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Finding beauty in the gutter
Elina Lukas talks to designer Tessa Metcalfe, who casts jewellery from pigeons’ feet, changing the perceptions people have of the birds
photographed by the author

Centre-stage in Los Angeles
Urbana Chappa and Ermelinda Manos take centre-stage at LA Fashion Weekend, and modern fashion design to extremes in the process, reports Elva Zevallos
photographed by Jon Malan

Keeping an eye on Portugal’s fashion
Lola Saab travelled to Portugal to view all that fashion week had on offer for autumn–winter 2013–14, fabulously staged in the historic buildings of Lisboa and Porto
photographs courtesy Portugal Fashion

The rise and rise of Undone Jack Yan checks out Undone, one of Lucire’s must-have labels from New Zealand’s deep south, and the stand-out at ID Dunedin Fashion Week photographed by Matthew Beveridge/Matthew Beveridge Photography	A shapely autumn Lola Saab took to the runways of Paris Fashion Week for the autumn–winter 2013–14 collections, and found sensuality and geometry on the designers’ minds	Runaway circus Sopheak Seng is impressed with Mondegreen’s autumn–winter 2013 collection, with a new twist to what the label is already known for
Eva Mendes’s great ex-spec-tations Spring has sprung in Los Angeles, and along with it, a new collection of eyewear intended to put fashionistas into a sunnier frame of mind, reports Elyse Glickman photographed by Charley Gallay/Getty Images	Play time The latest collection from Anna Popovich, now out in stores, takes its inspiration from superheroes. Elina Lukas spoke with her about her thinking behind her spring styles photographed by the author	London diary While Doug Rimington photographed the main event, Elina Lukas visited a few other shows during London Fashion Week, including the weekend festivities where she spoke to Verity & Violet photographed by the author
Van Cleef & Arpels: 500 reasons to envy The pinnacle of luxury: the Van Cleef & Arpels: the Art of Fine Jewellery exhibition moves on to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Lola Saab attends photographs courtesy Van Cleef & Arpels	Unravelling the new Complementing our print edition’s spring–summer 2013 preview, Paris editor Lola Saab reviews the New York collections to pick out her favourites for the new season	Walk the line Photographer Douglas Rimington heads to a London car park to take in Sorapol’s spring–summer 2013 collection, which references the drug-hazed hedonism of the 1970s photographed by the author
Global nomad Spring has finally sprung and, with it, new trends which we can bask and experiment with. Continuing on from last season’s tribal look, the globe-trotting traveller is still big by Sopheak Seng	Fashion talks with Cushnie et Ochs Lola Saab heads to a Q&A with Michelle Ochs and Carly Cushnie, the duo behind Cushnie et Ochs, who showed their spring–summer 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week photographed by Melissa Murphy, Thomas Kletecka and Steven Churchill Downes	Close encounters of the transcendent kind For spring 2013, Los Angeles-based designer Sue Wong pushes her signature style into a new dimension, replacing elaborate beading with intricate tailoring by Elyse Glickman and Elva Zevallos
Trends at New Zealand Fashion Week, autumn–winter 2013 Sopheak Seng identifies the trends from New Zealand Fashion Week’s autumn–winter 2013 shows, while Greg Jennings puts together a week’s worth of footage into a stunning video montage	Rockabilly meets couture Maranda Bodas speaks with Tiia Vanhatapio about her metamorphosis as a designer and what it takes to make it in the Finnish market	All access to accessories Lola Saab heads across the Atlantic to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to check out the latest accessories, from Seychelles’ shoes to inventive helmets adorned with Swarovski crystals
Through the looking-glass Take a trip through a world of make-believe and dress-up photographed by Victor Huang styled by Sopheak Seng	Emerging trends hit Paris Five designers got their moment in Paris as the Emerging Trends Fashion Challenge headed across the Pond. Rhonda Richford followed their progress photographed by Vitaliy Djamgarov	Feminine, fluid and classic Elina Lukas meets Mary Franck, an award-winning milliner who loves extraordinary materials, while keeping her designs wearable and comfortable photographed by the author
Couture’s celluloid inspirations Lola Saab reports on Jean Paul Gaultier and Givenchy’s autumn–winter 2012–13 haute couture collections, both of which have a film connection photographed by Patrice Stable for Jean Paul Gaultier and courtesy Givenchy	Miromoda 2012’s unique stories In his third year judging Miromoda, publisher Jack Yan reports on the 2012 winners who will go on to New Zealand Fashion Week, at the awards’ ceremony at Te Puni Kōkiri in Wellington photographed by Nikita Brown	Julian Danger sees Violet The Lucire team attends Violet, Julian Danger’s spring–summer 2012–13 show, during Wellington Fashion Week. Roanna Bell reports, and talks to designer Amy-Rose Goulding photographed by Nikita Brown from issue 28 of Lucire