Fashion

In a book called Memos, Alexander Vreeland, grandson of American Vogue visionary editor Diana Vreeland, remembers his grandmother, in her own words. Audio

Johnny Thunders, who died in 1991 aged 38, was the iconic guitarist for the New York Dolls and later the Heartbreakers, bands that would influence the English punk movement and a score of LA hair… Audio

Written by Vivienne Westwood and Ian Kelly, reviewed by Leah McFall and published by Picador. Audio

Vivienne Westwood has achieved a longevity in fashion unprecedented since Coco Chanel. Audio

Animal rights groups are calling on the clothing giant Glassons to pull its latest video advertisement, which they say glamorises animal cruelty. Audio

Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, has died age 82. Audio

If you've ever admired a colourful, fabric brooch on someone's blouse - it might just be a Tamsin Cooper creation. Tamsin Cooper celebrates 10 years of design this year, and in that time her business… Audio

Brooklyn-based Maureen Callahan has worked as a writer for the New York Post as well as being a contributor for Vanity Fair - where she wrote about the extraordinary relationship between the late… Audio

Long-time fashion and beauty writer, Cecilie Geary, has just committed her five decades of experiences and memories to paper. After starting out as a copywriter, Cecilie wrote for the Auckland Star… Audio

Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan helped break down barriers for both Maori and women. Her fashion sense was also ground breaking, and some of her wardrobe now features in a Hawkes Bay gallery exhibition… Audio

The rise of the knitted shoe with CityLab writer Bonnie Tsui. Audio

Ari Seth Cohen is the creator of Advanced Style a street-style photographic blog documenting, in his words, the "fashion and wisdom of the senior set." The blog has since inspired a book and a… Audio

Gosia Piatek doesn't feel very 'Kiwi,' especially where her work ethic and hunger are concerned. On the communication-front she is also very direct-a trait she readily puts down to her 'European'… Audio

Almost a year since more than 1100 people were killed in the Rana Plaza clothes factory collapse, one of our top designers Francis Hooper explores where Kiwi designed clothes are made, and Pulitzer… Audio

The illegal global trade in snakeskins. Sarah Butler of The Guardian reports. Audio

Imagine that your mother is well known Wellington fashion designer Sophie Voon and your dad is the photographer for this thriving family business. If you've grown up in the fashion industry it would… Audio

When did pink become the colour for girls, and blue the colour for boys? Jo Paoletti is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, and she's spent decades researching the… Audio

Lindah Lepou is an award-winning Pasifika multi-media artist and fashion designer. Audio

From the cravat to the Windsor, the tie still has an important place in our schools, boardrooms and rugby clubs. With Thomas Fink, the author of 'The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie', Shelley Macrae of the… Audio