With life dreams on the line, Omega knows timing is everything
The chief executive of Swiss Timing Alain Zobrist and his team have a huge responsibility at the Olympics and Paralympics – timing people’s dreams.
Style
Scratch tropes, cat power rules
Feline fans are challenging sad stereotypes, from Taylor Swift’s Time cover to ‘childless cat ladies’ reclaiming the term.
Unboxing the creative splendour inside the ‘luxury Olympics’
Stroll down the Champs-Elysee and there’s only one thing people are talking about on the ground: the trunk.
Call my stylist! Beatrice and the royals’ glow-up
The princess has topped Tatler’s best-dressed list by ditching frills. She’s not the only one.
Nadia Bartel rises from the ashes of public failure
The lifestyle influencer and fashion designer opens up to The Australian about rebuilding her personal, and professional, brand after controversy.
The rising empire of Troye Sivan
The actor, pop artist and entrepreneur expands the reach of his lifestyle brand, Tsu Lange Yor, in a deal with cosmetics giant Mecca.
Puig CEO ready to deliver on promises after IPO
What the Barcelona-based company behind Jean Paul Gaultier and Rabanne plans to do coming off the largest initial public offering this year.
Can haute couture be reinvented?
The Dutch couturier has always resisted being categorised into one discipline. Her recent couture show proves she doesn’t have to be.
What does 60 years of Australian fashion teach us?
We chart the trends, the bold names and the fashion moments that not only dressed us but also shaped our attitudes.
Fashion’s mad scientist reveals the formula
Beloved by eccentric and icons such as Bjork and Lady Gaga, polymath Iris van Herpen reveals how her synaesthesia – including ‘seeing’ music – informs her out-of-this-world designs.
Christopher Esber scoops major fashion prize
The Australian fashion designer continues to evolve his global brand.
A spectacle of sport, fashion and celebrity
Vogue World returned for the third year in high energy, high fashion style.
$15,000 bags at dawn: the battle to be Chanel No 1
The luxury sector often works in ten-year cycles: no change, then all change. With the top job at the fashion house up for grabs, the whole industry may be about to undergo a seismic shake-up.
Chanel designer departs despite soaring revenue, $20bn profit
The end of Virginie Viard’s five-year-long creative director tenure has been announced, marking the end of a chapter for the heritage maison.
What’s next for ‘accessible’ luxury?
Despite the focus on top tier luxury clients there’s still much opportunity for those in the somewhat more approachable range.
I regret to inform you sweatpant-jeans are sweeping fashion world
A hybrid pant comfy enough for working from home and presentable enough to wear in public is a viral hit: ‘Everyone is legit shocked they’re actually sweatpants.’
Getting down (under) and dirty: Furiosa star breaks cover
There’s a little bit of Australia that will be with Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy forever after her time filming the new Mad Max.
Fashion Week trends: This is how you’re going to dress next
Sheer power, high-voltage glamour and long shorts. These are the trends you’re going to be wearing from fashion week.
The buyers’ verdict: metallics, high-voltage colour – and socks
The stand-outs from this year’s Australian Fashion Week, according to the top global fashion buyers.
Designers ride new wave of sustainability
Resourcefulness has been a focus for some of the labels showing at this year’s Australian Fashion Week.
No rules on personal style, except what suits you
Alix Higgins and Third Form show just how different getting dressed can be.
Catch a rising star
Vogue Australia selects the five emerging fashion designers to know from this year’s fashion week.
Romance Was Born delivers electric energy in a new collaboration
High-voltage prints, room-sweeping volume and inspiration from Zaacharia Fielding mark the label’s return to Australian Fashion Week.
Pip Edwards’ fresh start and clothes that feel like a holiday
Day two of Australian Fashion Week offered new twists on ‘ath-leisure’ and holiday ready vibes.
For a stitch in time, young gun ropes in her grannies
It was a family affair for Sara Marta ahead of her first big break at Australian Fashion Week, with both her grandmothers and a couple of cousins burning the midnight oil as seamstresses to get her designs ready for the runway.
Bermuda shorts, sheer delight, Next Gen debuts and repurposing
Australian Fashion Week has kicked off with a focus on emerging designers, long awaited debuts and new directions.
Jodie jumps in with some fashion fixes
The Australian fashion industry gathered at Kirribilli House to discuss new technologies and opportunities to collaborate.
Anti-Semitic rants? Looks like Galliano’s forgiven
Caught making anti-Semitic rants, the designer John Galliano’s career seemed over. But now, thanks to Anna Wintour, he’s back in fashion.
The Met Gala shows the Kardashians are done
The Kardashians cannot keep up with a new generation of taste makers who are, by comparison, making them seem as shallow as Kim’s breathing in her Galliano corset.
‘Australian-made’ – the new (old) way this designer is reinventing fashion
Ahead of Australian fashion week, Beare Park designer Gabriella Pereira talks manufacturing in Australia, dressing the Matildas and what Australian style means now.
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