Overheard

"I could put some tulle on the bottom of a T-shirt and turn it into a 'tutee', a better fate than ending up as an industrial rag."

And we could take our little flakes of dandruff and use them as an alternative to coconut sprinkles - there's saving the environment and then there's saving face. Wellington designer Janet Dunn puts forward an interesting argument about how fashionistas can look er, good while helping the planet.

"We have already taken and will continue to take steps to avoid incidents of this nature in future."

Uh-oh, sounds like Marc Jacobs has been watching too many Godfather reruns. A spokesperson for the designer wisely adopts a mea culpa stance after he forked over $1 million to extract himself from a case where his company was alleged to have used bribes to secure exclusive use of a desirable venue for his fashion shows.

"Shopkeepers pay between $1300 and $1500 a square metre, putting them streets ahead of other top-end strips."

A report by Savill's finds Melbourne's hip fashion mecca of Chapel Steet, South Yarra, has the most expensive retail rents in the country. We're guessing their consumers pay the same rate for their slice of designer glory.