Yesterday
At home with Plum Sykes, the author who skewers the rich and famous
The satire in the writer’s novels about wealthy and glamorous women is all the sharper for being written by an insider.
- Lauren Sams
September
A $12.5b luxury fashion merger turns ugly
Michael Kors was among those called to testify as US regulators try to block a blockbuster deal between the owners of Coach and his brand.
- Amelia Pollard
May
Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez in full bloom at Met Gala
The annual charity event for New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, otherwise known as Anna Wintour’s Met Gala, is getting underway, drawing fashion’s A-listers.
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- Leanne Italie
June 2023
The podcast with the story behind the stories you never read
For anyone who is fascinated by the world of media – or who just wants to know more about the stories that never made it to the world – this is a must-listen.
- Lauren Sams
May 2023
Murdoch confidante, News Corp magazine chief a winner in restructure
Former Vogue Australia editor Edwina McCann, a close friend of Sarah and Lachlan Murdoch, has emerged as a winner in News Corp’s latest restructure.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Kidman, Rihanna shine at Met Gala
The worlds of fashion, Hollywood, sports and music collided at the extravaganza that this year honoured the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.
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- Leanne Italie
April 2023
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
The Met Gala used to need Vogue. Now it’s the other way round
The event was once about promoting fashion history. These days, it’s about spruiking a magazine.
- Lauren Sams
September 2022
How Serena Williams wields fashion like a weapon
Since she turned professional in 1995, the tennis champion has smashed barriers of race, age and background, and the old dress codes.
- Vanessa Friedman
May 2022
This fashionista is one of the world’s most powerful business leaders
Most people know Anna Wintour as the long-reigning editor of ‘Vogue’, but her biographer wants you to know she’s so much more than that.
- Lauren Sams
January 2022
No more working for jerks!
For almost two years, couches have been cubicles. Colleagues are instant message avatars. And people are reconsidering how much they should have to put up with from a boss.
- Emma Goldberg
September 2021
Tennis sensation Emma Raducanu caught in transatlantic Vogue tussle
The overnight teenage tennis sensation is being fought over by Anna Wintour in the US and her counterpart at British Vogue, Edward Enninful.
- Tamara Abraham
December 2020
Anna Wintour: the great survivor
Despite a challenging year for fashion’s matriarch, the style doyenne has landed a new top role at Condé Nast. But is she in or out of vogue?
- Lisa Armstrong and Melissa Twigg
September 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
How to survive the COVID-19 retail apocalypse
As ever, in crisis comes opportunity. A mid-sized US sportswear retailer provides six lessons on staying ahead of the latest hit to the sector.
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- Rana Foroohar
May 2020
- Analysis
- Luxury fashion
Is Anna Wintour's crown slipping?
Mud-slinging is on trend in the northern summer, and the previously untouchable face of Vogue is squarely in her former colleagues' sights.
- Lisa Armstrong
April 2020
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Wintour played it down, but the pandemic is a big deal for Condé Nast
Will the luxuriant business of fashion magazines survive the post-virus economy?
- Ben Smith