Held at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher’s Hall, Made in Africa: Arise showcased Africa’s most talented designers. The show was spectacularly large, milking every bit of production value the venue had to offer.

Octavio Carlin showcased an elegant yet simplistic collection during Style Fashion Week LA at Vibiana. He presented a collection that showed a variation on cocktail dresses consisting of jersey, slinky, hip hugging skirts with horizontal striped tops . . . a play on the athletic influenced trend for spring.

Furne One’s Spring 2012 collection made its way un-chaperoned to Los Angeles at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. That’s right. The designer was home in Dubai while his collection received mixed reviews here. The collection left some raving and others ranting; and some of those rants turned into raised voices literally on the media riser.

Coming back from a hiatus, Gen Art is better than ever with their Fresh New Faces competition. From the attention to details backstage, with dressing, styling, and presenting the models and clothes on the runway to really putting on an exciting and well produced series of runway shows, Gen Art did it well at Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. Avatar star Zoe Saldana opened the show and the talented young designers showcased their new designs.

Furne One (Amato Haute Couture) Spring 2012 was held at the Vibiana during Style Fashion Week LA. Check out the images captured by Arun Nevader.

The show finally started with designer Ross Higgins. He was the first out of the gate. He trotted as if on the drug ecstasy, and that, folks, set the precedent for what followed—a parade of models, each more frightful than his or her predecessor. Caligula had nothing on this design team!

Well ladies (and men) feast your eyes on this exclusive backstage and runway of New York’s finest male models! Consider this one of the editor’s pick for the our holiday gift guide.

Always a fun, high-energy show, Betsey Johnson did it again for her Spring 2012 collection during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York. Models styled to the nines with extreme attention paid to the tiniest detail. Check out all the backstage excitement before the show on September 12, 2011, at the Theater in Lincoln Center. Photographed by Arun Nevader.

Got a man in your life 6’3 and up? The Willis and Walker Spring 2012 collection is perfect for the really tall, dark, and handsome. The biggest problem with fitting a tall man is finding something ready-to-wear without a tailor having to alter the sleeves or stitching in the hem of the pants.

Check out the Sophie Theallet Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Milk Studios on September 13, 2011 in New York City. Photographed by Arun Nevader.