With international Fashion Week season in full swing, it's hard to keep up with the myriad looks coming down the runway.

Rising star Simone Rocha's beautifully executed autumn/winter collection was called "respect your elders" and was, she said, inspired by her grandmothers.

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Kristen Stewart has been named Hollywood's least sexy actress, proving to be more undesirable than Sarah Jessica Parker and Lindsay Lohan.

Internationally renowned designer Tom Dixon will talk about his latest collection in Auckland next week

A handpicked selection of what’s new in fashion, food and beauty right now. See this week’s issue of Viva for more.

Join in the fun and glamour at Fashion in the BIG Little City. It may be warm outside but the fashion-focused among us are planning our winter wardrobes.

London designer Erdem Moralioglu has garnered a long list of fans with his delicate, ice cream-coloured floral dresses, but this season he decided to put a darker twist on his romantic style. The show began with all-black dress and coat ensembles, with a rich mix of textures to keep things interesting: Feather trims, boucle, exposed zips and shimmering sequins on sheer blouses. There were deep burgundy and black lace dresses with a contrasting pale blue collar, followed by Erdem's signature florals in knee-length dresses. The frocks introduced pinks, purples and neon yellows to the collection's palette, though the color was largely subdued by the sheer black layers over them. The final pieces of the collection returned to just black, playing on sheer layers of lace, velvet and polka dots — sometimes all together.

Fashion shows have been known to feature a little bit of behind and even racy topless models. But Pam Hogg has pushed nudity to the max. The British designer sent her models down the runway at London Fashion Week in a bold palette of black, red and white done in shiny materials with sculptural hats. But mostly, her models were naked. Actually naked. It was a bold move, one Pam Hogg has toyed with before. But does it detract from the fashion? Here's a selection of snaps that leave just a little bit to the imagination.

Ford's show included lacy black tops, brightly coloured metallic skirts, and long, form-fitting black dresses set off by explosive sunbursts of sequinned, metallic colour. The American designer also made use of leopard-printed coats of varying lengths and — in a nod to the 1960s — soft black leather jackets with fringes in the back. Other outfits emphasized a basic colour palette of black and white in interesting contrasts, playing on a zebra-striped theme. The outfits were not revealing but very feminine and flattering, with many jackets offering high neck collars and dramatic shapes.

Vivienne Westwood has called on the Duchess of Cambridge to stop buying so many different outfits.

Rihanna's racy ensembles came under fire from some fashion critics, but Rihanna has denied that her clothing line is over the top.

Since choosing London as Cheap & Chic’s temporary residence a year ago, Rosella Jardini has infused the young and cheeky collection with some local attitude. For fall, she played to tea-parlor types in an adorably improper way, sending up good girl clothes with a pretty punk spirit, Women’s Wear Daily reported.

Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics, or manage to secure her fans' adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne Westwood is not any designer. The flame-haired grand dame of British fashion on Sunday sent her models marching down the catwalk in her signature tight-fitting dresses and nipped-in jackets, then in the finale joined them wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a giant image of her own face and a slogan that read "I am Julian Assange." Westwood has been selling the Assange T-shirts to raise funds and support for the WikiLeaks founder, who is living in the Ecuador's Embassy in London. He is seeking asylum from the country to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault questions. - AP

@iDinsider takes you into the workroom of #iDFW label NOM*d and gives you a glimpse of what designer Margi Robertson will be showing at iD Dunedin Fashion Week 2013.

Fashion may have had its fling with pretty-pretty for now - moving boldly towards winter's sharper styles - but cosmetically speaking, sugar-spun confectionery colours are like candy to a baby.

Matt Nash's handcrafted bags come with a vintage coin for safe travels. He tells Viva about his other lucky charms

Take a look behind the scenes look at the Fall 2013 NY Fashion Week.

They might sit on opposite sides of Parliament, but Prime Minister John Key and Labour MP Jacinda Adern both have one thing in common - they're both pretty sexy, according to a new poll.

COCO MADEMOISELLE is here again, beautiful, independent and mischievous. With Keira Knightley and Alberto Ammann, directed by Joe Wright. Soundtrack : "It's a man's man's man's world" (James Brown, Betty Newsome), performed by Joss Stone. Courtesy: YouTube/CHANEL

Myra lloyd wears hats like they're T-shirts: every day, with a special hat for every occasion.