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Haute couture looking threadbare
Global recession has seen a worrying downturn in the fortunes of Paris's haute couturiers, with some predicting the demise of French fashion house Lacroix.

Beauty: Bright ideas good enough to bottle
From small beginnings, three Kiwi businesses are making their mark with innovative products.

Top Model hunt successful
At least one top-secret Auckland location for the America's Next Top Model contestants has been revealed.

'America's Next Top Model' filming in NZ
Several episodes of the next season of America's Next Top Model will be filmed in NZ, host Tyra Banks has confirmed.

A gift for giving
What philanthropist and fitness and wellbeing expert Kirsty Wilkinson wears when she isn't in sweatpants.

Island mystery tour falls out of fashion
An invitation-only party on Waiheke Island for the 'beautiful people' took a bizarre turn yesterday, leaving top fashionistas perplexed.

'America's Next Top Model' to film in NZ - report
Reality show 'America's Next Top Model' is rumoured to be heading down under in the near future.

Shiny, happy people
Make like Michael Jackson and get some sequins into your wardrobe. We tell you how to wear them.

<i>Retail Therapy:</i> New shoes
Scarpa have welcomed Italian shoe brand Superga to New Zealand.

My marvellous mentor
Three young, talented and successful designers pay tribute to the tutors who have helped them get where they are.

London's it boy
Anyone who's anyone wears his rhyming slogan T-shirts. And now Henry Holland is putting the debonair into UK high street store Debenhams.

So what is power dressing?
Enjoy summer's easy vibe: come next winter - according to Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Balmain and Balenciaga - it's all about power dressing.

Dion Lee: Australia's new design star
Isaac Hindin Miller talks to the 23-year-old being billed as Australia's next big name in fashion design.

Kiwi men too sexy for NZ sheilas
Kiwi blokes are among the world's most attractive, but New Zealand women are struggling in the looks department, says a website.

'Depressed and lonely' model found hanged
The apparent suicide of a rising star in international modelling has sent shockwaves through the fashion industry.

Pampering for all at Girls' Day Out
Ellen Dorset heads to Girls' Day Out to see what's on offer at this year's event...