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Going, going, gown

Jemma Elias of Lawsons. Hundreds of costumes and vintage items to go under the hammer at Lawson's auction house in Sydney.

My Little Pony turns 25

Courteney Photos Courteney Cox leads a celebrity re-design of My Little Pony for its 25th birthday charity auction.

'Bottle Banksy' unveiled

Charlotte Hughes-Martin's bottles. A mystery artist has been leaving intricately engraved milk bottles on doorsteps in an English town.

Shower power: cleaning made easy

A man in a suit underneath a shower. An Australian company has made a suit that can be cleaned by wearing it in the shower.

Fringe furniture on the cutting edge

Fringe Furniture 2008 - Yellow Diva by David Walley and Phibs. More than 80 works will be exhibited at the Melbourne Musuem as part of Fringe Furniture 2008.

I am Kitty hear me purr

Hello Kitty. She has no mouth, yet she speaks volumes. She is a Japanese icon but loved throughout the world.

Strike a pose in 60s style

Pierre Cardin fashion parade at the Canberra Theatre Centre, 1967. NAA: A1500 K17370 Photos From micro minis to granny dresses, the 1960s and 1970s was an era of fashion extremes.

Suzie Howie: publicity queen

Video Don't know the name? Well, Suzie Howie probably publicised the last show you saw.

Zimmermann in the spotlight

Video Top Line Living goes behind the scenes at one of our biggest fashion labels.

Mr Events: MP Agency's Mark Patrick

Video Topline Living talks A-list life with the man behind the champagne behind the girl

Accolades for architecture

Peter Stutchbury's renovation of Michael Dysart's 1977 Garden House. Photos The best of the Australian Institute of Architects' NSW Awards.

Home with a twist

Brij Bhushan Lal with a sari at Indian Fashion, King Street, Newtown. Karen Pakula provides some hot tips for standard household items with original designs.

Novel essentials, essential novelties

Pope Benedict's red shoes. From old vinyls made into snack bowls to the Pope's red slippers, these basics are bare but not boring.

Top Line Living - Nick Tobias

Designer Nick Tobias. Video Award winning architect Nick Tobias on architecture, business and creative inspiration.

Craft reborn

Video A 'reborning' artist makes dolls so life-like they are difficult to distinguish from real newborns.

What will they think of next?

Scramble Bug The Australian International Design Awards reveal a bank of talent.

Top Line Living - Jenny Mercian

Video Laura Demasi uncovers Australia's biggest international jewellery secret - Jenny Mercian.

Speaking volumes

House of books. John Bailey sorts through a plethora of glossy tomes to compile a novice's guide to design books.

David Lynch's footwear fetish

Christian Louboutin's shoes as photographed Photos Christian Louboutin and David Lynch have combined their talents to create Fetish.

The changing face of James Bond

The James Bond 007 Annual. Photos Can the evolution of masculinity be seen in the cover art for James Bond books?

Meet the million-dollar nude

UK public servant Sue Tilley's portrait by Lucien Freud is expected to fetch $US35 million dollars.

Fashion cleans up NY punk venue

Photos John Varvatos opens a shop in the space that once housed famous music club CBGB.

Inside edition

Five homes with very different styles give a glimpse of the new trends in Australian interior design.

Expect the unexpected

Whatever the future holds, it won't be boring in design terms.

Florence Broadhurst's Signature style

DS 2.tif Photos A Sydney company is bringing the vision of Australia's pre-eminent textiles designer to the world.

Art in the bag

Sylvie Fleury's giant Chanel bag. Photos High-end fashion brands are joining forces with artists to boost their image.

From top to elegant toe

Tamara Mellon Photos Shoes, bags, the Halston revival. Meet the wonder woman behind Jimmy Choo.

DIY vintage

Vintage tins - Bronnie Masefau's interior design. Photos Introducing Bronnie Masefau - working mum, preacher's wife and rising vintage designer.

Luxury without peer

Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe. Photos Nothing says Rich like a Rolls Royce. We take you inside the world's most luxurious car.

Greta idea! Breaking the mould young designers

Ainslie Asher with her sink that recycles water. Sarah Price looks at some of the best entries in the student section of this year's Australian Design Awards.

Design of the times

Chooks. From an indoor composter that doesn't pong to a henhouse for the patio, eco designs will be big this year.

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Designers on the edge

Brad Stebbing's Light of Man. Our best young talents look to the Australian International Furniture Fair for their big break.

Fantastic plastic

The Supernatural chair from Hub Furniture in Surry Hills. The unfashionable eco-enemy, the plastic chair, is back with new green credentials.

Give your decorating a professional edge

Colour deck. A short course for before re-styling will reveal some of the trade secrets behind great design.

Donna Karan's Urban Zen

Donna Karan Photos One of the world's best-known designers has turned her focus to healing America - with yoga.

The art of the wheel

César Manrique, Art Car, 1990, BMW 730i Photos Highlights from BMW's Art Car Collection featuring Andy Warhol and David Hockney.

Home-town guide blues

View of The Edge and Eureka Tower. Locals won't recognise their own city in international style bible Wallpaper*'s Melbourne travel guide.

Geometry in the bush

A modern beach shack makes a pointed statement in the bush.

World, here they come

UTS student Brad Stebbing with his Light Display. Three stars of the annual UTS design show are off to Europe to display their creative talents.

Fashioning the catwalk

Catwalk framed by a mouth. Photos Fashion show sets are fast becoming as much a spectacle as the parades themselves.

From Bauhaus to the Bowery

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Photos New York's New Museum of Contemporary Art: silver sham or urbane symbol of a changed Bowery?

Dune Formations by Zaha Hadid

New works by Zaha Hadid, recently unveiled at the Venice Biennale

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