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Models in Amy Lawrance at Australian Fashion Week in May. The AFC has announced that the event will continue next year.

Saved: Australian Fashion Week revived with new backers

The troubled event has lured a co-founder back and it has government support – but it now faces a potential rival.

  • Damien Woolnough

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A model on the runway at the Carla Zampatti show at Australian Fashion Week in May; The Erik Yvon show at Melbourne Fashion Festival in March.

The fight to keep Australian Fashion Week alive and in Sydney

Designers gathered to support the Australian Fashion Council, which wants control of the abandoned event. But not everyone in the industry agrees.

  • Damien Woolnough
Abbey Lee at the Lisa Ho show for Australian Fashion Week in 2004.

It’s the end of the runway for Australian fashion

IMG abandoning Australian Fashion Week signals the end of a glossier and more glamorous era.

  • Damien Woolnough
A model posing at the The Bec + Bridge show staged at Sydney’s Overseas Passenger Terminal, in May as part of Australian Fashion Week.

‘It’s a sad day’: The uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

The owners of Australia’s premier fashion event are leaving the runway behind.

  • Damien Woolnough
A model walks the runway at the launch of Melbourne Fashion Week on Monday.

Melbourne Fashion Week becomes unlikely battleground for lord mayoral candidates

A candidate is hatching a plan to add another top-flight fashion festival to Melbourne – by stealing it from Sydney.

  • Cara Waters
Kylie Jenner returns to the runway at Disneyland Paris for Coperni.

What clothes? The nepo babies (and criminal) who stole fashion month

From New York to Paris, risky runway stunts stole the show as designers played it safe or stupid.

  • Damien Woolnough
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Sunday Rose Kidman-Urban makes her modelling debut on the Miu Miu runway.

Nicole Kidman’s daughter makes her modelling debut in Paris

Sunday Rose Kidman Urban has walked the runway for Miu Miu alongside Hollywood stars.

  • Damien Woolnough
Christopher Esber takes to the runway at Paris Fashion Week for the Australian designer’s spring 2025 collection.

‘Everyone’s watching’: Our last man standing on the Paris runway

Weeks into fashion month, designer Christopher Esber finally showcases Australia’s creative spirit.

  • Damien Woolnough
MFW press call

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.

  • Melissa Singer
Brisbane designer Gail Sorronda is best known for her exclusive use of black and white, elevated by textures, layering and contrasting materials.

Caught between two worlds: Gail Sorronda’s designs are plucked from a fantasy

In a city better known for its colourful, bright prints, one local designer has never been afraid to lean into the shadows.

  • Courtney Kruk

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