Serene highness
Keep hues cool and shapes soft for a sophisticated silhouette that also oozes ease. Styling by Pilar Paredes. Still-life photography by Philip Le Masurier.
Fashion
Crown jewels go on display: the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge win Australian hearts
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came, they saw and they most definitely conquered.
What Kate wore - brickbats and bouquets (and cream broderie)
LIVIA GAMBLE Developing a reputation for her "recycled" clothing and trusty beige shoes, the Duchess of Cambridge's frock watch tour is winding down. For a final fix, here's recap of what Kate wore during the ...
Zara lawyers threaten Casey mother's home business
HENRY BELOT A Canberran mother who runs a baby-clothing line from her Casey home has been threatened with legal action by retail giant Zara because her business name, Zarabumba, was considered too similar to ...
Beauty
Is it worth it? Botox alternative
NEDAHL STELIO Imagine a serum that could erase the lines under your eyes in 20 minutes. That would have to be magic, right? It's the holy grail of skincare: something that smoothes, softens and gives wrinkles the heave-ho without injecting one's face with a muscle-freezing toxin. Yet that's what this product promises. Does it work? Let's see!
Foundation-free skin at fashion week
Eleanor Pendleton At recent fashion shows make-up artists were calling foundation a dirty word. Find out why.
Have we reached 'peak beard'? Good, because I'm not trying to be trendy
Christopher Howse As a lifelong beardie, I am longing for these furry newcomers to shave
Wellbeing
Five ways to keep running when you're out of routine
Pip Coates Does the sight of your abandoned running shoes in a corner makes you feel a little uncomfortable?
Sweat your way to more youthful skin
Gretchen Reynolds Exercise not only appears to keep skin younger, it may also even reverse skin ageing in people who start exercising late in life, according to surprising new research.
Is fit shaming jealousy in disguise?
Cassy Small Why are images of inspiration so commonly viewed with humour and sometimes contempt?
Home & Style
In tune with the times
Megan Backhouse An unlikely oasis has grown out of the recycling ethos.
A brush with better design
Ray Edgar Some surprisingly big names are thinking outside the S-bend.
Zen and now
Megan Backhouse An acclaimed design firm takes an abstract approach to landscape architecture.
Life
Saying yes to the female orgasm
Katherine Feeney There's nothing quite like the bliss of the big O, writes Katherine Feeney.
How to be a modern gentlewoman: no fake tan, fat talk or knickers in packets
Hannah Betts Enough of the rules for the modern gentleman - what about the modern gentlewoman?
