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Backstage Beauty at Trelise Cooper 2009
Cooper by Trelise and the Trelise Cooper collections both channelled powerful, sassy women.

Staying power
Zambesi, the 'godparents' of local fashion, are celebrating 30 years in the business. Designer Elisabeth Findlay reveals a little of how they've managed to thrive in a fickle industry

The style counsel
When it comes to mothers, daughters and fashion, the cliches tend to sit at either end of the spectrum.

Front and centre
If you dream of being suitably attired for ringside seats at Fashion Week, there are a few things worth knowing. Viva's here to guide you...

Worlds collide on the runway
Kate Sylvester's Fashion Week show - in a dirty inner city warehouse under sparkling chandeliers - represented clash of worlds, from posh to punk.

Stolen Girlfriends at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the Stolen Girlfriends show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.

Group Show at Fashion Week 2009
Photos from the group show by Barbara Lee, Starfish, Mild Red and United Constructions at last year's NZ Fashion Week.

MiroModa Awards Showcase 2009
Photos from the the MiroModa Awards Showcase at last year's NZ Fashion Week.

Backstage at Andrea Moore 2009
Photos from behind the scenes at the Andrea Moore show at last year's NZ Fashion Week.

Backstage Beauty at Andrea Moore 2009
Andrea Moore's signature look is colour, pattern and for the girls.

Andrea Moore & Silverdale at Fashion Week 2009
Designs by Andrea Moore & Silverdale on the runway at NZ Fashion Week 2009.

Backstage Beauty at Sera Lilly 2009
Sera Lilly is playing with the notion of rebellious, reluctant princesses – womanly, eclectic, and kind of soft Eighties all at once.

Backstage at Nom*D 2009
Photos from behind the scenes at the Nom*D show during last year's NZ Fashion Week.

Backstage Beauty at Nom*D 2009
If you have the bone structure, eyes don't always need the standard mascara/liner/smudgy shadow combo to stand out.

Backstage Beauty at Zambesi 2009
One day I'll be a Zambesi person, spending my winters stomping about bleak moors, reading Jack Kerouac.

Expert Eye: Nom*D
Nom*D's Margi Robertson knows how to play to her strengths after a distinguished career as the darkhorse from Dunedin.

Backstage at Zambesi 2009
Photos from behind the scenes at Zambesi's 2009 NZ Fashion Week show.

Is Pammy already here?
Rumour is Pamela Anderson, tipped to fly into Auckland tomorrow, has snuck into town early.

Absolutely fabulous
She's a bikini babe, he's a party monster - Pamela Anderson and Richie Rich are here to dazzle us with A*Muse, their fun collaborative fashion line of beachwear and more

Insider's guide to Fashion Weekend
When it comes down to it, fashion is about you - the consumer who will eventually go out and spend your hard-earned cash on the clothes that are being presented this week