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Battle of the LBDs at Fashion Week 2009
Eight designers reveal their visions for that fashion staple - the Little Black Dress.
Backstage at Alexandra Owen: Fashion Week 2009
Photos from behind the scenes at the Alexandra Owen show during last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Backstage Beauty at Alexandra Owen 2009
We love it when a designer has a back-story for her collection, and this winter Alexandra Owen has channelled healthy English gels.
Backstage at Annah Stretton: Fashion Week 2009
Photos from behind the scenes at Annah Stretton's show during NZ Fashion Week 2009.
Backstage Beauty at Annah Stretton 2009
The instructions to Annah Stretton's creative crew says it all: "Think of the infamous Forties burlesque dancer, Freda Stark".
Backstage at Twenty-seven names and Juliette Hogan
Photos from behind the scenes at Twenty-seven names and Juliette Hogan.
Expert Eye: Basquesse
It was all about occasion dressing at Basquesse this year, with fascinators and sequins in no short supply.
Keeping up appearances
Six Fashion Week style-setters let us in on their secrets to looking good for the long haul
Expert Eye: Twenty-seven names and Juliette Hogan
Group shows are sometimes problematic, but Twenty-seven names and Juliette Hogan twinned well.
Expert Eye: Cybele
Designer Cybele Wiren has cornered a market in fluid silk pieces cunningly cut to drape beautifully.
Backstage Beauty at Sable & Minx 2009
Hair is massively – painfully even- backcombed in the style of the poet-girlfriends assembled in some smoky bar.
Backstage Beauty at Cybèle 2009
Victorian ladies just emerging from a period in mourning: what a charming way to kick off the first show.
<i>Fashion Week 2009</i>: All the gossip from opening night
The air kisses and the 'sweetie, darhling' greetings are back, reports Rachel Glucina from Fashion Week 2009.
Doing things their way
The threat of a US lawsuit and crippling money troubles might have sunk others. But Rachel Easting and Anjali Stewart, the new darlings of the fashion industry, are survivors, writes Sharon Stephenson
Zambesi at Fashion Week 2009
Photos of the Zambesi show - which brought some much needed theatrics to the first day of last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Alexandra Owen at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Alexandra Owen show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Annah Stretton at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Annah Stretton show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Basquesse at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Basquesse show on day one of NZ Fashion Week 2009.
Juliette Hogan at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Juliette Hogan show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Twenty-seven names at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Twenty-seven names show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Sable & Minx at Fashion Week 2009
Designs by Sable & Minx on the runway at last year's NZ Fashion Week.
Cybele at Fashion Week 2009
View the first photos from Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2009, courtesy of the Cybele collection.
Fashion Week: NZ's annual frock-fest
It's Fashion Week again, replete with celebrities, wannabes and, of course, the frocks...
Back to the future
Kirsha Whitcher of Salasai references the past in her latest fashion collection, and in her own cherished belongings.
Frantic rush behind the glamour
The seams have been tucked, the hemlines smoothed and the perfect accessories have been matched - it's NZ Fashion Week again.