Usually the idea of traipsing round a field on the weekend routing through sale items would conjure images of  flat shoes and casual clothing, but not for the Kardashians. Sisters Kim, 29, Kourtney, 31, and Khloe, 25, and their mom Kris all got dolled up to the nines to attend the Super Saturday 13 in the Hamptons, New York yesterday.

Super Saturday is a giant annual sale of designer and brand name products at huge discounts with all the proceeds going to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The glamorous looking Kardashian family came out to support the event.

They say spending time with young people keeps you young yourself. Rubbish. I've just spent a day with four teenagers, and I feel about 95. There is nothing like discovering exactly how ancient you appear to the youth of today to put paid to fanciful notions that one is still – as we said in my day – down with the kids.

Example. I asked Will Spratley, 15-year-old music and drama enthusiast, whose style he admired. He pulled out his copy of NME, and flicked to an article about Gorillaz. "I think Damon Albarn looks good," he said. And then he added, helpfully, "He's the lead singer of Blur." Thanks for the tip, son. Ouch.

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.

The Fashion East show is one of the highlights of the London Fashion Week schedule. Showcasing some of the newest, most exciting designers around, it has already propelled the likes of Jonathan Saunders, Richard Nicoll, Meadham Kirchhoff, Gareth Pugh, Holly Fulton and Michael van der Ham on to stardom.

This morning the Fashion East team has revealed which three designers will be showing with them come September. So who's made the cut? ELLE favourite Heiki Salonen will be returning to the catwalk with a Native American-meets-skater collection. And joining him will be newcomers Simone Rocha, who has just graduated from Central Saint Martins, and Felicity Brown who has worked for Alberta Ferretti, Mulberry, Lanvin and Loewe. Our fashion week excitement starts here.

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.