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Australia’s top fashion export named Designer of the Year
The honours keep on coming for the winner of the country’s most prestigious fashion award.
Deep dive into Omega’s biggest launch of the year
Many of us will never use a tool watch for its actual purpose but the aesthetics offer reason enough. Especially when a dial can be so alluring.
Erik Torstensson: My wish list
Living between New York City, East Hampton and the English countryside, the Swedish photographer and Frame co-founder shares his latest obsessions.
‘Every day is like getting ready for Oscars’
Unashamedly aspirational, this season’s The Real Housewives of Sydney is delicious, including the over the top fashion.
Springtime, and the livin’ is easy
Now that the dust has settled on fashion month, we checked in with those who know on what you can actually wear.
This thumping V8 is truly hard to fault
When you’ve had your fill of Ferraris and Porsches, it could be time to kick back in this gorgeous work of art of a car (and there’s even room for the grandkids).
‘I’m quite bored with anybody too conventional.’
In an era when make-up artists are mega-stars helming billion-dollar cosmetic brands, François Nars not only ticks that box but is also turning his talents to film.
‘All the stars just magically aligned … and then they imploded’
Interior designer Andrew Parr talks ‘ugly design’, living authentically and the tragic circumstances which brought about his most personal – and powerful – project yet.
The astronaut wears Prada
It is better known for putting designer heels on the catwalk than boots on the moon, but the Italian fashion house is helping to design spacesuits for Nasa’s next manned lunar mission.
The meteoric rise of our most reluctant designer
If anyone has elevated design to the level of art, it’s Adam Goodrum. And yet the lauded industrial designer once thought his chosen career was second best.
At Paris Fashion Week, women designers were the main event
Standout shows from Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton and Miu Miu’s Miuccia Prada showed the importance of female design talent on the fashion month roster.
‘Beyond just clothes’: Venroy’s surprising next move
He’s conquered Australian fashion, now Sean Venturi is taking his clothing brand Venroy into new territory.
It’s in with the old, in with the new
Paris Fashion Week offered new silhouettes, old ideas and in an onslaught of luxury, new ideas of how it can look.
Sisters set fresh mood of femininity and flounces
Zimmermann is undaunted by the scale of its success with creativity, and femininity, at the fore.
‘You just can’t help it, you are disruptive’
Marc Jacobs changes the way we dress and inspires the industry to think. He talks to Alison Veness about process and being a natural disrupter.
This is how you really nail a tree change
Moving from Sydney to the wilds of New Zealand with four children in tow is a leap fraught with risk. This family pulled it off — but their choice of house was the key.
Gone to the races: Our pick of spring fashion for the fields
Given its rarity these days, any dress code ought to be celebrated. Which brings us to the races. Spring Carnival heralds one of the highlights of the year for Australian fashion.
Esber bags a dream come true in Paris
The Australian designer joins the likes of Colette Dinnigan and Zimmermann in marking this significant moment.
Ciao Milano
It was a season of big debuts with a changing of the guard at Gucci and Tom Ford and a reminder of fashion’s key drivers – craft and creativity.
Lululemon’s secret power: even mum can’t make it uncool
The maker of workout gear built a multigenerational following. Can it last?
Crystals, moonbathing and in bed by 11 – Kate Moss at 50
The supermodel used to be known for late nights, parties and cigarettes. As she nears her half-century, she is enjoying her vegetable patch, the odd cigarette and nights in with Frasier.
Ramsay Street to the Vegas Strip
Superstar Kylie Minogue opens up on life, love, and the personal significance of her 16th studio album Tension.
Josh reaches Giddey heights in NBA
Get to know GQ Australia’s next cover star who is changing the way the world thinks about Australia’s basketball talent.
Capital gains for Indigenous labels
A pocket of Indigenous sparkle was to be found under leaden grey skies in the autumnal British capital as a handful of First Nations labels prepared for the catwalk during London Fashion Week.
Landmarks of London design
From a new announcement at British Vogue to Daniel Lee’s case for unbridled British humour at Burberry, the British capital did not disappoint come showtime.
Prince a pearler for New York project
For Australian pearl company Paspaley, which recently opened a luxury hotel in New York, restoring the city’s oyster beds makes sense.
An extravagant celebration of culture and style
Celebrities, fashion and royalty melded together in truly extravagant style on the eve of London Fashion Week.
Italy defined fashion, then it got old
As the founders of luxury brands enter old age, succession planning to protect and build on their legacy gains urgency.
Sarah Burton to depart Alexander McQueen
The British designer left her mark on the luxury brand, and well beyond.
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