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A model walks the runway during the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last month. The company’s sharemarket performance has lagged this year.

Billionaire Brett Blundy pushes for Victoria’s Secret board seat

The businessman best known for his stake in Lovisa and other major brands owns almost 13 per cent of the New York-listed lingerie label and wants changes.

September

Fashion Critical at Lunch with the AFR at Betel Leaf at Bathers Pavilion, Mosman.

Australia’s top satirical fashion critic made me sign an NDA to talk

Red carpet commentator Fashion Critical’s celebrity takedowns have won admirers from Alex Perry to Christie Brinkley. Just don’t reveal her name.

September 2022

Nerida Piggin.

The impossibly glamorous life of Australia’s first supermodel

From swinging London to surfing the French New Wave to hanging out with movie stars in New York, Nerida Piggin was feted wherever she went.

August 2022

Photographer Emma Summerton, right, with British model Adwoa Aboah.

From school drop-out to fashion’s top glamour gig. How did she do it?

Photographer Emma Summerton thought fashion was something you saw in the Myer catalogue. Now she’s the first Aussie to shoot the prestigious Pirelli calendar.

June 2021

Models walk the Bondi Born runway to the backdrop of the Sydney Opera House.

Australian Fashion Week 2021 in pictures

Day one highlights included shows from Jordan Dalah, Rebecca Vallance, Alice McCall and always-extravagant Romance Was Born. 

September 2020

Models wearing face masks during a fashion show in South Korea in July.

Pandemic damage to model agencies not pretty

A large following on social media can open today’s doors just as easily as a top agency name. That is one trend the industry will not be rushing to promote.

March 2020

Styling by Virginia Van Heythuysen; makeup by Manami Ishikawa; hair by Gavin Anesbury; model Stefania Ferrario.

High fashion finally finds space for those it has always ignored

For decades, luxury fashion has closed its doors to anyone above a size 16. Now one man, and a whole lot of women, have forced their way in.

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