This Month
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.
- Lauren Sams
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.
- Lauren Sams
- Exclusive
- Fashion retail
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.
- Lauren Sams
November 2024
- Opinion
- Fashion retail
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.
- Andrea Felsted
The winners at the last Australian Fashion Laureate awards
The sun – and the local industry – came out to celebrate Australian fashion one last time.
- Lauren Sams
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.
- Lauren Sams
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.
- Lauren Sams
Dutton’s tax surprise; Trump picks Musk; Borrowers ‘bank tax cuts’
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Fashion Week in limbo as IMG exits Australian events
The New York-based company that has run the event for the past 20 years says it will stop running events in the country.
- Lauren Sams
October 2024
All the fabulous looks and fantasy of Paris Fashion Week
From bubble hems and beaded blouses to the return of the bumster, The Australian Financial Review’s fashion editor shares the highlights from the shows.
- Lauren Sams
No designer? No problem as Chanel flies high at Fashion Week
Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard left the brand in June, leaving the French house without a leader. For the brand’s loyal clients, it’s not an issue.
- Lauren Sams
How Zimmermann brought surf and sun to Paris Fashion Week
Now a permanent fixture on the Paris calendar, the Australian brand has found its feet, and is giving them brand new shoes.
- Lauren Sams
September 2024
- Opinion
- Pharmaceuticals
Everyone’s on Ozempic, so why won’t anyone ‘admit’ it?
The fashion world is embracing weight-loss drugs – but very discreetly.
- Jo Ellison
Christopher Esber steals the show at Paris Fashion Week
On a drizzly day in Paris, the Australian designer delivered bright new ideas for dressing.
- Lauren Sams
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Fashion Week
The whole soiree is actually a month, taking in four big events in New York, London, Milan and Paris. Here’s a rundown of what’s been happening on the runways.
- Lauren Sams
What happened when Jill Biden appeared at NY Fashion Week
Is it fashionable to vote? Designers at New York Fashion Week, which wraps up today, say the answer is yes.
- Lauren Sams
August 2024
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 2024
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