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Fashion designer Surily Goel showcased her latest western wear collection inspired from the theme of Jungle Safari here recently. Surily Goel presented her designs as a part of the fashion extravaganza- Blenders Pride Collection (BPFT).

The designer said that her collections portray a 'chic look' experimented with subtle colours. "My collection is based on a theme called safari. Its more about animal prints, its more about Khakhis, beiges, the tones are more subtle and more sober. It more about styling and less bling," said Goel.

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Thirty five designers, five shows a day, six emerging names from Chennai, four labels from abroad, a sprinkling of stars and non-stop excitement... The Gitanjali Lifestyle Chennai International Fashion Week that concluded recently saw a host of big names showcase their clothes as a run-up to the grand finale on July 11.

Top designers Neeta Lulla, Krishna Mehta and finally, Satya Paul (the label celebrates its 25th year) were the highlights of the shows on the concluding day. Saturday night fashion fever saw Kollywood stars Radhika and Sharath Kumar, Simbu, Sada, Sneha, ‘Jeyam' Ravi, Padmapriya et al walk the ramp for designer Archana Kochhar for Videocon Galatta All Stars Show.

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WITH bespoke gowns costing up to $30,000 and suits a mere $15,000, it is hardly surprising that the Paris haute couture week has felt the chill wind of the financial recession. The annual display of fashion's finest has been reduced to a three-day event. But John Galliano's magical, floral-inspired collection for Christian Dior suggested there was still plenty of life in the art of Paris couture.

The Rodin Museum in Paris was transformed into a garden of earthly delights with the scent of hundreds of pink roses. Actresses Blake Lively, Jessica Alba and Lou Doillon added colour as they watched a collection the Gibraltarian-British designer says was inspired by such fashion and flower photographers as Irving Penn and Nick Knight.Models hit the runway with heads wrapped in coloured cellophane headgear created by London milliner Stephen Jones.

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Hot NZ designer Sera Lilly isn't booking models for this year's New Zealand Fashion Week show. Instead, she's to street cast up to 35 models for her solo fashion show at NZFW in September 2010.

Out of the dozens of models Sera will choose from the public, one model will also be selected as the face of Sera Lilly for the autumn/winter 2011 season, and be the lookbook model for Sera Lilly.

The girl chosen as the face of Sera Lilly will also appear in an exclusive ad campaign shot with Sera’s brand partner, Number One Shoes.

The ad will run in a magazine during New Zealand Fashion Week 2010 and the visual will be displayed in Number One Shoes’ 48 windows nationwide.

To learn how to walk the catwalk, Amanda Bransgrove of Catwalk Studios will train the new faces professional catwalk skills.

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So far, we’ve seen a lot of great collections and I am definitely spotting the trends. Continuing the fabulous line-up of talented designers at Africa Fashion Week, was  Gloria Wavammunno as she showcased her  collection on Day 3 of the event. In this collection, she uses a lot of African print  in comparison to  most designers we’ve seen so far.

Gloria brings the statement 80’s shoulder pads, exaggerated pockets, harem pants and vibrant prints. And to maintain that feminine glamour embodied in her collections,  we see full skirts, sexy asymmetric sleeves and knee-length dresses accented with  sweet-heart necklines. In addition, we see  lots of deep plunging necklines; a major trend so far with collections showcased at Africa Fashion Week.

African Fashion Week has been a wonderful break to all the football madness although the seats were sadly empty for the first shows of the afternoon. I wish all those who had no football to watch could have been invited to witness our slick fashion teams at work. This first pic is of the David Tlale midnight show which was vintage Tlale glamour with a full orchestra and an opera diva accompanying the collection.

The Alexander McQueen fashion house presented its first menswear collection following the designer's death, drawing on archives and the fashion house's British roots in a bid for continuity.

But not everyone stuck close to familiar territory on the second day of men's fashion week Sunday: Giorgio Armani presented a surprisingly edgy and militaristic/borderline S&M line for next summer.

In a diametrically opposite look for the season, Gianfranco Ferre's young designing pair looked to India, Japan and China for a relaxed, easy-to-wear collection cut largely of linen and silk.

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Alexander McQueen's spring/summer 2011 collection was the first solo outing for Sarah Burton, who has worked with the fashion house for 16 years and was named creative director last month.

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As the glamazonian model sashayed down the catwalk to the bossa nova beat, she pulled awkwardly at her slashed Lycra mini skirt. The skimpy little thing was barely bigger than an Elastoplast and simply wouldn’t sit still.

For the cluster of international journalists facing the parade of bronzed flesh laced in scraps of stretchy fabric, this was exactly what we had expected from.

Rio Fashion Week: great bodies, microscopic beachwear and sizzle factor. Models wearing designs from Triya and Lenny
Designs from Triya, left, and Lenny.

In only its third outing, Rio is a young fashion capital, one proud of its beach culture and the scorching designer styles it inspires. But beyond the hot Brazilian bodies in hot Brazilian bikinis, there’s also a significant ka-ching factor:

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Rebecca Thomson, a 22-year-old graduate of the Manchester School of Art, claimed top prize in the gala show at Graduate fashion week last night for a collection that mixed hand-pleated details with jogging bottoms - a look the designer dubbed "casual couture".

The judges praised Thomson's work, above, for its contemporary feel. Other winners included Thomas Crisp of Ravensbourne College for menswear. Crisp, who offered a mix of metallic pieces and interesting tailoring, was singled out by the judges for his "skills as a modern menswear designer with a good commercial edge".

Rhea Fields of Northbrook College won best womenswear while Anna Lee of De Montfort University took the Zandra Rhodes textiles award for her kaleidoscopic prints worn with jumbo animal necklaces.

Lorraine Candy, editor of Elle and on the judging panel, said the standard of work was high. She praised an overall move to more accomplished designs that were less "out there". This more grown-up approach reflects the fashion zeitgeist. In February, during London fashion week, commentators said the shows were slicker and less edgy.

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The BA graduate’s collection was the last word in ‘Rule Brittannia’ chic. Her models wore chiffon tunics and kaftans, printed with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. The garments fluttered like pennants over neon-yellow sports-shorts and bra-tops.

Other dresses were printed with the Union flag, or Union Jack, in shades of sage, navy and yellow, and wrapped around the body like a sarong or toga. The collection was paraded to a techno version of Elgar’s ‘Pomp & Circumstance’, with the models and the audience all waving paper flags.

Graduate Fashion Week, which shifts the ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ focus from entertainment to fashion, is the largest student event in the world. Being staged at Earls Court 2 exhibition centre, in west London, it features the work of some 1,000 BA fashion graduates from three dozen fashion colleges and universities around the country.