Fashion

A UK department store has kick-started an anti-airbrushing campaign by releasing provocative before and after retouching pictures. The images — which feature a lingerie model — have gone viral on social media, being shared more than 40,000 times in 24 hours. One image shows the model in her natural state, another shows her marked up […]

Australian couples are outlaying an average of over $50,000 for their wedding day, but with discount retailers like Target entering the bridal market, those budgets could be slashed. Earlier this year the US arm of the retail and fashion giant launched a wedding collection to mixed reactions. Offering designer knock-offs for as little as $99, […]

She might speak with a Danish accent, but Crown Princess Mary showed she’s still Australian at heart on the weekend, donning a gown by Aussie designer Collette Dinnigan. Mary attended the royal wedding of Sweden’s Princess Madeleine to US banker Christopher O’Neill in Stockholm. It was an event attended by the cream of European royalty […]

The swift rise in popularity of online shopping and introduction of low-priced, fast fashion stores into Australia such as Zara and Top Shop has certainly changed the face of retail. Quick fix shopping has become so easy a new dress can be delivered to your front door the same day you order. Apps on your […]

In the late 1990s, the editor ofVogue, Kirstie Clements, was casting for swimsuit models in Sydney, but she decided none of the gorgeous young women were “suitable” to wear a bikini. As she gave up and went to purchase a sandwich at the cafe across the road, she passed the Northside Clinic, which specialises in […]

You don’t mess with Queen Beyoncé, especially when it comes to her bootylicious bod. H&M chiefs learned this out the hard way when they shrank the star’s curves in the advertising campaign for their 2013 summer collection. The 31-year-old was reportedly outraged to find that her famous curves had been retouched for the advertising campaign […]

Global retail giant H&M has pledged to use healthy models in its advertising and admitted that in the past the company has irresponsibly promoted too-thin models and in doing so, promoted an unhealthy body image. CEO Karl-John Persson made the admission on the topic of model health speaking with Metro. Related: Mainstream fashion’s first size […]

Is your wardrobe a treasure chest of items that come in and out of fashion? Are you reaching your maximum space limit? Do you find things you forgot you had? It’s time to clean up and clear out what you don’t need. Stylist Wendy Mak says women can get 1000 outfits with only 30 items […]

Stylist and fashion guru, Wendy Mak is talking us through the top ten essential items that can complete any woman’s wardrobe. Wendy picks ten versatile items that she believes can be mixed and matched to create the perfect look for any occasion. For more fashion tips and tricks, Wendy Mak from www.WendyMak.com has all the […]

She has gone from an everyday woman to a stylish superstar singer in less than five years. Now Adele’s stylist, Gaelle Paul, is spilling her secrets. Gaelle reveals the size 16 star’s number one style rule is to always hit the red carpet in the right undies. “She always wears Spanx on the red carpet,” […]