France's incendiary political and society soap opera came to a shuddering halt after three years yesterday.

The Next Top Model hair team share tricks of the trade you can use at home.

Check out the look of these latest celebrity scents.

It's not often I let my husband fly solo, but when it came to the garage sale, it was the only way to go.

The winner of America's Next Top Model, Ann Ward, is so thin that a judge managed to fit both hands around her waist.

Teenage skin needs to be treated differently.

There's no need to spend up large at a time when it pays to experiment.

There are alternative, non-trashy celebrity icons out there for today's teenagers, writes Zoe Walker.

Anjali Stewart and Rachel Easting are childhood friends and the designers behind Twenty-seven Names.

For a young person in a competitive job market, getting your foot in the door in your chosen industry is key.

A million kisses help heal heartache as we recognise today - World Aids Day.

A complaint about young women posing topless on NZ's Next Top Model has not been upheld.

The number of Kiwis travelling to Southeast Asia for cosmetic surgery has soared in the past year.

Carey Mulligan and Kelly Osbourne are among the style-savvy celebrities recruited to an internet giant's new fashion website, which lets women create their own virtual boutiques stocked with clothes from favourite designers.

New Zealander Henry Hargreaves is an ex-model making a name for himself in the Big Apple with a book celebrating breasts.

Bono is in Auckland this week, but his wife Ali Hewson has been busy in Africa relaunching their ethical fashion company.

Mickey Drexler, who turned Gap into the epitome of Nineties casual, is fronting a $3.9 billion takeover bid for J Crew.

Beauty innovations quickly gain momentum. Here are some of the latest.

I don't think Middleton can be hailed as a style icon yet - she dresses far too sensibly and maturely for such a title.

Behind every immaculate mo stands a man who knows the importance of good prep work.

This is what queen-in-waiting Kate Middleton's wedding dress would look like if top Kiwi designers had their way.

The world's most unashamedly indulgent and recession-unfriendly Christmas gift has arrived.