Is a new product that wipes away wrinkles a life-changing cosmetic breakthrough or just too good to be true?

Tiny Space is the newest addition to the K Road precinct.

New Zealand's Next Top Model will be returning to screens for a second series this year.

Karen Walker has showcased her newest collection, Salzburg, USA, in New York earlier this week, bringing together two unlikely influences: The Sound of Music and Bob Dylan.

As the autumn/winter collections begin going into stores, we bring you 20 easy ways to update your wardrobe.

Leaders in the local fashion industry remember British designer Alexander McQueen who died last week.

They're new and they're exciting - just don't call them the next big things. We bring you three new labels to watch out for in 2010.

NZ-born designer Rebecca Taylor had a healthy dose of masculinity in her fall 2010 ready-to-wear collection at New York Fashion Week.

The youngest drum corps queen in Carnival memory broke down crying after being surrounded by cameras.

Alexander Wang showed a cool leather trenchcoat with a strip of mink running entirely down the back during the weekend's shows at New York Fashion week.

Alexander McQueen was a wonderful example of the successful blend of art and commerce, writes Lisa Markwell.

Renee Stewart is following in her famous mum Rachel Hunter's footsteps into the world of modelling.

Its KFC went up in flames in December, and now Levin has lost one of the country's top beauty pageants as well.

Once, cycling was dominated by couriers and lycra-clad racers.

Be kiss-proof this Valentine's Day.

The sheer drama, grandeur and exhilarating bravery of McQueen's designs and fashion shows may never be surpassed, writes Carola Long.

Fashion blogger Isaac Hindin Miller on the death of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has been found dead at his London home, aged 40.

Graphic designer Hannah Souter sorts through her inspirations.

Stolen Girlfriends Club took over New York City last month: creative director Luke Harwood gives Viva an exclusive insight into the trip.

Model Brooklyn Decker has landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year.

Top Model's Jay Manuel gushes to Deborah Hill Cone about the new season, which was partly filmed in New Zealand.

A Chinese woman is so keen to win back her ex-boyfriend she plans to undergo plastic surgery to transform herself into his favourite actress: Hollywood star Jessica Alba.

Scientists have found that people who inherit two copies of a particular DNA variant show the biological signs of being about eight years "older" than people of the same age who carry neither genetic variant.

She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a seven-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models.

Actress Michelle Langstone looks to literature to inform her varied wardrobe.

A virtually unknown model from Paraparaumu has been named in a top 10 of New Zealand's most beautiful women.

Janetta Mackay offers some hair survival tips for a colourful summer.

The latest runway looks from Lebanon, Pakistan and Rome

Another limited edition makeup range launches next week.