AgResearch is showcasing new innovations in wool technology at NZ Fashion Week. Here are some of their garments. Photos / Supplied

With Fashion Week turning 10, Canvas columnist and World co-founder Denise L'Estrange-Corbet meditates on its importance, its problems and recounts a memorable tanty at World's first New Zealand show.

The glitz and glamour of New Zealand Fashion Week hits the catwalk on Tuesday. It is the culmination of weeks of frantic preparation - on stage and off. Emma Dunlop talks to a model, a reporter, a buyer, a designer and a stylist.

Heeeeeeeee's back! Brian - love-you-long -time-New-Zealand - Long returns for another twirl at our annual Fashion Week.

Salasai's Kelly Watson relishes her easy sense of style.

It might be New Zealand's showcase fashion event but overseas models are earning the big dollars.

The latest winner of America's Next Top Modelwas expected to arrive today as a VIP guest for NZ Fashion Week.

Ah, it's that time of the year again, when the scent of New Zealand Fashion Week is in the air and I am called forth to wander like a hippo among the gazelles of the fashion world.

Tumbling long or swinging short, summer styles are hair heaven.

If you believe NZFW is all about clothes, think again: there's a lot more that goes into a hit show than a pretty dress ...

Kathryn Wilson's fashion show may be all about shoes, but her tastes run to much more.

Scott Kara wraps his chops around the relationship between meat and music

From Manhattan to Auckland - fashion week warmly welcomes American designer Nicole Miller.

Fashion is all about the new, so who are the latest designers to be showcasing their collections at NZ Fashion Week? We find out more about the new generation of designers, set to show next Tuesday.

Nothing beats the smell of coffee and freshly baked croissants first thing in the morning.

Fashion fans had best move fast to make the most of our fabulous prize offer in conjunction with Servilles, Twenty-seven Names, Cloud Nine, M.A.C and New Zealand Fashion Week.

Viva speaks to the people working to ensure the catwalk at Fashion Week remains catfight-free.

New Zealand Fashion Week kicks off on Monday and there's a lot going on. Keep your finger on the pulse with Viva's guide to what's hot...

They might be Top Models, but a couple of the contestants on the top-rating television show have turned out to be anything but role models.

Katie-maree Coleman is a young Auckland designer on her way up.

French jeweller Thierry Martin has just been appointed head designer at leading Australian jewellers Fairfax & Roberts. On the eve of his trip to New Zealand he talks about his life-long affair with creating beautiful jewellery.

However, a new book has revealed a disturbing lack of safety regulations in an industry promising an extended youth.