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Australia's hottest women
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Australia's hottest women

Miranda Kerr has been crowed the hottest woman Down Under by men's mag Maxim. The 29-year-old supermodel landed the top spot on the Australia Hot 100 List ahead of Jennifer Hawkins at number two and Delta Goodrem who was third. "This list proves two things: Australian men can't get enough of the stunning Ms Kerr and Orlando Bloom is still one extremely lucky bastard," Maxim editor-in-chief Santi Pintado said. After beginning in the US edition of Maxim in 2000, the Hot 100 now features in 20 international versions on the magazine.

Black Fashion Week in Paris
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Black Fashion Week in Paris

A Senegalese-born French fashion designer realised a long-held ambition when she staged the first Black Fashion Week in Paris aimed at bringing African talent to a global audience.

Paris Fashion Week: Louis V, Miu Miu and Elie Saab give grand finale
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Paris Fashion Week: Louis V, Miu Miu and Elie Saab give grand finale

Marc Jacobs capped an incredibly strong Paris fashion week with his collection for Louis Vuitton shown at The Lourve. Miuccia Prada, who presides over a lucrative fashion empire, felled a small forest in aid of her presentation for Miu Miu, one of the final day's other big shows. Elie Saab threw huge graphic chunks of moon rock down the catwalk as set, to evoke his more geometric theme.

Paris Fashion Week: Dior hemlines rise and designers use colour
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Paris Fashion Week: Dior hemlines rise and designers use colour

The anticipation around the Raf Simons' ready-to-wear debut at Dior was palpable, and the designer did not disappoint, evolving his own minimalist style. Brighter hues were served up by Roland Mouret, the master of va-va-voom, and Anne Valerie Hash whose unified collections boasted vibrancy, yet, still, never strayed too far from the black, that's now a mainstay for 2013. Issey Miyake picked back up of the popular trend of color-blocking to kaleidoscopic effect.

Paris Fashion Week: Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris
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Paris Fashion Week: Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris

Paris fashion has no boundaries and no borders. Manish Arora traveled to northwestern India's Rajasthan to bring a vibrant infusion of traditional Indian dress and lavish regal jewellery. Balmain travelled to the artisanal wicker-weavers of Cuba to give the collection a unique panache with hints of in-vogue black. Barbara Bui joined the expedition with geometric American Indian prints and tribal-looking dresses and foulards. Nina Ricci, forever a romantic Parisian gamine, travelled decades back in time to produce a nostalgic show with a modern twist.