Hottest hair trends from New York Fashion Week AW13
Our pick of the hottest AW13 hair trends from New York Fashion Week.
Hot new trend alert: extreme platforms
The shoe craze that is reaching new heights
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Women love to add a few inches to their height and heels are the perfect way to do this, but it seems as women want add even more inches to their legs, shoe designers are adding even more inches to the soles of their creations - making for some vertiginous heels that women are finding it hard to stand up in (let alone walk in).
The trend for the exaggerated platform first moved into the mainstream five years ago, and has been gaining pace (and inches) ever since.
It seems the bigger the celebrity the bigger the heels - take a look through our gallery of the stars who are towering head and shoulders above the rest of the fash-pack.
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designers
American fashion house Ralph Lauren doesn’t just sell clothes; it sells an aspirational lifestyle promising sophistication and a relaxed quality of life.
Yves Saint Laurent innovations include the female tuxedo and beatnik black, but the label’s biggest legacy was making it acceptable for women to wear trousers.
Italian designer Valentino Garavani has shaped haute couture fashion for five decades.
Versace has survived a tragedy – the murder of its founder Gianni Versace in 1997 – to establish itself as one of the world's leading fashion houses.
Flamboyant fashion house Dolce & Gabbana favours bright colours, clashing patterns and animal prints - sometimes all at once.
Giorgio Armani has been acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy.
The Calvin Klein label blurs the distinction between masculine and feminine fashions with clean lines, neutral colours and no fussy adornments.
In 1947, Christian Dior revolutionised fashion with his 'New Look' silhouette – pinched-in waist and full skirt – which is still popular today.
