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Updated: Red carpet fashion at Venice Film Festival
Stars have turned out in force for the annual festival.

<i>Retail Therapy:</i> Focus on fashion
Young designers need all the support they can get at the moment, so winning $10,000 would surely be cause for some intense celebration.

Pot luck: Hair 'gunk' for men
Viva tests some of the men's hair products on the market today.

A good cause
Roxanne Horton takes time out from collecting designer clothes for a fundraiser to share the things she loves in life.

Style statement: It's in the bag
Accessory-mad Roanne Jacobson lets us peek inside her wardrobe.

Eternal darkness - why the fashion world can't live without black
This summer, the new black is... well, we can guess the rest, can't we?

Getting lippy
New Zealand women have a reputation for individuality in most things, and that includes choosing lipstick shades.

Step out with elegance
Designer Amandine Barre says a relaxed feel to fashion is fine - as long as it's stylish.

Back in the red
Poppy King's brand Lipstick Queen has a cult following thanks to her wizardry with colour.

The grand designs of Pierre Cardin? Non merci
The fashion designer has bough more than 40 houses in the French town of Lacoste in the hopes of turning it into a 'cultural Saint Tropez'.

<i>Beauty</i>: Snow queen
Look good on the slopes and apres-ski with these winter skin-care tips.

Trelise Cooper: Setting a scene
Trelise Cooper's latest venture is characteristically theatrical, writes Janetta Mackay