The bikini turns 70 this year. From itsy bitsy beginnings to structured and scaffolded re-imaginings, it’s undergone quite the transformation since it was unveiled in 1946, says Ciara McDonnell.

Esther N McCarthy talks to a lady whose job it is to make women look and feel fabulous — from the inside out, as our exclusive shoot shows.

IT IS ludicrously early on a Friday morning.

Here’s one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand’s wrath: Write a book about her.