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.

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.

They're young, gifted and dedicated. We put the spotlight on six music acts that have shaped their own sound and style, each with a unique sense of what it means to be an artist.

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.

The best artists, graphic designers, tattooists and graffiti writers have splashed their skills on a pair of white trainers.

Take a look at these stylish sneakers from One Percent Collective.

Rihanna and Beyonce have sparked a craze for dazzling mouth braces.

Take a look at this weeks fashion wrap.

They were little books that made fashion dreams come true for thousands of Kiwi women. Now, they're going home.

Dressing between seasons means making the most of versatile pieces from lightweight knitwear to chambray separates, the type of clothing items that work well in both cool and mild temperatures.

Dressing between seasons means making the most of versatile pieces from lightweight knitwear to chambray separates, the type of clothing items that work well in both cool and mild temperatures.

Fashions come and go, but for Evolution Clothing owner Miranda Cobb, they come and go more quickly than for most of us.