August
At the Paris Olympics, the best views are the venues
By utilising existing buildings, the Paris Olympics is showing off its beautiful heritage and saving billions on construction costs.
- Jerry Brewer
May
Is it sheer madness to experiment with this trend?
Often clothes are about coverage – but if Fashion Week styles are anything to go by, we’ll all be showing off a lot more.
- Lauren Sams
Dream of the 1990s comes alive at Fashion Week
Grunge, denim and sexy slip dresses were all over the runways at Australian Fashion Week.
- Lauren Sams
Why Fashion Week is still important
Its star power dimmed, the week that used to be about celebrating Australian fashion is now a carefully calibrated exercise about return on investment.
- Lauren Sams
The 20-year-old brand making its fashion week debut
The woman behind Melbourne born-and-bred cool girl label Viktoria & Woods says it’s finally time to reach a wider audience.
- Lauren Sams
March
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
The brand so hot it banned iPhones from its Paris show
In an era of oversharing, former child stars and reclusive fashion designers Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are taking a different approach.
- Lauren Sams
January
How fashion houses lure the 0.003pc
Couture week is often labelled out of touch and irrelevant. For luxury customers, that’s the entire point.
- Lauren Sams
November 2023
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
A new Australian fashion TV show is coming – here’s who has been tapped
Amid rumours of a TV production about fashion insiders, the drama around Australian Fashion Week could make for a runway success story.
- Lauren Sams
October 2023
Signature style steals the show at Paris Fashion Week
From Sarah Burton’s swansong for McQueen to “unpolished” classics at Valentino and Rei Kawakubo’s colourful sculptures at Comme des Garçons, the looks stayed true to brand.
- Lauren Indvik
August 2023
- Exclusive
- Style
Australia’s Christopher Esber to show at Paris Fashion Week
The latest local designer to be invited to show at Paris Fashion Week is eyeing international expansion.
- Lauren Sams
The fashion business that ‘deserves to be on the ASX’
Known for its super-feminine looks, Aje is on track to become the next Zimmermann.
- Lauren Sams
The Aussie ‘fabric nerd’ who’s become Gen Z’s go-to designer worldwide
Christopher Esber’s clothes are worn by some of the world’s biggest style influencers. It all began with a trip to Bunnings.
- Lauren Sams
May 2023
Fashion Week’s front row is more important than the runway
A new report, commissioned by sponsor Afterpay, shows the runway isn’t as commercially important as what happens on the front row.
- Lauren Sams
No penguin suits at Fashion Week as men’s clothing returns to runway
On the second day of Australian Fashion Week, menswear returned – but not as we know it.
- Lauren Sams
Cover-up girls on the runway in Australian Fashion Week first
Fashion focused on Muslim women will make its runway debut this week.
- Lauren Sams
Gail Sorronda isn’t a typical Australian designer. That’s the point
Feted by Karl Lagerfeld and Dolce & Gabbana, Brisbane’s Sorronda makes her return to the Sydney runway this month.
- Lauren Sams
March 2023
How the Zimmermanns built a fashion empire
With a Milan-based backer and a star turn in Paris, these sisters are transforming their Australian label into a European powerhouse.
- Updated
- Lauren Sams
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Fashion’s hottest accessory will make you look far more powerful
Every few seasons, a new body part appears in the collections of designers.
- Lauren Sams
Why LVMH’s founder is the world’s richest man
This week in The Fin podcast, fashion editor Lauren Sams tells us what’s happening on the runways in Paris, why Gen Z is so interested and how it’s reshuffled the rich list rankings.
January 2023
Gucci kicks off the year with slouchy menswear
The question of who will steer the mega brand’s creative direction loomed over its first men’s show in Milan in three years.
- Updated
- Mimosa Spencer and Elisa Anzolin