It was an unusual choice for the theme of this year's Met Gala as the star attendee's were asked to go "Punk: From Chaos to Couture."

Check out the shots from the Kleenex Cottonelle Paper Dress design competition 2013.

British menswear designers have compiled their list of the best dressed rock stars in the world. Most are (predictably) Brits, but we've pulled the pack together in a gallery to see what stuartslondon.com gang are talking about. Owner of the store, Ravi Grewal, says: "It's good to see that musicians are still looked up to when it comes to their fashion choices, and it seems smartly dressed rockers like Gallagher, Turner and Pizzorno have overtaken scruffy rockers."

The runways of Milan were packed with menswear looks built around Bermudas, baggy or tailored, but always above the knee. The shorts are proving versatile. They go with jackets, ample overcoats, or for the truly buff, nothing at all. The bare leg offers resplendent choices for footwear, from sturdy sandals to buckskin or woven leather shoes. Designers have gravitated toward dark socks for summer - no longer taboo. The formula reverses with long pants: then it's no socks. Men won't have to wait for casual Fridays to wear shorts to the office. These are highly tailored and completely suitable. This edition of Milan Fashion week features 78 designers - more than in recent seasons - with a concerted effort to highlight young talent. Four young designers - two Italians, a German and a Chinese - are making their runway debuts this week. - AP

A 25-year-old beauty from Connecticut has won the title of Miss USA in Las Vegas. Check out all the pictures from this year's event. The Miss Universe competition will be held on November 9 in Moscow.

Photos from the 2013 CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Awards.

Rebelling against the age of austerity, Alexander McQueen turned to the embellished excess of England's Elizabeth I. Held in the marble interiors of Paris' Opera Comique, this show was an intimate presentation owing to designer Sarah Burton's maternity leave, with just 10 looks. But when it's delivered with the fastidious density of Alexander McQueen, 10 creations are more than enough to have an impact.

Stars arrive at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

The best of Brazil's bikinis and swimwear was on display at the summer edition of Fashion Rio, attracting a growing number of foreign clients. From micro, string mini to maxi and pieces that can be worn day or night, there was enough to satisfy all tastes.

Viva has styled up a selection of this winter's best knits against outstanding New Zealand artwork at Art + Object. Model: Kelvin from Clyne Model Management. Hair and makeup: Katie Melody Rogers. Stylist: Zoe Walker.

Oosh Multimedia has teamed up with BRIGHTBLACK to bring you daily recaps of the shows at WFWeek 3-7 April 2013. Here is the lineup for Day 04: - RObYN MATHEISON - millicent - VINKA design - JESIICA BRIDAL - Bernadette Thomas - CorinaSnow - Sally Eagle - SHIKA BRADDOCK - NICOLA SCREEN - JOHN ZIMMERMAN

Oosh Multimedia has teamed up with BRIGHTBLACK to bring you daily recaps of the shows at WFWeek 3-7 April 2013. - wild flower - philipa&alice - Mardle - Frantisek - Silence Was - The OBLIVIOUS - highnoontea - Jimmy D

Oosh Multimedia has teamed up with BRIGHTBLACK to bring you daily recaps of the shows at WFWeek 3-7 April 2013. Here is the lineup for Day 02. Music by Young Tapz courtesy from our friends at http://www.facebook.com/OoshMultimedia

Wellington Fashion Week has opened with a show by renowned Kiwi label WORLD. It's the second time the event has been held and this year almost 40 designers, including up and coming local brands, as well as the likes of Trelise Cooper, Starfish, Kathryn Wilson and Ruby are taking part. Wellington Fashion Week runs until April 7.

Kenzo travelled to India the delightful fall-winter 2013-14 homage to Asian temples. Taking the flatness of Far Eastern silhouettes, grosgrain ribbon from house-founder Kenzo Takada's former haberdashery was used to reimagine the temples' lavish decorations in golds, rich reds, cobalt blues and black. "We loved the Hindu temples, and we took the crown mouldings and symbols and rebuilt them," said designer Humberto Leon, one half of the design duo. Rounded shoulders and funky boxy (or oval) shapes ensured that Leon and his creative partner Carol Lim lived up to their cool-kid reputation - while temple guard sleeves and wrap fastenings added a ferocity that the program notes say evoke "ancient Asian warriors." But, above all, the opulent fabrics - like gold silk jacquard and rich printed lame - made this surely the most elegant collection seen since they joined the design helm in July 2011.

Keep your finger on the pulse this winter with earthy tones - from camel to khaki and interesting fabrics - corduroy, tweeds and leather. Jackets range from clean minimal suiting to quilted puffers, peacoats and trenches. While trousers are kept lean and skim the ankle. - VIVA

Taylor Swift is known for gorgeous style and great looks. Here are some of the beautiful dresses she has worn on the red carpet, as well as some of her more daring on stage choices.

Hermes pared down the energy of last season in what was a more classical, intimate ready-to-wear affair. High waists and furs gave proceedings a glamorous edge, with models sporting Greta Garbo waves in their hair. Long tan coats thrown nonchalantly over shoulders and rich capes slightly alluded to a mystery - evoked also in the show setting.

The show's 79 varied looks brimmed with ideas, classic and new, and showed that the designer in his late 70s is still a creative force to be reckoned with. Models, including Stella Tennant, walked around the circular globe runway sporting stylish new winter concepts in tones of blue, gray, purple, pink and black. Zippable leather leg sheaths - like leggings that start at the thigh and end at the ankle - were warm but allowed thighs to be exposed. And coat silhouettes were cut away squarely in the middle of thighs so legs are visible even on those cold days.

Fall-winter saw Slimane move on from the 70s boho of the spring to 'California Grunge.' It was imagined as models stomping down the catwalk in leather miniskirts, oversize plaid shirts, biker jackets and baby doll dresses - with crystal-clad body stockings and combat boots. They were mixed up haphazardly, and thrown together almost indifferently with an adolescent nihilism.

After last season's slouchy-chic, Celine's Phoebe Philo upped the elegance to deliver a beautiful play of lines, but one that lost none of her soft touch. For those with a penchant for loose, structured geometry the Paris ready-to-wear show had plenty to offer. That included wide horizontal bands of fabric, streamlined plunging lapels, triangular wide temple guard sleeves, and large angular collars. Relaxed was the word - like a series of clever, knee length sleeveless dresses. Technically, they weren't actually sleeveless: faux sleeves were wrapped around the torso, like a belt. The arms were folded in dishabille resignation, as if to say: I know I'm stylish, but I don't need to prove it. The collection shows the influential London designer at the top of her game.

Chloe makes ready-to-wear and doesn't pretend otherwise. This honest attitude was on full display in Clare Waight Keller's collection in Paris of 41 highly wearable looks. Who needs a lofty concept when much is said in the quality of each individual garment. There were some neat ideas in blue and neutral black, white and gray. A multicolored thick-striped silk dress had a geeky, graphic look with an angular top and patent leather school shoes. "It's about bringing in a toughness, with more attitude," said Waight Keller, backstage.

Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren are taking no risks this autumn-winter season. Following the trend to de-clutter the catwalk, the Dutch duo known as Viktor & Rolf replaced their normally inventive art-infused style with simpler silhouettes and a muted palette of black and white. "It's a feelling of wanting to be real, a wardrobe for women to wear," Horsting said backstage. "And slightly rebellious," he added. "Slightly" was the key word here. There were some subtle nods to rebellion, like dropped waist lines and short flared minis (a clever play on peplums.) But at times it felt like the boundary-pushing excitement that made them famous in the '90s was in hibernation this winter. Perhaps they are tapping into their commercial potential?

The rich fabrics and draped silks brought to Europe by the medieval crusaders inspired Vivienne Westwood's autumn-winter 2013-14 tour de force. Draped feminine silk silhouettes accompanied some sublime silk-wool jacquards with medieval images of birds, flowers and strawberries; as well as capes and puffed Juliette sleeves. "I have a book of reproduced medieval illuminated manuscripts," explained Westwood backstage. Patterns such as rings, polka dots, interrupted lines and squares were aimed to evoke the decorative patterns on the handmade manuscript borders. But perennial eccentric Westwood, who turns 72-years-old next month, loves mixing up her eras.

Issey Miyake cast a few minutes of sunshine over a grey Paris sky on Friday with a show brimming with colour. Checkered patterns added to the fun, and it was invigorating to see them on models, who actually smiled as they walked. The show's inspiration, said designer Yoshiyuke Miyamae, "comes from landscape seen from the sky." Optical crisscrosses of varying thickness created great dynamic movements on stretch fabric, as he imagined an aerial view of a dense forest. Not all of the 42 looks worked. Some came across as busy, especially toward the end. But the mastery of tonal color really stole the show. Tops in rich ultramarine, vivid jade and vermilion saw colors blocked together in changing intensities. And discords such as green with bright turquoise made pockets stand out.

Balmain focused on the Far East for its fall-winter collection, using bejewelled couture and Oriental wrapped silks to embellish the Paris house's ready-to-wear display. Waists were cinched to within an inch of life with gold and black belts, and glistening regal amulets. High-waisted harem pants in geometric pattern silk lame defined the aesthetic. The 27-year-old designer Olivier Rousteing has indeed come a long way in stamping the house with his youthful exuberance.

Dries Van Noten thinks fashion is far too serious. That's why the fall-winter 2013-14 show saw the Belgian designer explore his usual menswear-womenswear tailoring via the frivolity of ballroom dancing, feathers and the dancing two-some Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In Van Noten's world, like in Hollywood, there's no man without the woman, no Ginger without Fred.

It was the modern bohemian woman on parade. Veronique Branquinho mixed and matched eclectic references, from wooden African bracelets to Obi-style dresses with belts. The soundtrack included Marilyn Monroe's sultry One Silver Dollar from the Western River of No Return, which played as cowboy boots and denim studs peppered the looks. Stetson cowboy hats in Shetland went too far, but overall it was a strong collection for the up-and-coming designer - reined in only by its feminine silhouette proportions and textural contrasts that unified the show. The graceful, slouchy style, now a Branquinho signature, was seen on several of the dropped-waist looks, often in beige and fawn.

The no-holds-barred sex appeal for Anthony Vaccarello is not for the faint-hearted. The third Belgian designer to show on Paris fashion week's first day served up a black-and-white ode to the early '80s in a show that featured micro skirts, chainmail, a lot of skin and lashings of sensual leather. Strong retro shoulders, asymmetrical, diagonally cut skirts, upturned lapels and cowl collars set the fashion time dial firmly back to the era of the New Romantics. This was fused with the innate sexiness of his variations on the Little Black Dress. The best look was a black kimono-style top, which billowed in great contrast to the tight, bright shiny black mini. Subtle this was not, but then, subtle isn't glam-loving Vaccarello's thing.