I’ve always bought too many clothes, but my life was being ruined by hoarding

I’d spent years in a tearful cycle of shame and anxiety about my possessions and didn’t understand why – until I got help

Alva Claire: ‘I don’t do things by halves’

London-born, Brooklyn-based Alva Claire has established herself as one of fashion’s hottest models. But, as she tells Kate Finnigan, it’s been a long time coming

The Guardian view on the return of super-thin models: a worrying trend

Editorial: At a time when anxieties about body image are rife, the idealisation of skinniness is too dangerous to leave to the whims of the fashion industry

‘It feels like the progress is getting reversed’: how fashion fell out of love with curves

Catwalks are more diverse than ever on paper. But at the high-profile shows this season, it was all about the flat stomach

Mushrooms are magic for problem skin, and you don’t even have to eat them

Some fungi are known to soothe sensitive skin but their calming properties are still relatively untapped

Why has Britain fallen in love with Botox? There is only one way to find out …

Increasing numbers of people are using the cosmetic treatment and they are happy to admit it. But what does it feel like to freeze your forehead, does anyone notice – and can it change how you feel about yourself?

The Fitbit dictates your outfit. If you can’t do 10,000 steps in it, does it really work?

Our new love of walking has subverted our fashion choices – flat shoes are de rigueur and the pencil skirt virtually extinct

Double rinse and avoid fragrance: doing laundry with sensitive skin

Laundry detergents aren’t the most common culprit in causing irritation but a few precautionary measures might help when they do

‘I’m not a shaman – I just want to help people’: shoe designer Patrick Cox on his psychedelic toad awakening

The celebrity shoemaker was a fixture of the 90s London scene, then after the breakdown of his business – and his mental health – he found salvation from a very unlikely source ...

Kate Moss taps into wellness boom with journey into Cosmoss

Supermodel joins list of celebrities delving into lucrative wellness business with products that ‘help find inner peace’