline Smith about dodging weather bombs and modelling with sheep while filming America's Next Top Model in NZ.

It's getting easier for darker skinned women to find makeup that suits, but equal choice is still a work in progress.

It's so easy to wear, and so feminine. The dress continues to reign supreme.

Cut through sickly sentiment with expressive new fragrance choices.

London-based New Zealander Karen Cole is giving merino wool a designer edge and succeeding.

Music stars - from colourful glam rockers to the new black of Joan Jett - bring a much-needed edge to fashion.

The new "it" colour for nails is anything but dreary.

Once stuck in a 9-5 rut in a Wellington office job, Gala Darling donned a new identity and created a new life as a New York style and self-help guru.

Togs, togs, togs ... undies - remember the advertising image of a beachgoer in swimming togs walking up the beach into a shopping centre?

More than 15 beauty spas have offered to cover Rhiannon Hayman's treatment after voucher company Total Experience left her empty handed when it filed for liquidation this month.

She may enjoy glamour in Hollywood, but Rachel Hunter has revealed a life more ordinary when she is in NZ.

Hold on to that holiday feeling while harnessing a little help to weather the hot season well.

Claire Stapleton uses the power of shopping to help those in need.

Labour leader Phil Goff has been asked the big question: has he been indulging in the dark art of Grecian 2000?

Let me pinpoint the moment the world first became aware of the ageless, year-zero face.

Great news for students - jeans left unwashed for a year are no dirtier than those that have been worn for a fortnight.

Isaac Hindin Miller reports from the French capital on the latest in winter menswear fashions.

In the lead-up to their appearance at the Big Day Out, Billie Rogers and Emily Littler share their style preferences with Viva.

If you want to minimise chances of a shark attack, leave your fluorescent boardshorts or yellow polka-dot bikini at home.

Isaac Hindin Miller reports from Italy's style capital on the latest in winter menswear fashions.

What do you get when you combine fashion's young in-crowd with sumptuous food and great wine in a stylish Hawkes Bay lodge? A chic alfresco party. Viva was there.

Isaac Hindin Miller reports from Italy's style capital on the latest in winter menswear fashions.

Isaac Hindin Miller reports from Italy's style capital on the latest in winter menswear fashions.

Check out who's wearing what at the first of this year's big Hollywood award ceremonies.

TV3 has confirmed it will produce a third series of the popular talent search New Zealand's Next Top Model.

The wealthiest man in Spain has announced his imminent retirement from fashion giant Inditex, parent company of the Zara chain.