Aussie models taking fame in their stride

Spotted by talent scouts two Korte Avondjurken years ago, Agoston-O'Connor spent time overseas before deciding to put her fashion career on hold to sit the HSC last year.

Now she has deferred a place at university while she tries modelling once more.

Last year she did 26 catwalk shows at New York Fashion week and tonight will be just one of a few Australians playing a part in the Dior show.

And there is another strong Aussie Een Schouder Prom Dresses connection to Dior, with Erica Baxter recently wearing a $100,000 Dior wedding dress when she married James Packer.

Baxter and her mother-in-law Ros Packer are tipped to be in the front row for the show which will take place in Versailles palace and promises to be a stellar launch for the week-long couture shows.

For Agoston-O'Connor - known in fashion circles as Alex A - even though she is working for some of the world's top fashion houses, nerves are not something the 19-year-old thinks about.

"I am not really nervous, I am kind of happy with the way I am and who I am," she said.

It will be the second time she has starred for Dior after appearing on the runway in January this year, along with parades for Christian Lacroix and Franck Sorbier.

"It's going really well for me (in Paris). I have to pinch myself sometimes to actually believe that I am here," she said.

And with international status also comes the big dollars.

Couture shows can pay thousands, eclipsing the couple of hundred models receive for a walk down a local runway.

Rising international fashion star and fellow Australian McNeil will also appear on the split voor Prom Dresses Paris catwalks this week.

The New York-based, French Vogue cover girl, who is one of the faces of Dolce Gabbana's D label, is being considered - but has not been confirmed - for a place on the catwalk by a raft of high-end designers.

Aussie belle among red carpet's most stylish

One day it was a gold lame gown by Emilio Pucci with a black lace insert on the halter top; on another it was a black lace Roberto Cavalli with a deep V-neck complemented by a chainlike Swarovski crystal necklace.

Also getting attention is Naomi Watts, who has shown a deep closet full of custom-made looks: a Marchesa gown in champagne with feathers and embroidery, a blush-coloured Calvin Klein gown with spaghetti straps, a sleeveless cocktail dress with a grey iridescent top and ostrich-feather skirt Een Schouder Prom Dresses from Gucci, and a floral-print, sequin-dotted Cavalli with a gold-detailed black blazer.

The Marchesa gown had custom-dyed, hand-stitched feather flowers "cascade down the dress to create an airy and ethereal effect", said designer Georgina Chapman.

Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa thought his sexy slip dress design suited Watts perfectly.

"Naomi was Trouwjurken 2013 the epitome of classic, yet modern glamour in this sensual, sculpted dress," Korte Avondjurken he said.

"She looked absolutely flawless."

Kirsten Dunst had a very feminine moment in a demure, white dress by Dolce Gabbana. She wore her hair swept in an updo decorated with flowers.

For another event, Dunst was in fuchsia Dior.

Many runway models are part of Cannes' fashion show, too, among them Karolina Kurkova in a paillette-covered, V-neck halter by Cavalli with a mermaid hem and long, dangling ruby-and-diamond earrings by Bulgari, and Erin Wasson in a multi-coloured beaded-fringe gown by Oscar de la Renta.

Irina Shayk wore a cream-and-silver sequined Cavalli minidress with a fringed hemline.

Some fashion statements are coming from the men, especially with their shoes. Brad Pitt paired white lace-ups with his khaki Gucci suit, and Ewan McGregor wore spectator brogues with his navy Marni striped jacket and trousers.

Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr gets help from designer after losing wedding dress

Fashion designer Collette Dinnigan has vowed to replace the dress the Australian model wore at her secretive wedding in July to English actor Orlando Bloom, 33.

The gown, one of four vintage creations that were sent to Een Schouder Prom Dresses the supermodel by Dinnigan, Sexy Trouwjurken disappeared as the couple Trouwjurken 2013 returned from their Caribbean honeymoon.

"Unfortunately the luggage had my wedding dress in it plus other things that I hold so dear. Has anyone else experienced losing luggage through American Airlines and if so did you ever locate it again?"

American Airlines was not available for comment.

And as naked photos of Kerr posing six-and-a-half months pregnant for W magazine burst into the blogosphere, Australia-based Dinnigan said she would be more than happy to help her friend in need.

"Losing your luggage is a terrible thing to happen to anyone, but especially when something as sentimental as a wedding dress is involved," Dinnigan said.