This Month
In Pictures: Paris Fashion Week
Jaw-dropping styles and celebrity theatrics mark the semi-annual French event.
June
Vapes are knock-off cigarettes. Fashion insiders should know better
How have vapes – the ersatz cigarette, the pretend lung dart – infiltrated fashion so thoroughly?
May
The best (and worst) of Australian Fashion Week reborn
All eyes were on Carriageworks this week as the industry scrambled to create a new event after major sponsor IMG pulled out. Did it work?
What Allegra Spender’s fashionista sister wants
On day three of Australian Fashion Week, established designers Bianca Spender and Aje made their case to make women feel floaty and free.
Nigella Lawson, Maggie Beer among fans of designer at top of her game
Two years ago, Lee Mathews said she would never have a show at Australian Fashion Week again. Now she’s among the designers breathing new life into it.
Carla Zampatti opens Australian Fashion Week in monochrome
With just six months to pull it together, the Australian industry gathered to celebrate one of its brightest stars under a full moon.
The real reason Australian designers struggle to survive
Australia has everything it needs to become a serious global fashion player – except the strategy to get there.
Fashion industry eyes local production to fight Temu, tariffs squeeze
The industry wants a Made in Australia strategy to fight fast fashion giants like Temu and Shein, and US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
March
Dion Lee’s collapse blows up the wealthy Levis retailing family
Rod Levis started a clothing empire that grew from Cue to Veronika Maine to Dion Lee. Now his son says he was forced out, and is demanding his share.
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.
Third time a charm for Australian designer Christopher Esber in Paris
The first Australian to win the ANDAM prize is more than a rising star at Paris Fashion Week – he is now part of the “it” crowd.
February
The hourglass figure reigns supreme in Paris
An idealised version of the female form is back, accentuated by the extravagant use of corsets and crinolines at the couture collections and beyond.
January
Everything you need to know on the fashion front this year
Major shifts are afoot in the industry. These are the trends – and the designers – that will make a difference to your wardrobe.
December 2024
Fashion Week is back, with surprise faces from the past
In fashion, everything old is new again. While Australian Fashion Week waits for a permanent sponsor, an old hand has returned to steer it back to glory.
Fashion Week might be over, but Australian designers have a new show
Growing a brand internationally is expensive and time-consuming, but Jenny Nakkan has a solution for that.
November 2024
This ’90s fashion icon is back, with help from Troye Sivan
The brand that was a uniform for so many struggled for almost two decades – until artists, including the Australian singer, started promoting it.
The winners at the last Australian Fashion Laureate awards
The sun – and the local industry – came out to celebrate Australian fashion one last time.
Is Australian fashion really as dire as it seems?
Some Australian designers are looking to keep their fashion production home-grown but are finding it may be a dying craft.
Industry steps in to save Fashion Week – for a year, at least
When funding was pulled for the 28-year-old event last week, the industry was left in a state of shock. Now, it’s rallying.
Dutton’s tax surprise; Trump picks Musk; Borrowers ‘bank tax cuts’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.