Fashion Police

End to the gossip

GEORGINA SAFE It's time to remove the headbands and retire the bow ties - Gossip Girl is finally drawing to a close.

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Harder, better, faster, stronger

GEORGINA SAFE Fashion Week darling Christopher Esber remains committed to achieving a personal best with his designs, writes Georgina Safe.

Cannes celebrities caught in red carpet traffic jam

Luke Leitch YOU can tell just how important - and commercial - the Cannes red carpet has become by how rigorously it is organised. Like lollipop men, but dressed in tuxedos, there is a team whose sole job is to steer starlets through what has become the world's biggest fashion photo opportunity - one that is almost as vital to oiling the wheels of Cannes as the films are.

Into the spotlight

Not just a clothes horse

Monaco's Charlotte Casiraghi has partnered with Gucci to show her love of riding, writes Elaine Schiolino.

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The verdict

The red carpet glamour-disparity

Jess Cartner-Morley At Cannes, it's hard not to notice that the women look hot while the men look, well, not. So why the double standard?

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In matters of lace, it does matter if it's black or white

GEORGINA SAFE WHEN it comes to lace it's a good girl, bad girl thing for fashion designer Susien Chong.

Gok Wan to visit Canberra

Claire Low Gok's coming to Canberra, so Claire Low caught up with him for a chat.

Introducing Myer's fashion Cupid

JANICE BREEN BURNS Salon queen matches her clients with the perfect clothes.

Feet first

How to walk in high heels

When worn right, heels can make any woman look like royalty.

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Are the klaxons of class merely killjoys?

Maggie Alderson 'Never fear being vulgar, just boring.' That was said by Diana Vreeland, the legendary editor of American Vogue.

Street seen: Peter Deering

Arsineh Houspian This designer says his style if Ethan Hawke circa-'90s Reality Bites, with a scarf.

A royal relationship that fits like a glove

Sarah Rainey It's her Diamond Jubilee and Queen Elizabeth will be shaking thousands of hands - but her glove- makers are prepared.

Misrepresentation

Refunds: Kardashian curves cost shoe company $40m

The US government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.

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Stars wear Prada but fashion queen walks her own path

William Langley AT LAST week's New York fashion bash, Gwyneth Paltrow looked steely, Scarlett Johansson slinky and everyone else merely relieved to have been invited. If anyone in the crowd at the Metropolitan Museum of Art appeared faintly out of place, it was the guest of honour, Miuccia Prada, the 63-year-old, anti-glam Italian fashion queen whose life's work the event was attempting to explain.

Strengthening the cultural fabric

Sarah Scheller O'donnell An initiative fostering links between India's craftspeople and Australian fashion labels is helping to preserve skills and livelihoods.

Versace updates its glamour armour

GEORGINA SAFE Donatella Versace talks to Georgina Safe about the return of the brand to the couture calendar and using key motifs from her late brother Gianni's final collection.

STYLEAID's Super Sweet 15th

Jenna Clarke Western Australia's premier fashion fundraiser is turning 15 but rather than developing adolescent attitude, STYLEAID will this year channel all its energy into planning Perth's most extravagant birthday party.

Find your style and develop it

Maggie Alderson Those of short stature face specific sartorial challenges, so it's a delight to see a tiny kindred spirit overcome all obstacles to elegance, writes Maggie Alderson.

Street seen: Christian Remrod

Arsineh Houspian This man of many professions says that with a classical style you don't need to be on trend.

Dressed down over dress-ups

SARAH WHYTE Big business is under fire for its views on how young women should dress for success.

Office politics

Seeing red over stockings ban

SARAH WHYTE Women fight back against restrictive corporate dress codes.

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Derivative, schmerivative

JANICE BREEN BURNS Australian Fashion Week finished on May 4 in Sydney with a bewildering spray of criticism from local and international media.

Sydney, Melbourne in fashion festival war

JANICE BREEN BURNS Sydney's Australian Fashion Week will clash with the Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2013.

Essentials by the book

The founders of upstart TOME keep it real through simplicity and clarity of vision, writes Megan Johnston.

Islamic glamour proves a hit for Turkish fashion magazine

Nicolas Cheviron CAN the Muslim headscarf be synonymous with glamour?

Designer finds a spot to show his stripes

Paul Smith has hit Australia with a flagship store in Melbourne and he has an eye on Sydney too, writes Avril Groom.

Men, too, are finding fashion

New York Don't be fooled by the old 'my girlfriend bought me this' line. Fashion insiders say men are taking a keen interest in how they dress.

Street seen: Annabelle Loton

Arsineh Houspian The painter says she normally buys kids' clothes because they are cheaper and I alter them so they fit.

Date with Kate

Fashion, fame and frenemies

Kate Waterhouse Designer Whitney Port on all things fashion, her ''frenemy'' Olivia Palermo and her ex, Aussie rocker Jay Lyon.