Fashion

The dangers of hipster jeans have been vividly demonstrated by an Adelaide woman left lying for hours unable to move when the circulation to her legs was cut off. Audio

A battle between a plus-size model and a weight loss guru. Audio

Art meets fashion in exhibitions in Wellington and Dunedin. Audio

New Zealand photographer who has created series re-creating of the last meals of Death Row criminals, backstage rider requests of rock musicians, and the food of doomsday preppers. Audio

Amelia Nurse talking with Juli Hunter who designs eco-friendly clothes and does alterations all from her home studio in Waikanae. Audio

In 1977 Louis Vitton, a French fashion house founded in 1854, only had two stores - in Nice and in Paris. A small group of family owned businesses dominated the luxury fashion industry. Fast forward… Audio

Claire Gormly and Rose Jackson don't just dress up in vintage clothes, they live things vintage. They've collected clothing, jewellery, hats, and handbags from the Victorian era to the 1970s, in fact… Audio

Former Fashion and Beauty Editor, Michal McKay. Dr Tanisha C. Ford is an assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Popular radio and… Audio

Avant garde shoe designer and footwear artist of Belarus origin who studied in London with fashion creators Alexander McQueen and Nicholas Kirkwood. Audio

24-year-old Liam Houlahan is coming to the rescue of the sartorially challenged. Liam has set up a new website to help out men who suffer from a lack of shopping confidence. The website is called Wear… Audio

Simon Smuts-Kennedy of Hills Hats. The business has been making head furniture for 140 years. Audio

The age of the flared trousers is our retro theme today. Archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision. Audio

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