Want to maintain your handbag's lustre and looking like new? With regular attentive care, your bag will look like it's in mint condition

Whenever we buy something new, especially something that costs quite the dirham, we always want to keep it in its best possible condition. A designer handbag is widely known as a great investment, as its resell value will most certainly increase over time. Because of this, ideally you'd want to extend the lifespan of your investment piece and keep your handbags looking pristine for years.

The Middle East boasts some of the world's most inspiring and barrier-breaking fashion designers. This comes as no surprise as haute couture is well-loved in the region, with Hermès scarves hanging from Arab women's Birkin bags, the scent of Chanel sitting in their vanity drawer, and their Zuhair Murad sitting ready to wear for any extravagant celebration.

As we wise up to the environmental impact of fast fashion, many of us have been changing the way we shop and focusing on buying investment pieces that will last a long time.

If you wanted to take this new mentality to the next level, you could consider this Guo Pei designer dress which is coming up for auction.

Most of us don’t get to wear designer clothing, or make it onto the front row of the latest catwalk show, so resign ourselves to scrolling through beautiful outfits and artistic runways on Instagram instead.

But what if you want more of an insight into the world of high fashion? Admittedly, it’s not always an accessible place, but thankfully some big names have allowed cameras to roll behind closed doors.

A month of catwalk shows kicked off last week with New York Fashion Week, and what a start it was.

The so-called city that never sleeps was on typically energetic form, with uber-glam collections, star-studded front rows, and catwalks and after-parties that blurred into one.

So what’s buzzing in the Big Apple? Here are the six hottest stories that you might have missed from New York Fashion Week…