Music royalty rock Aussie labels
FASHION FIX: Beyonce dons Bec & Bridge and Burberry comes to Beverly Hills. Catch up with all this week’s developments in the material world.
Designers
Christian Wilkins turns heads at MBFWA
NOT many people know who he is, but judging from these pictures, you would have thought Christian ‘‘The Prince’’ Wilkins was the star of Johanna Johnson’s runway show on Thursday.
Aussie fashion stores under fire
SEVERAL Australian clothing companies have been named as some of the worst performers when it comes to protecting workers in their international supply chain.
One dedicated follower of Fashion Week
AS a student working at the first MAFW and now Australian head of strategy and brand at IMG Fashion, Emily Weight has fond memories of seeing local talent come of age.
Australian Fashion Week turns 20
FOR the 20th anniversary of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, the event’s founder Simon Lock reflects on that first show.
Style Snipetts: Bridging the gap
LOCAL brand Bec & Bridge will debut its new bikini range at Carriageworks tomorrow.
Bianca Spender: Dancing with design
SYDNEY designer Bianca Spender has turned out her most dramatic looks for summer with silky styles inspired by The Sydney Dance Company’s Frame of Mind.
Model re-union for Bonds’ century
LEGENDARY Aussie undie brand Bonds is getting some of its hottest names, including Miranda Kerr, together for a huge celebrity photoshoot to mark its 100th birthday.
The mouse who roared
SHE’S the Russian It girl who became the internet’s accidental fashion sensation. In a world where celebrities and models reign supreme, pint-sized Miroslava Duma is a giant, writes BRIANA DOMJEN
Style Snippets: Lycra makes a comeback
WEARING Lycra in public is considered the ultimate fashion faux pas — but that’s about to change.
This Chanel cat earns more than you
YOU will not believe how much fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld’s cat earned last year. It’s in the millions — and it will buy her a whole lot of sardines.
The unlikely victim from the Umbrella Revolution
THE democracy protests in Hong Kong was supposed to herald in a new era of political freedom. Instead, it had other unintended consequences.
Hit list: What’s hot this winter
AS temperatures drop, we’ve rounded up this season’s must-have items to get you through in style.
Oz supports French ban on anorexic models
LOCAL model Fernanda Ly is so busy in New York she won’t be back for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.
‘Real models, not Instagram hoes’
AMERICAN Apparel is ditching amateur models in favour of leggier and higher-paid professionals — according to damning new leaked emails.
Country Road opens resort store with cafe
ICONIC Australian retailer Country Road has opened its first resort store and complete lifestyle concept with a cafe, kitchen and extensive gardens.
Style Snippets: Russian to rule MBFWA
INTERNATIONAL media star Miroslava Duma will host Sydney’s swankiest soiree next month during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Montana Cox rocks denim retro trend
SUPERMODEL Montana Cox stars in autumn’s best denim pieces.
Can a brand survive its designer
THEY are some of Australia’s biggest labels, made famous by the vision of their well-known designers. So can they thrive after their founding names and brains depart? Prue Lewington investigates.
The top looks from fashion festival catwalk
THE Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival heralded the arrival of a host of new trends for autumn-winter this week. So what were the hot looks?
Tennis legend to be Bjorn again on catwalk
TENNIS champ Bjorn Borg is set to open Sydney TAFE’s Fashion Design Studio Innovators parade this year at Fashion Week Australia.
Comeback kid Josh Goot cautions new talent
JOSH Goot has offered a word of caution to the country’s new design talent following his label’s recent emergence from voluntary administration.
‘I guess simulating gangbangs are fine’
DOLCE & Gabbana have not only enraged gays and the parents of test-tube babies — now feminists have attacked the label over a new ‘gangbang chic’ ad.
‘I’ve been dyiiiing for these pants!’
OBSESSED Lululemon fans are paying hundreds of dollars for sold-out styles of their famous ‘butt-tastic’ workout leggings online but little do they know they’re being duped … big time.
Fashion mistakes you need to fix
NO skin-tight clothes, low-cut tops with minis, learn how to walk in heels, a UK fashion guru says. What are the other style rules you can’t break?
Colours back to cut through black
SOPHISTICATED looks with a contemporary edge featured prominently on the catwalk on the second night of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Black’s back in vogue on runway
OUR passion for cutting-edge black fashion was satisfied as leading designers showed their autumn winter collections at the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Victorian label takes out top fashion gong
VICTORIAN design duo Amanda Cumming and Kate Reynolds from Pageant have taken out Australia’s most prestigious award for emerging talent in fashion design.
Paris, meet Australian fashion …
PARIS fashion week has wrapped but not before the Australian Fashion Chamber initiative attracted global style VIPs and Aussie fashion names
Runway: What’s on trend this autumn/winter
THE autumn/winter shows have wrapped and to help guide you through the gazillion new trends on offer — we’ve honed in on three wearable styles that look good now.
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