Ok, ok, we know this is nothing new, but we simply could not ignore the number of stand-out strides that we saw strutting up and down Rosemount Australian Fashion Week runways. We told you about printed pants aaages ago, and recently gave you the heads up on coloured trousers too, so there's no excuse for you to be unfamiliar with the power of a statement-making stride. From Lisa Ho's wall paper Read more

Apart from the white-out we saw on many a RAFW runway, there was another colour combination that kept cropping up in our show notes. Colour blocking was everywhere; be it in spliced dresses as seen at Josh Goot, via clever interweaving and edging at Dion Lee, in two-tone ensembles like those at Lisa Ho, Yeojin Bae and Karla Spetic, in liquid silk as envisioned by Bianca Spender, or made alive in Read more

It looks like it's going to be a pleat-tastic Summer this year! We saw all kinds of tricky pleating on the runway at RAFW, from neon, knife-fine precision at Magdalena Velevska, to crumpled silks at White Suede, to feats of 3D engineering at Dion Lee. Long, sheer, gauzy maxi-skirts scraped the floor at Michael Lo Sordo, and full skirted frocks at Alice McCall reminded us how this simple technique Read more

We've already reported on our favourite shows, kept you posted on all the celebs who sat front row, talked top talons of the week, and now it's time to present the hair and makeup trends that'll get your through the coming months. Like the international fashion weeks — in particular NYFW — brights were big, especially when it came to punchy pouts. Hair-wise it was all about the braids and Read more

The jumpsuit, romper, playsuit, all-in-one — whatever you want to call it, has proven to still be one of the hottest trends on the runway, shown in bright, block colours and soft, gauzy prints at RAFW. Designers Zimmermann, Marnie Skillings and Arnsdorf all opted for breezy full-length varieties, while Gary Bigeni, Manning Cartell and Shakuhachi kept lengths ankle-skimming and silhouettes Read more

There's no better accessory than your nails so when Fashion Week is on, we always pay close attention to models' digits to spot the new nail trends that you need to know about. Here's our wrap-up from RAFW and, as you'll see, it was all about nudes with OPI's classic Samoan Sands being the most popular hue of the week, taking to the runway five times! It was closely followed by Skull & Read more

Seeing crisp white feature in the Summer collections is nothing new. Year after year designers choose white as a fresh basic mixed with brights, pastels or more subdued neutrals. This year, white played a bigger part on the runway. We spied white on white outfits in almost every show, giving us a new way of wearing our favourite Summer neutral. Designers Amber & Thomas, Josh Goot and Lisa Ho Read more

It's always hard to narrow down our favourite looks from Fashion Week when there are so many we want to pick for all different reasons. Some had amazing skin, some had the best brows, others featured the hottest hairstyles and some looks ticked all the boxes. In the end, our top 10 features looks from Ginger & Smart, Lisa Ho, Ellery and Gary Bigeni, to name a few. To see who made the cut, Read more

Ok peeps, it's in! After much deliberation we've finally narrowed it down to our top five Rosemount Australian Fashion Week shows. Trust us, it was no easy task! The 2011 RAFW schedule treated us to some pretty stellar Spring/Summer presentations, but these five Aussie designers truly came up with the goods. Honourable mentions must go to Lover, Ellery, Camilla and Marc, Karla Spetic and Alice Read more