The annual Fashion Steps Out (FSO) will start today and end on May 18. Now in its fifth year, the event aims to draw shoppers to Orchard Road with fashion shows, shopping deals and style events.

Here are the highlights:

ORCHARD FASHION RUNWAY
Saturday, 8.30pm, spanning the stretch of road from Ion Orchard to Paragon

Watch 150 models take to a 660m-long runway that runs from the Scotts Paterson junction to Bideford junction.

They will wear the latest looks from labels such as Paris-based label Manish Arora, Hong Kong label i.t, London-based label Ashley Isham, Italian label Max&Co. and Beijing-based lingerie and swimwear brand Aimer. This is the first year that the show will feature beachwear.

Expect a lively show, with 10 Harley Davidson motorcycles carrying some models into the show. Some lanes and roads will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6pm.

FASHION TOWER
Now till May 18, light-up from 6.30pm to midnight daily, the road in front of Tangs Orchard

To set the stage for FSO, its creative director Jeffrey Tay has created a 10m-high tower in the shape of a mannequin with LED rope lights that stands on the road outside Tangs Orchard.

The tower, which was inspired by fashion illustration, marks the starting line of the Orchard Fashion Runway.

FASHION REIMAGINED
May 5 to 18, 10am to 9pm, Paragon Atrium 1

Shopping bags from Paragon as well as six of its retailers - Anteprima, Adolfo Dominguez, G-Star Raw, Guess, Karen Millen and Pois -

will be transformed into 14 outfits by fashion design students from the Raffles Design Institute.

The creations will be unveiled on May 5 and exhibited for two weeks at the Paragon atrium.

LOCAL LABELS ON EXHIBIT
Now till April 11, 11am to 10pm, Orchard Central, Discovery Walk on Level 1

To promote home-grown designers, Orchard Central will be showcasing the works of three of its tenants, local labels Sans & Sans, Elohim By Sabrina Goh and Reckless Ericka.