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Just a number
Women aged over 40 have often felt ignored by fashion, but a range of new labels aim to look after their style needs.

Fashion Plate: Yvonne Brownlie
Look Good Feel Better general manager Yvonne Brownlie shares her style secrets.

Feeling pretty on the inside
Leading Australian fashion designer Collette Dinnigan launches her latest lingerie collection at Farmers stores from today.

NZ fashion industry pioneer dies
Gus Fisher, one of the founders of the New Zealand fashion industry and a well-known philanthropist, died on Tuesday night and was farewelled at a funeral this afternoon.

Gender benders
The blurring of the sexes is nothing new in popular culture, but androgyny is finally being accepted by the general populace.

The new faces of NZ's fashion industry
Winners of NZ Fashion Week's 'new talent' competition come together for a special shoot.

Milan: City of style
The Milanese live up to their effortlessly elegant reputation, writes Zoe Walker.

Retail Therapy: Bikini babe
Harajuku Lovers are a very Japanese, cutesy-pie range of mini fragrances.

Beauty: The skin you're in
Kerri Jackson tracks down some products to help protect your skin through the winter months.

Catwalk catfights begin in <i>Next Top Model</i>
At least four of the New Zealand's Next Top Model top 13 finalists are already signed with an agency.

French home for Kiwi style
An expat Kiwi is opening a shop in Paris dedicated to stocking NZ fashion.

Clothing our future Olympians
Swimwear from Karen Walker? Equestrian outfits from Alexandra Owen? Zoe Walker wonders who will design NZ's 2012 Olympic uniforms.

Fashion Plate: Marie Jordan
Expat Marie Jordan tells Viva about the uniquely French sense of style and how she incorporates it into her everyday life.

Discos out, proms in for UK primary school students
Limo rental companies and dressmakers are starting to cash in as 'proms' to celebrate the end of primary school take off across Britain.

Beauty: Twist on tradition
Try a modern makeover of a classic hair style, writes Janetta Mackay.

Givenchy: Dressing the beautiful
Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy, founder of the famed French fashion house, is 83 and has lived his dream.

Stella McCartney to design Great Britain's 2012 Olympic uniforms
The designer will create the kit for the British Olympic team, working in conjunction with the sportswear label Adidas.

The art of beaute
Janetta Mackay test drives a host of beauty products, from Paris with love.

Male order from Paris
Zambesi menswear designer Dayne Johnston takes us inside the fast-paced world of working the Paris fashion collections.

Take two in Paris
A tourist and a resident give their views on the best bits of the City of Love.

Billabong drops in on Californian label
Surfwear retailer Billabong is buying Californian clothing brand RVCA for an undisclosed amount.

The little white dress is fraught with complications
The Independent's Susannah Frankel contemplates buying a little white dress for the European summer.

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Humble pie over hostess outfits
I owe Air New Zealand - and Trelise Cooper - an apology. When the first photos of the uniforms were released, I was appalled.