Lifestyle

Man Scape

Pride and groom

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Richard Hughes What might you change about yourself for a partner? And how long before you revert to old ways?

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Stitched up

Ditch the thongs

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Benjamen Judd Leave the old faithfuls at home - there are plenty of options for a more sophisticated summer wardrobe.

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007 style

Dressed to thrill: which Bond did it best?

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Douglas Pickles When it comes to style, few characters on the silver screen do it better than James Bond.

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Fine form

How to decode the dress code

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Fiona MacDonald When does an occasion call for Bond-esque tuxedo or a smart jacket and jeans? Here's our guide to the intricacies of formal attire, from a day at the races to a black-tie dinner.

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Style sense

Find your personal style

Mark Ronson

Fiona MacDonald Before you start worrying about what to wear, you need to work out what you like, what suits you and begin to develop that all-elusive personal style.

Hair loss

Bald and the beautiful

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Richard Hughes There are potions galore on the market - but If there was a simple cure for baldness, would you use it?

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Aussie style

Home-grown fashion finds its place

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Georgina Safe Is there such a thing as a truly Australian approach to fashion any more?

Skin in the game

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Richard Hughes Men are thicker-skinned than women - and it helps them look younger as they get older

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'Ignored' men now in fashion online

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Asher Moses Men have been the "ignored" demographic of the online shopping boom but research indicating blokes are embracing e-commerce more vigorously than women has seen an explosion in Australian men's...

Terrible TV trends

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Luke Malone Don't wear this at home... the small-screen has served up its fair share of style catastrophes.

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Winter 2012

Style on the snow

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Rachael Oakes-Ash Gone are the days of big, bulky, over padded Michelin-man style ski wear and low hanging pants for snowboarders.

Dirty weekend

dirty

Richard Hughes How long can you go without a shave, a shower and a clean, pressed shirt?

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Upscale

Gentlemen of note

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Sydney's capricious weather is still shifting from soggy to sunny with infuriating changeability but on the international catwalks, the fashion forecast is decidedly clear: it's raining men.

Mugshot muse

Catwalk criminals as sharp as a razor

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Georgina Safe Fashion loves a bad boy and they don't come much rougher than Sidney Kelly, a well-dressed career criminal who cut a swathe through Sydney's demimonde in the 1920s.

Style conscious

Manning it up in New York

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Menswear, the perennial poor relation of women's high fashion, stepped it up a notch last week, as New York runways reflected men's rising interest in fashion.

Hands-on help

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Richard Hughes Do you enjoy a good massage or does the whole thing rub you up the wrong way?

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Battle of ages

'Brotox' takes off

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Susan Thurston A growing number of are turning to Botox and facial fillers to improve their looks.

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Knives out

Fresh-faced Warne denies facelift

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Australian cricket great Shane Warne has denied claims he used Botox or had a facelift, saying his youthful look is thanks to moisturisers, healthy eating and exercise.

When ram is dressed as lamb

Fashion designer Calvin Klein.

Maggie Alderson It's hard to define what makes something "too young" - although too short, too tight, too wacky, too bright, too shiny, or just too fiercely on trend, all figure.

American style

The importance of being preppy

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By Hadley Freeman On the eve of New York fashion week, Tommy Hilfiger explains the enduring appeal of the "preppy" look, which has made him a very rich man.