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Lauren Sams

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Pedro Pascal as Joel, who is struggling with parenting a teenager, in season two of The Last of Us.

The 8 best shows to binge this Easter weekend

From CIA agents to zombies, F1 drivers to unemployed British strivers – here are eight shows to set you up for your days off.

Chinese influencers spruiking cheaper luxury goods.

TikTok is flooded with how to buy cheap luxe goods vids. Thank Trump

As luxury goods are set to be hit with steep tariffs, TikTok creators are purporting to let their audiences in on fashion’s worst-kept secret.

Van Cleef & Arpels managing director, Oceania, Julie To.

AFR Magazine celebrates The Art of Movement

Together with jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels, the magazine hosted cocktails to honour the maison’s first exhibition in Australia.

Stylist Anthea O’Connor choosing clothes for clients at Grace in High Street, Armadale.

Can ordinary people use stylists too?

Celebrities have them on speed-dial – but what about the rest of us? We speak to fashion maven Anthea O’Connor about bringing the art of dressing well to the people.

Sophie Gilliatt (left) and Katherine Westwood at Dinner Ladies HQ in Matraville.

These women are conquering Aussie dinner tables, one lasagne at a time

The Dinner Ladies began with two women selling home-cooked meals to friends. It now delivers 40,000 meals a week and is expanding in a $2 billion market.

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Fashion designer Perri Cutten.

Designer Perri Cutten remembered as ‘a pioneer of Australian fashion’

Known for giving Australian women a unique sense of style, Perri Cutten blazed a trail for designers who came after her.

Princess Diana often wore tried-and-true Levi’s.

Why do people take their jeans so seriously?

Barrel leg? Skinny? Flare? Boyfriend? Our jeans are a surprisingly emotional touchpoint.

The former banker who created the perfect white T-shirt

Australian-born, New York-based Kiane von Mueffling pivoted into fashion – and found a specialty where she least expected it.

March

Kirsten Carriol, CEO Lanolips

How to pack for a work trip – fashionably

Is there a secret to packing light? We seek the advice of a few stylish businesswomen.

‘We don’t want to die wondering’: Jo Horgan on Mecca’s biggest bet yet

The new Mecca flagship in Melbourne will be the world’s biggest beauty store.

Concept weight loss drugs image for AFR Magazine feature.

How Ozempic and other GLP-1s are transforming much more than just waistlines

We don’t yet know how many Australians are taking the jab, but we’re certainly seeing the effects.

Tom Ford Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 05, 2025

Who’s in and who’s out in fashion?

Keeping up with changes in fashion used to mean watching hemlines go up and down. These days, it’s a little trickier.

Kirsten Carriol, Lanolips CEO, likes to reduce decision-making as much as possible.

The CEO who calls email the least productive productivity hack

Kirsten Carriol is chief executive of Lanolips, a skincare brand whose hero product is a lip balm that’s now a favourite of Drew Barrymore and Sabrina Carpenter.

“I knew there was a whole world out there and I went to join it,” says Martin Grant in his Paris studio.

Martin Grant is one of our most unusual designers. And maybe our best

The subject of a new exhibition at the NGV, this fashion designer is Australia’s quietest achiever.

Shaunte-Mears Watkins at North Shore Rowing Club.

What rowing taught this CEO about team work

When a friend dared Shaunte Mears-Watkins to start this sport, she thought, “how hard can it be?” Pretty hard, as it turns out.

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Charlotte Smith in a Hardy Amies suit from the 1970s, part of her 5000-strong collection of fashion history, part of which will now go to the National Museum of Australia.

Australia’s largest private fashion collection goes up for sale

A piece of this historic wardrobe could be yours, with prices starting from $25.

This year, Crocs are 23 years old – in other words, old enough to dress well.

Crocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoes

First there were Crocs, now there’s a mash-up between a sneaker and loafer. Would you wear a snoafer to the office?

Anya Hindmarch’s luxury reusable shopping bags will launch in Australia at Woolworths stores.

Woolies ditches the daggy shopping bag for designer drawcard

When British designer Anya Hindmarch started selling her bags in supermarkets in the UK, they sold out. Here, she wants to make a dent in our rubbish pile.

Katherine Bennell-Pegg.

One in 80m: Australia’s first astronaut awaits her moonshot

Katherine Bennell-Pegg has always dreamt of going into space. And now after intense training, she’s flight ready and waiting for the call.

Bernadette Fahey. Illustration by Sam Bennett.

The Pilates instructor who’s going out to Frank Sinatra

Bernadette Fahey is the founder of Body By Berner. After her last workout, she’s passing down her JLC Reverso (and serving Ruinart).

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