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Oh my! Jen Hawkins brings in summer with Myer

Jennifer Hawkins opened the Myer Spring/Summer 11 show leading an army of models wearing a sea of sequins and multi-coloured sass & bide. The tone for next season was set: colour, colour, colour and BYO sunglasses!

Hot mama! Miranda’s back on the catwalk

Miranda Kerr says she “didn't have any aims to get back in shape” after giving birth to her son Flynn in January, but when she took to the runway in a super-plunging swimsuit at the David Jones S/S 11-12 show last night, she looked more James Bond girl than baby mama!

New in swimwear: pants

While we were all brrr-ing Down Under in the winter cold last week, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2012 in Miami Beach in the US was busy setting the swimwear trends for the coming summer.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Alaïa debuts couture

Azzedine Alaïa’s first haute couture collection show was an uber secretive affair, seen by fewer eyes than the Tom Ford womenswear presentation last season.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Who's the fairest of them all at the Love Ball?

On the arm of the designer, Anne Hathaway looked Snow White perfection at Valentino’s lavish winter-themed ball held after the label’s Haute Couture 11-12 show in Paris. And it wasn’t just because Anne paled in comparison to Valentino’s tandori-tanned self, eek!

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: JPG’s ode to Black Swan

After watching Darren Aronofsky’s film Black Swan Jean Paul Gautier decided this couture collection would be all about the tutus, corsets, feathers and frivolity.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Bright and bridal at Givenchy

Did we mention there have been a lot of brides this year? Kate Moss, Catherine Middleton, Lily Allen, Charlene Wittstock… and it’s only July. It seems Givenchy’s creative director Riccardo Tisci has marriage on the mind for A/W 11-12 haute couture.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Stars and starry nights at Chanel

Alexa Chung, Diane Kruger and BF Joshua Jackson, Dakota Fanning, Poppy Delevigne, Milla Jovovich and… Coco Chanel herself took in the Chanel Haute Couture show in Paris. Coco was, of course, not there in person, but as a Napoleon-eque statue overlooking the runway stage.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Katie and Cate do Armani

Giorgio Armani presented his Armani Privé haute couture show in Paris overnight, with front-rowers including Katie Holmes in a tuxedo suit and Cate Blanchett a lady in red, both wearing the label.

Haute Couture A/W 11-12: Dior’s carnival sans Galliano

For the first time in almost 15 years Christian Dior staged its haute couture fashion show without John Galliano and without a replacement creative director at the helm.