Melbourne Fashion Week
The fashion week changes that will make Australian history, twice
Musician G Flip will be the face of next month’s 30th Melbourne Fashion Week, whose highlights include an opening-night runway featuring First Nations designers.
- by Melissa Singer
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Some of the best looks at Melbourne Fashion Festival can be found off the runway – just don’t expect to find too much in the way of quiet luxury.
- by Melissa Singer
‘I inspire myself’: What do fashion students actually wear?
Are the McQueens of the future wearing T-shirts and jeans? Or is design school a living, breathing fashion parade?
- by Melissa Singer
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What happens to us doesn’t happen to white models. So I’m boycotting fashion week
I modelled for an A to Z campaign for a well-known beauty brand. Despite there being 26 letters in the alphabet, I was the only black model used. And my face featured alongside the N letter.
- by Nyaluak Leth
Local heroes: Australian-made fashion labels that deserve your money
More homegrown designers are offering affordable ways into their brands, including one that wants to be the next Jacquemus.
- by Melissa Singer
‘You really are invisible’: A designer spills the beans on showing in Paris
Some designers, like Zimmermann and Christopher Esber, get the French fairytale. For others, launching a label overseas is a tough slog.
- by Melissa Singer
The hardline Danish trend changing the future of fashion
You have to look beyond the runway to see how Copenhagen Fashion Week became even cooler, with hard and fast rules designed to stop waste.
- by Damien Woolnough
All women deserve luxury, not only the slim
Look at the luxury clothing on display at Melbourne Fashion Week and you’ll discover the absence of almost anything that would fit an average size Australian woman.
- by Leina Broughton
Museum’s clothing collection is ready for its close-up
Among the legions of stories revealed when you delve into Museums Victoria’s clothing and textiles collection is the life of Bernice Kopple - Scottish immigrant, model, showgirl, snake handler and zookeeper.
- by Carolyn Webb
The shops have reopened but for many, the pain is only beginning
After clothing sales plunged to their lowest level in 25 years in April, there are signs of a gradual recovery in the fashion industry. But the pain isn't over.
- by Melissa Singer
The 'Instagram outfit' is dead. This is how we dress to go out now
For many of us, it's going to take some time to find our way back to occasion dressing, and it's likely to be different.
- by Melissa Singer
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