Australia's largest fashion festival turned back the sartorial dial to the 1970s on Saturday evening as David Jones turned a Docklands wharf into a slick runway show with Australian and international influences. Sydney-based kaftan queen Camilla Franks cemented her creeping presence in the southern...

One of the great things about living in the burbs is that you get a little patch to call your own. A small oasis of privacy and calm away from the glare of your fellow citizens. A bit of unkempt backyard and a deck in need of staining to call one's own, if you will. When I step out my back door, if...

The idea of working from home sounds like a dream (just imagine all the naps you could take!), but the reality includes far fewer snoozes and snack breaks than you’d think. To help you stay productive, I talked with Julie Morgenstern, a New York City-based productivity consultant and the author of...

Vêtements means clothes in French. It’s a straightforward name for a label with straightforward goals: to turn our thinking away from the fashion world’s slick cookie-cutter perfectionism, and to revisit clothing’s cultural significance and make it new. Head designer Demna Gvasalia has been working...

While the critical response to Alessandro Michele’s debut at Gucci was varied, the thing that Kering, the company that owns Gucci, is likely more concerned with is sales. With the goal of breaking last year’s €3.49 billion in revenue, Kering placed a lot of weight behind Michele’s estate-sale swans...

It was a traffic-light colour scheme to get any fashionista hot under the collar: red, yellow and green thigh-high boots sauntering down the catwalk at Versace’s show for Milan Fashion Week. This was no patent leather Pretty Woman reference though, more Avengers style -- the boots paired with capes...

Sesame oil or til ka tel is widely used in many Indian households for its varied culinary uses and health benefits. However, this oil can do wonders to your skin and hair, if included in your beauty regimen. Being chemical-free and natural, it can make you look beautiful and younger without much...

If you’ve never looked up "coregasm" on urbandictionary, let’s get that out of the way first: It’s an orgasm experienced during a workout. There have been plenty of surveys, reports, and Reddit streams claiming that it’s really a thing. (OK, I made that last one up. I'm way too scared to find out...

New York is a good place to start each fashion season – not because of the designers, but because of the city. It’s all about extremes: not that old/young, uptown/downtown designer thing, which has largely been eradicated (the designer Jason Wu is barely 32, but is far more uptown than the...

Awards season for most female stars means walking a gauntlet of aesthetic criticism called the red carpet. During the annual parade, they are subjected to endless questions about their appearance, their physiques and their diets. But what if the tables were suddenly turned and the men were...