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Beauty: A brighter future
Skin tone is becoming the new beauty obsession, writes Janetta Mackay.

Out damn spot
A smattering of freckles may look cute, but blotchy brown spots the size of a 20c piece are rather less fetching.

Kate Sylvester gets romantic at Australian Fashion Week
Kate Sylvester's new collection is simple, subtle and swooney, writes Zoe Walker.

Is it time to put <i>Sex and the City</i> out of its misery?
As the fab four return to the big screen, the question is: has the franchise played itself out? Eva Wiseman says yes and Jo Elvin puts forward the case for no.

Camilla and Marc present signature Sydney style
Viva's Zoe Walker blogs from Rosemount Australian Fashion Week.

A daughter's gift
Isabelle Olson was inspired by her little girl to create gorgeous clothes for children. Viva asks about her own style.

SGC all grown up for roots-inspired 5th birthday show
A bold Aztec print featured heavily throughout Stolen Girlfriends Club's show at Australian Fashion Week, as did diamante encrusted bandannas...

Save your sole
Flats are bad, stilettos are worse. Is there a shoe that will keep the podiatrist happy? Michelle Coursey does some research.

Australian Fashion Week kicks off
Viva's Zoe Walker blogs from Australian Fashion Week in Sydney...

New Zealand baffles Top Model contestants
They met "May-oris" wearing "butt flaps", posed with "horny beasts", and were confused about their geography.

NZ's Topshop outlet has them queuing
Handbags, sweaters and dresses were flying as hundreds of shopaholics fought their way into the opening of New Zealand's first Topshop outlet yesterday.

Retail therapy: Get warm
World have collaborated with the Pashmina Environment and Community Trust to present a range of luxury pashminas.

Skincare company fights logo war with big rival
A family-run skincare company claims it is being bullied by a larger rival over its logo, which the rival claims is a rip-off of its own.

Karen Elson: After a fashion
Karen Elson is famous for modelling for designers from Gaultier to Chanel, gracing the cover of Vogue.

Beauty: Crack the colour code
Take the mystery out of makeup matching, writes Janetta Mackay.

Australia Fashion Week: Keeping neighbourly
Australian Fashion Week starts next week and some of our top designers will be there to showcase their goods. Viva looks at what else will be hot and happening on the runway this year.

Making scents
Fed up with vacuous celebrity scents, perfumer Geza Schoen is teaming up with beautiful minds to inspire his new fragrances.

Fashion and philanthropy - a perfect match
Gus and Irene Fisher have won the fifth annual Arts Foundation award for patronage.

Seeing the future
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort knows what we are going to wear, eat and drive before we have even thought about it.

PM risks fashion police on Anzac Day
John Key wouldn't get into some shopping centres in his latest outfit, but the Prime Minister decided a hooded sweatshirt was what he needed at Gallipoli on Anzac Day.

Window frames of the soul
Rachel Hunter loves life, Alison Mau is easygoing and John Campbell is understanding - at least, that's what their eyebrows tell us.