So, an ethereal pagan girl with a touch of android. This is going to be interesting hair and makeup.

Distinctive silk prints, panelling and georgette handkerchief hems are a recurring theme, with screen printed cotton-jersey singlets and dresses ensuring an easy access point to her collections.

Sera Lilly took a big crowd on a trip South of the Border. Those expecting to see the Auckland designer's flirty frocks and long gowns had a while to wait.

Tribal markings (they looked finger done) were painted in with black Chroma Cake or Acrylic Paint.

Andrea Moore underlined that hers are good shops in which to buy a nice winter coat.

The makeup look for Juliette Hogan's show on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

Juliette Hogan gave prim, proper and pretty a nudge, showing a grown-up range with a tougher twist at her Fashion Week show today.

The vibe is very much Mad Men's Betty Draper meets vavavoom Joan.

Photos from Juliette Hogan's runway show on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

Photos from Starfish's runway show on day one of NZ Fashion Week 2010.

Images displayed around the Fashion Week venue will call for donations to help rebuild St John's, Hororata, which was damaged in this month's Canterbury earthquake.

Photos from the New Zealand Fashion Week 2010 opening cocktail party.

A guide to nzherald.co.nz's coverage on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

Why is this beauty in New Zealand? To go bungy jumping, eat a burger in Queenstown and strut in six shows for Fashion Week.

Fashion Week is no longer the sole domain of highly paid, high-powered players. With the rise of new technology has come the rise of self-styled fashion commentators armed with little more than an internet connection and their passion.

Photos from Kathryn Wilson's debut footwear catwalk show on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

Photos from Cybele's runway show on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

Photos from Sera Lilly's runway show on day one of New Zealand Fashion Week 2010.

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.

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

Follow the money, they say. But after the recession, there's no big money at New Zealand Fashion Week this year.

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.

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.

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.