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The finale of the Christopher Esber show, autumn 2025, Paris Fashion Week.

A 5kg tank top? The Sydney designer hitting his stride in Paris

Designer Christopher Esber proves a worthy ANDAM winner at Paris Fashion Week with a collection reaching new levels of international craftsmanship.

  • Damien Woolnough

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Nyamut Peter (front), Ana Miljanic (middle), Priyanka Wright (back) wearing National Designer Award winner Amy Lawrance’s intricate work.

It’s Paris or bust for Australian fashion’s next big thing

Amy Lawrance has won the prestigious National Designer Award at the Melbourne Fashion Festival.

  • Damien Woolnough
Levi’s premium Blue Tab collection launched in Tokyo in January, featuring suits designed for formal occasions.

Marriage material: The denim you can wear to a wedding

As luxury brands invest in denim, the iconic maker of working-class jeans, Levi’s, is reclaiming its territory. Plus, the best denim trends of 2025.

  • Damien Woolnough
Fashion designer Gail Sorronda with Liana Lottie in an outfit from her In Dreams collection for Australian Fashion Week, photographed at Oxford House.

‘Shock and disbelief’: The goth girl gone from Australian fashion week

Australian Fashion Week’s new owners put business before creative treasures.

  • Damien Woolnough
A model on the Chanel runway for the spring 2025 collection in Paris, in October.

The new Karl Lagerfeld has arrived at Chanel. Here’s what to expect

After a six-month search, one of the most coveted jobs in fashion has been filled by a face familiar to many.

  • Damien Woolnough
For the NGV Gala three emerging designers have been invited to showcase their work on the red carpet. (From l-r) Hannan Ibrahim wearing Jarrod Reid; Akosia wearing Youkhana; Manahou Mackay wearing Amy Lawrance.

Meet the Australian designers who won’t wait for the Met Gala

These local designers to watch in 2025 will take to the red carpet closer to home.

  • Damien Woolnough
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Dress designer Steven Kahlil in his Paddington, Sydney studio showcasing his new rug line.

Fashion side hustles: Would you like a rug with that dress?

Why your favourite fashion designers end up on homewares, kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners and bottles of Diet Coke.

  • Damien Woolnough
Stephen Bennett, founder of Country Road, has been awarded the Australian Fashion Laureate Lifetime Achievement Award. A model wearing Country Road in a 1996 fashion shoot.

Classic Country Road returns to the fashion frontlines with top award

Stephen Bennett, founder of Country Road, is finally recognised by the Australian fashion industry with an award.

  • Damien Woolnough

When Collette Dinnigan did a tour in Italy, she didn’t expect to find a kindred spirit

Meeting French cook and author Mimi Thorisson was the beginning of a special friendship.

  • Jane Rocca
On Sundays, you will find Hilton in sweatpants and a cashmere sweater.

Nicky Hilton on her biggest style mistake: ‘We had no idea how bad it was for us’

The socialite and fashion designer also shares the details of the blazer she “can’t live without”.

  • Georgie Gordon

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