Fashion

Modelling: the career that went out of fashion

Ellie Pithers   Today's catwalks are all about the clothes, not the faces, and as a result, supermodels are losing their cachet.

Is fashion dead as a dodo-skin handbag?

Maggie Alderson   It used to take six months for a trend to go from the runway to the masses - but smart phones have changed all that.

Trend of personalised presents changes the game of gift-giving

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

Beauty

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

Jenna Clarke   "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

Heston Blumenthal: Our brains can be fooled into healthier eating

Heston Blumenthal   Labelling and tax are not the only answers - we must be smarter if we are to tackle the obesity crisis, writes chef Heston Blumenthal.

A fit body leads to a fit brain

GRETCHEN REYNOLDS   The most persistent theme in exercise science in 2015 was that to live long, age well and maintain a nimble mind and shapely brain, we must be physically active - but not for as much time as many of us might fear, or in the ways that many of us might guess.

'Fat but fit' may be a myth, researchers say

Ariana Eunjung Cha   One of the most controversial ideas in medical science today is whether people can really be fat and fit. That is, is weight in itself a marker of health - or simply a suggestion of a person's physical fitness?

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

Love without marriage: Meet the couples shunning 'I do'

Cosima Marriner   When Emily Cooper and her boyfriend of eight years Ben Morrell flew home for Christmas on Sydney's northern beaches they had an announcement to make. "We've decided not to get married," Emily told her family and close friends. 

'Manspreading', 'Vape' and 'So': Hated words for 2016

Christine Hauser   If you are still trying to decide on a New Year's resolution, there are some people who might be able to help: Promise never to use the word "problematic" again.

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Robin Powell   Western Australia's flamboyant flowering gums now flourish in more humid conditions, thanks to a new series of cultivars.