Women who want to wear new-season designer dresses to parties and events this summer but don't want to pay the big prices this can involve are turning to hire companies instead.

In a world that relies on smartphones to keep a track of our lives and the time spent living it, it’s little wonder how the act of wearing a watch has evolved from its practical origins to one that focuses now purely on aesthetics.

In a world that relies on smartphones to keep a track of our lives and the time spent living it, it’s little wonder how the act of wearing a watch has evolved from its practical origins to one that focuses now purely on aesthetics.

Roanne Jacobson, designer and founder of Saben, which specialises in seasonal collections of luxurious handbags for women and men, accessories, jewellery and luggage.

Gosia Piatek, Designer/Director, Kowtow, Wellington-based international ethically and sustainably sound mens and womens fashion label which sells collections made from fair trade organic cotton.

Rebecca Anderson, designer and director of Chaos & Harmony, a boutique womens' shoe brand based in Tauranga.

Supermodel Kate Moss is set to launch a new line with Topshop, with 40 pieces due to hit stores in April 2014.

The 50-year-old fashion designer began dating former porn star Harry Louis, 25, in 2011.

Heidi Klum was inspired by her kids when she designed a range of children's clothes.

Flat shoes, from ballet flats to classic penny loafers, are seeing a resurgence of late as designers develop new ways to re-interpret flat shoes as an all-occasion option from work to weekend.

Evening wear takes a more casual approach this season as fanciful fabrics collide with the practical.

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?

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.

Life has never been so good for discerning fashion shoppers. Online shopping makes even the most obscure brands accessible.