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Miss Universe Australia finalist Sheridan Mortlock wears second-hand clothes - and wants the world to know it.

The two women giving the Miss Universe Australia competition a makeover

Sheridan Mortlock is a Miss Universe Australia finalist and a political student. If she doesn’t need a new outfit for the Miss Universe competition, do you need one for Friday night?

  • Brittany Busch

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Inside Shein, the fast-fashion giant extolling ‘the future of retail’

Behind the scenes of its first attempt to build an in-house Australian brand, with a highly competitive label where appearances are everything.

  • Jessica Yun and Lauren Ironmonger
The Chinese-owned fast fashion label Shein is one of largest fast retailers in the world.

Whoops ... the biggest winner in Trump’s tariff war isn’t who he had in mind

While everything, including fashion, is about to get a lot more expensive in the land of the free, the environment will be all the happier for it.

  • Bianca O'Neill
Fashion collector Charlotte Smith with some of her vintage clothing at Dirty Janes, Bowral.

Charlotte’s clothes fill a storage facility. Soon, they will fit in her wardrobe – and, perhaps, yours

The owner of the southern hemisphere’s largest fashion collection is selling up, with Australian vintage shoppers to reap the benefits.

  • Mary Ward
Catherine, Princess of Wales, in Catherine Walker at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Work first, fashion second for Princess Catherine’s royal return

The Princess of Wales’ decision to recycle favourite outfits is another example of fashion diplomacy.

  • Damien Woolnough
Nina Gbor loves using costume jewellery to help people style outfits for multiple uses.

The ’80s dress this fashion expert has on high rotation (that you may own)

Nina Gbor teaches people how to dress more sustainably, which includes using costume jewellery to freshen up outfits.

  • Georgie Gordon
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Laura Boyd.

Could you buy nothing for a whole year? The Aussies curbing their shopping habits

A no-buy challenge may sound restrictive, but for those who have done it, it’s brought freedom.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
How much are consumers prepared to pay to recycle their clothing? Retailers want to know.

Before you buy that T-shirt, would you pay $2 to recycle it?

Australians consume 53 items of new clothing a year. As Black Friday nears, more retailers want customers to pay for their excess. But not everyone supports it.

  • Melissa Singer
The culture of executive bonuses at government-owned companies has been under scrutiny since the Cartier watches saga.

With 200,000 tonnes of clothes in landfill each year, rethink rather than return

The fashion industry can only do so much to reduce its climate impact without the support of its customers. 

  • The Herald's View

‘I want to be the biggest brand in the country’: The next gen of Aussie shoemakers

Australia’s footwear manufacturing industry is all but gone, but a small group of passionate craftspeople are keeping the art of shoe-making alive.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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