Aspiring designers face up to the hard yakka of the fashion industry, writes Catherine Smith.

Evening wear takes a more casual approach this season as fanciful fabrics collide with the practical. Stylist: Dan Ahwa Photographer: Natalie Slade Model: Jaeger Glucina from Nova Models Hair and makeup: Katie Melody Rogers Stylist’s assistant: Tautahi Subritzky

Kate Sylvester's spring/summer 2014 collection, presented in Sydney at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia. Inspired by Bert Stern's 'The Last Sitting' photographs of Marilyn Monroe.

One will battle for a crown and the other for $100,000 when two of broadcaster Paul Henry's daughters step into the limelight.

What was likely designer Marc Jacobs' last ready-to-wear collection for Louis Vuitton looked like a show in mourning - black, black and more black.

Alexander Wang's women simultaneously embodied the relaxed modern and carefully elegant looks, their hood-like grey cashmere collars part of one of the most sophisticated collections the designer has come up with in his career. Furs were opulent, some in the form of sleeves running all the way along the arms, some encrusted with diamonds.

Style File brings you the best looks from an all white themed posh Moet do, and asks you, who wore it better?

I went out to a bit of a do the other week; one of those dos where the underlying assumption is that you'll put a bit of effort into your appearance.

Take a sneak peek at some of the images selected for the pages of the revised WearableArt book, released this month, published by Craig Potton Publishing. RRP $79.99.

Two designs of jeans made by rival clothing companies are so similar that one must have been copied from the other, a court was told.

The process of being picked to strut your stuff, wearing next to nothing, on an international runway, is 'terrifying," says the Victoria's Secret creative director.

ith the country in the grip of early morning America's Cup racing, we were determined to uncover some stylish nautical looks. The best we could get: plenty of stripes and hints of navy.

The colourful red carpet had plenty of winners, but here are favourites, hand-picked by Life & Style Editor, Nicky Park.

Our picks of the best dressed ladies on the 2013 Emmy Award red carpet.

Celebrities walk the red carpet of the 2013 Emmy Awards.

The print shirt has become a staple in menswear for several seasons now, with a focus on bold prints and perennial floral favourites.

Debenhams' new collections are modeled by "an amputee, three models over 40 (including one nearing 70), a paralympian athlete and not forgetting our not forgetting our swimwear shot with a size 18 model to celebrate curvelicious women."

Debenhams has become the first high street retailer in the UK to promote its latest fashion collections by using models in a diverse variety of ages, sizes and looks.

Kawerau model Danielle Hayes is finding success in the Big Apple.

Supermodel Kate Moss is set to make her debut in Playboy magazine, gracing the cover of the 60th anniversary issue.

Miley Cyrus has ditched her usual punk look for the cover of US magazine Harper's Bazaar.

The first Indian-American to claim the title of Miss America has prompted a flurry of rude comments by Twitter users.

The billionaire media mogul who brought Miss World to Indonesia lashed out at the government for bowing to Muslim hardline pressure by moving the entire beauty pageant to Bali.

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?