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The soaring price of gold is impacting on the jewellery industry and its clients.

The price of your engagement ring is going up. Here’s why

A volatile trading market has seen the price of gold surge to dizzying heights. But not everyone has welcomed the news.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Australian model Lucy Markovic, pictured here in Tuscany in July 2024, has died. She was 27.

‘Bright, shining light’: Australian model Lucy Markovic dies aged 27

Her mother and her partner, who confirmed her passing, were by her side as she succumbed following multiple surgeries.

  • Bronte Gossling and Damien Woolnough
Perri Cutten

‘Synonymous with timeless elegance’: Melbourne fashion designer Perri Cutten dies aged 73

Renowned for her signature suiting and tailored outerwear, Cutten was one of Australia’s best-known designers.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Model Sophie Palladino with Aje co-founder Edwina Forest at Barangaroo, where they will show their resort collection at Australian Fashion Week.

A slimmed-down Australian Fashion Week has ruffled more than skirts

Big names and a smaller schedule are part of this year’s premier industry event for Australian fashion as organisers recalibrate with a new-look four-day program.

  • Damien Woolnough
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

If you dread buying swimwear, these expert tips have you covered

An Australian quiet luxury brand launches its first range, the colours that are on trend, plus the ’90s style making a comeback.

  • Melissa Singer
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Sailor Jess Watson with a new Oroton bag on board the Oroton Drumfire which she’ll be sailing on during this year’s Sydney to Hobart Yacht race.

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is about to get even more fashionable

Fashion and sailing have always had close ties, but this year Australian brands Oroton, M.J. Bale and Viktoria & Woods are providing a style glow-up.

  • Damien Woolnough
Four of the 12 designers bound for New York (from left) Mariam Seddiq, Christian Kimber, Viktoria & Woods and Acler.

Australian fashion has a storied history in the US. These are its next stars

In the footsteps of Zimmermann and Aesop, 12 Australian fashion brands are taking on New York with the hope of cracking the lucrative American market.

  • Melissa Singer
A Katies ad from the 1980s.

Remembering Katies: From ‘all that glitters’ to retail relic

Once a mecca for “pants and a nice top” for Baby Boomers, Katies will be no more. What happened?

  • Melissa Singer
Maggie Tabberer at the Veuve clicquot awards, 2006.

Ageless style defied the career-limiting odds of the fashion industry

Helmut Newton pronounced the photographs of Maggie Tabberer to be “wonderful, just wonderful!”

  • Amy Ripley

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