Fashion

Trend of personalised presents changes the game of gift-giving

Sarah Berry 5:13 PM   New product technology is allowing customers to create their own individual versions of everything from surfboards to gin.

How the Taylor Swifts of fashion overcame their haters

Jenna Clarke   Eight years ago they thought people hated them, now they have more than 1 million fans.

Star Wars' spare-no-expense world premiere

Brooks Barnes   A veritable army of security guards, publicists and event staffers. Quadruple the typical number of invited guests. A lavish after-party, replete with Stormtroopers and a roaming Chewbacca, stretching for four city blocks.

Beauty

Miss Universe judge Perez Hilton slams Miss Colombia for being a 'diva'

Jenna Clarke 7:19 PM   "I'm like, you're Sofia Vergara. You're not Miss Universe."

Was Steve Harvey's Miss Universe mix-up a publicity stunt? Conspiracy theories begin

Emily Yahr   Steve Harvey mixing up the winner of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant on Sunday had all the ingredients of an epic viral moment: A beauty pageant. An embarrassing gaffe. The agonising scene when Harvey admitted he made a mistake. The look on Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez's face when her crown was taken off and given to the real winner, Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach.

Miss Colombia philosophical after mistakenly crowned Miss Universe

Jenna Clarke   Miss Colombia 'happy' despite the embarrassing outcome which saw her stripped of the $400,000 crown.

Wellbeing

Why it's time to quit sit-ups

Sarah Berry 10:26 AM   Back strain is one of the most common exercise injuries. It turns out that one of the most common exercises is likely to be causing it.

Alcohol's effect on your health: What the science says

Aaron E. Carroll 11:52 PM   Looking to have a few drinks these holidays? There are risks, but done right, benefits too.

Five myths about gluten

Alessio Fasano 10:00 PM   For people with coeliac disease, complex proteins found in gluten wreak havoc on the small intestine. For the rest of us, it's a different story.

Home & Style

Are men or women better at assembling Ikea furniture?

Jeff Guo   The putting together of flat-pack furniture is the new battle of the sexes.

Beyond the backyard

Beverley Johanson   A new precinct of luxury apartments is about to change Moonee Ponds for the better.

Editor's Choice

Veronica Ridge   HomeStyle editor Veronica Ridge tracks down creative places and new products that are cool and covetable.

Life

The advice people would give their younger selves

"Don't cook whole chickens in the microwave."

What kind of world am I bringing my child into?

Maureen Matthews   I worry about what kind of a world we are bringing this child into.

I matched with 2500 men on Tinder and this is what happened next...

Staff reporter   As an experiment, I swiped right on everyone - and this is what went down.