Fashion

Designer to the stars accused of underpaying staff

Michaela Whitbourn 7:58 PM   Sydney designer Johanna Johnson has dressed celebrities for the red carpet. Her former employees are seeing red over her alleged failure to pay them thousands.

Duchess of Cambridge refuses to heed the Queen

Amy Croffey   It's her royal tour of India and Bhutan, so she'll wear wedges and forgo hem weights if she wants to. Thank you very much.

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Beyonce's Ivy Park 'athleisure' range set to launch

Melissa Singer   The humble pair of gym leggings has gone from bottom drawer cast-off to serious fashion industry commodity.

Beauty

'Man, it's painful': Gwyneth gets stung by bees for therapy

Gwyneth Paltrow has been stung by bees in the name of beauty.

Emma Watson fans upset by skin whitening ad

Mary Ward   Fans of the gender equality advocate have expressed their upset on social media after discovering Watson advertised a range of Lancome skin whitening scrubs.

Why your perfume no longer reeks

C. Claiborne Ray   Q. Why do we become desensitised to a perfume we are wearing while others can still smell it?

Wellbeing

Polyunsaturated fats may not prevent heart disease, new study suggests

Catherine Armitage 1:14 PM   In the battle for our hearts, veges, grains and seeds are still winning, but beef and butter are fighting a rearguard action.

The crazy rise of yoghurt as a cure for ageing

Sarah Berry   Keep young and beautiful, if you want to be loved. At least that's what one chipper song from the 30s advised.

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Why retirement is good for you

Melody Ding   Retirees are likely to enjoy a healthier lifestyle than their counterparts who remain in the workforce.

Home & Style

Scouring the bookshops

Erin Munro   We tend to think of minimalist style and apartment living as a contemporary concern.

Collector's corner

Erin Munro   A funny thing happened to comedian Bev Killick while riding on a Melbourne tram.

House of surprise

Helen McKenzie   This beachside award-winner has a conversation piece at every turn.

Life

The science of a good cry

Meeri Kim 9:44 AM   ​The shedding of emotional tears is unique to humans, but our evolutionary, psychological and biological reasons for "crying it out" remain a mystery.

You can blame STIs for monogamy

Amy Croffey   A study has found evidence that prehistoric humans may have been driven into the social norm of monogamy - over polygamy - because of the spread of STIs.

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