This week it's all about the America's Cup. Auckland's harbourside has been heating up with early morning breakfast screenings.

Will the next Miss America be the tattooed Army sergeant, Miss Kansas, or Miss Iowa, who was born without part of an arm?

Combining prints with prints may have worn itself thin lately, as over-styled street-style stars continue to saturate the trend. Stylist: Dan Ahwa Model: Jaeger Glucina from Nova Models Hair and makeup: Katie Melody Rogers Stylist’s assistant: Tautahi Subritzky Pictures: Natalie Slade

Thrifty Kiwis are choosing to save money by shopping online for wedding or ball gowns, then forking out extra for alterations. So are they better off?

Emily Sutton of Formed (fashioned from life) is completing her Masters of Entrepreneurship.

It's arguably the sexiest fashion show of the year its stunning models and superstar singing acts draw in millions of viewers every year.

This week, I spent more than two hours of valuable time trying to find the right pair of Nike or adidas soccer boots in the right size and the right colour.

Drawing inspiration from the "comical absurdities" found on Tokyo's Harajuku streets has won student Georgie Veitch the Westpac Young Fashion Designer Award for 2013.

NZ Fashion Week drew to a close last night with a presentation from Salasai that combined fashion show and installation.

She's inspired everything from books to phone covers, and now a collection of paintings, photos and sculptures made with Kate Moss in mind is to be auctioned at Christie's.

"Here come the brides," said the sign borne by a pageboy as Fashion Week's bridal show yesterday kept pace with changing times.

Whether you're a creative crafts person or more of a crazy cougar, it's hard not to be drawn to Wellington this month for the World of Wearable Arts shows.

The first day of NZ Fashion Week closed on a high last night with Zambesi's homage to their New Zealand - and locally made - roots.

Vanity Fair magazine celebrates its 100th anniversary with a cover by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Take a look at some of the iconic magazine's most famous covers over the last 100 years.

Every decade has one – the It girl who captures the spirit of the age and has the look that all the boys love and all the girls want. But what is 'It'?

After months of teaser pictures, fans of the star have finally been put out of their misery with the uncensored director's cut.

Robert Pattinson's full Dior advertisement has been released. The Twilight star is the face of the French fashion brand's Dior Homme fragrance. After months of teaser pictures, fans of the star have finally been put out of their misery with the uncensored director's cut. The actor is joined by model Camille Rowe for the promo and the two get very close in the advert.

Dior Homme Fragrance Uncensored Director's Cut starring Robert Pattinson, directed by Romain Gavras. Music by Led Zeppelin. Courtesy: Christian Dior

The 13th New Zealand Fashion Week officially opened at Auckland's Viaduct Events Centre last night.

Fashion Week officially opened in Auckland on Monday night - see who was at the opening party and what they were wearing.

Military touches are shorthand in high fashion for strength and confidence. Gurung added some exclamation points, specifically citing as his muse a woman in combat. There has been much in the news - and Gurung is a newshound - about the Pentagon's decision to open more on-the-ground options to women and also technological advances in women's body armour. "They're redesigning the whole uniform for women because all this while they've been wearing men's uniform,'' he said backstage. That led Gurung to think about women's empowerment, all the way to women he read about from the Ukraine who are coming together in self-defence against human trafficking. There were smart jackets with gold hardware and some with red-and-black brocades, crisp navy suits, and leather harnesses over stretch-crepe dresses with sexy slashes on the bodice and asymmetric peplums and hemlines. There had to be a little femininity mixed in with the aggressiveness, Gurung explained, because it's femininity that gives women their best tool "to rule a man's world.''

It was that easy: Stuart woke up one day thinking about how stylish British model Stella Tennant and her friends were, so Stuart thought she would create a wardrobe just for them. She aimed to dress an aristocratic fashion risk-taker for all those parties at castles in the English countryside. "I was thinking about the beautiful dinners and the charades she and her friends play, and the great performances they see at the end of the night,'' Stuart said backstage. Her offerings include a plum-coloured halter dress covered in satin flowers, a more tailored dress in black wool with more sharply cut flowers, and a white sheer man-tailored shirt paired with black evening shorts and a full-cut long black coat.

Miller's collection was called "Menswear With a Twist: Raiding the Boyfriend's Closet.'' It was the good girl meets bad boy, packing a wardrobe of tough leather jackets, pleated skirts and several fedoras for the adventure. No apologies to mum. There were particularly short knit dresses and a skin-hugging corset dress in a print called "tatooage,'' which looked exactly as it sounds. And there were outfits more in line with what's expected from Miller, including a long dress in a wallflower print with a ruffle front and a stretch-denim dress with sexy net inserts. The black matte-jersey, floor-length dress, with a dropped leather waist and notched V neck, that closed the show was the right high note to leave on. But where Miller saw "golf pants'' on a pair of loose baggy trousers paired with a burned out velvet-and-georgette blouse, the audience might have seen glorified sweats.

Giorgio Armani is not living up to his reputation — he’s late and he’s laughing. But his drive for perfection hasn’t changed, writes Luke Leitch.

The high-octane style of the late 70s and early 80s prevails this season as model Crystal Liu pays tribute to the doyennes of excess - exotic beauties such as Bianca Jagger, Marisa Berenson, Grace Jones, Pat Cleveland and Tina Chow.