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Turn on your heels and run

They are the very height of fashion - with their 15-centimetre heels - but whether it is possible to actually walk in the latest towering shoe creation is another matter.

I love the high life, but Posh can keep these

I LIVE in heels so I thought a day in these shoes would be a walk in the park, even if they are five centimetres taller than my highest pair.

Sizzling colour, cool looks dazzle Paris

Collette Dinnigan Some of Australia's top designers have helped wrap up Paris Fashion Week with stunning collections in bold colours and playful prints. Collette Dinnigan and Akira Isogawa were among the Australians to show their spring-summer collections.

Akira wins Australian Fashion Laureate award.

Internationally acclaimed Sydney designer Akira Isogawa has been honoured with the inaugural Australian Fashion Laureate announced tonight.

McQueen strikes a blow for late editor

British designer Alexander McQueen has dedicated his Paris Fashion Week show to his mentor, the eccentric British fashion editor Isabella Blow, who took her life in May.

Fashion show could become a no-show

It has a new city and a new name but the Australian Fashion Week's autumn-winter showcase is hanging by a thread.

Vivid visions of loveliness

Lacroix collection Christian Lacroix's West African head wraps sealed the Paris mood at the 2008 spring-summer pret-a-porter collections.

Gisele trades thongs for heels

Gisele Bundchen Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has swapped thongs for heels at her Australian shoe launch.

Supermodel Gisele trades thongs for heels

Brazilian glamazon to give classic Aussie footwear a fashion boost.

Sequins amid the silks for the Cup look

Fashion Sydney fashionistas headed south for racewear and in Paris the '20s roared again, write Janice Breen Burns and Susan Owens.

Rockin' the fashion world

Fashion Raiders takes you behind the scenes on a rock'n'roll fashion shoot.

Latin looks

Eyewear by Peruvian designer Claudia Jimenez. Eclecticism and traditionalism reigned on the catwalk at Mexico Fashion Week in Mexico City.

Can a manbag ever be right?

Louis Vuitton manbag. Keith Austin and Lenny Ann Low argue the merits of handbags for men.

Model's a falling star

Sarah Walsh fell to fame when she dropped into a hole in the catwalk during an LA Fashion Week show.

Roaring 20s Paris

PARIS - From short cropped hair, to smoking cigarettes and wearing makeup in public, the Roaring 20s revolutionised women's wear and lifestyles like no other era before, according to a new show in Paris.

Horses for courses

Lee freedman Lee Freedman's daughter, Emma, looks beyond the champagne and glamour to the workaday reality of horse training.

Dazzle in the desert

A model for Pierre Cardin. Pierre Cardin launches his spring-summer 2008 collection deep in the Chinese desert.

Metalwork on the catwalk

Dolce & Gabbana's metal corset. Fashionistas are armouring up, thanks to medieval influenced autumn-winter 2007 collections.

How to wear metallics

Belted gold dress. Sparkle and shimmer take this season's frocks, footwear, handbags and back to the future.

Nicky Hilton's casual chic

Chick by Nicky Hilton. LA Fashion Week kicked off with the debut of Nicky Hilton's new ready-to-wear label, Chick.

Achilles' shoes

Fancy stilettos. They are the very height of fashion - with their 15-centimetre heels - but can you walk in them?

Dinnigan and Isogawa wow Paris

Collette Dinnigan, centre,  after her Paris fashion show. Collette Dinnigan lead the pack as Aussie designers made a strong impression at Paris Fashion Week.

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Fracas in frockland

Megan Gale It was smaller and shorter but there were many reasons to like the Australian Fashion Week line-up.

Scene stealers

Scarlett Johansson and Alicia Keys in The Nanny Diaries. An Australian costume designer helped put 'fashion' into The Nanny Diaries.

Commercial Cooper aims to please

Wayne Cooper 2008 Transeasonal collection. Celebrity laden and an hour late, the Wayne Cooper show, was an Ultra Violet success.

Style eyes

Fashion Week's "One to watch" doesn't disappoint.

Rookies become frock stars

Fashion Week opens in Sydney with a new generation of designers.

Collette Dinnigan's new look

Highlights from the Colette Dinnigan Spring 2008 ready-to-wear collection shown in Paris. With the Modern Love collection Collette Dinnigan has opted for a clean, streamlined take on feminity.

Galliano goes Hollywood

John Galliano's Spring 2008 ready-to-wear collection. Models mingled with ostriches on John Galliano's catwalk re-creation of a giant filmset.

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Milan blends the trends

A model wears a creation part of the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2008 collection presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007. Light and luminous, feminine and flattering - Milan Fashion Week finessed the season's trends.

D&G; do Milan

Video highlights from the Dolce and Gabbana show at Milan Fashion Week.

Say meow: UK Fashion Week

Superhero chic at Luella, Christopher Kane's goth ruffles and Jonathan Saunders' body lines.

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Stars and style

New York Fashion Week was a magnet for celebrities and a boon to their favourite designers.

Flavours of Mexico

Models displays creations from Spanish designer Toni Francesc. Highlights from Mexico Fashion Week in Mexico City

Dazzle in the desert

A model poses on a catwalk in the desert of Whistling Sand Mountain .

Iconic French designer Pierre Cardin launched his spring-summer 2008 collection in the desert of Whistling Sand Mountain on the edge of the Silk Road, almost 30 years after he first launched a collection in China.

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Nicky Hilton's casual Chick

Chick by Nicky Hilton Easy, breezy, girly and very California, Nicky Hilton's ready-to-wear label, Chick, very appropriately made its debut at LA Fashion Week.

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Cooper does colour

Wayne Cooper 2008 Transeasonal collection. The ever-popular Wayne Cooper wowed the celebs and fashionistas again with a vibrant, pick-a-mix collection.

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The kids are alright

Cable Melbourne in the New Generation showcase. Casual chic reigned at the Transeasonal collections New Generation showcase featuring six up-and-coming Australian designers.

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Collette Dinnigan's new look

Highlights from the Colette Dinnigan Spring 2008 collection shown in Paris. With the Modern Love collection Collette Dinnigan leaves the colours and details to speak for themselves. The result is a clean, streamlined take on feminity.

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Galliano goes Hollywood

Galliano's Spring 2008 pret-a-porter collection took inspiration from the golden age of cinema.

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Lacroix - the King of Colour

Highlights from the Christian Lacroix Spring 2008 ready-to-wear collection. Christian Lacroix is back in full bloom this season with a bounce in his step and a flounce on the hems of his Afro-inspired vivid, floral frocks.

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