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A model on the Chanel runway for the spring 2025 collection in Paris, in October.

The new Karl Lagerfeld has arrived at Chanel. Here’s what to expect

After a six-month search, one of the most coveted jobs in fashion has been filled by a face familiar to many.

  • Damien Woolnough

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Outgoing Chanel creative director Virginie Viard receives applause at the Cruise collection show held in the French city of Marseilles last month; Viard with her predecessor Karl Lagerfeld in 2018.

Chanel designer Virginie Viard leaves fashion’s top job

After five years Karl Lagerfeld’s successor Virginie Viard is leaving Chanel, with two designers already waiting in the wings.

  • Damien Woolnough
Debate surrounding whether Kim Kardashian should have been allowed to wear the Jean Louis dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to JFK in 1962 has pushed fashion further into the terrain of art.

Who’s in, who’s out and the Kardashians: Get ready for the Met Gala

From the theme, to the guests, to what we may see on the red carpet, here is a snapshot of everything you need to know ahead of ‘fashion Christmas’.

  • Melissa Singer
Karl Lagerfeld (L) and Anna Wintour attend the Museum of Modern Art’s fourth annual Film Benefit. in 2011.

‘You can’t cancel Karl Lagerfeld’: The Met Gala stands by its man

The many offensive comments made by Karl Lagerfeld have not stopped Vogue’s celebration of his talent. And the fashion industry is sticking with him, too.

  • Damien Woolnough
Fade to black. A model in the Chanel autumn/winter 2023 ready-to-wear show in Paris.

Paris Fashion Week is putting black basics back on the map

Designers at Chanel, Valentino and Balenciaga played it safe on the runway, leaving an impression of growing conservatism and commercial realities.

  • Damien Woolnough
German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld with his beloved Choupette.

Met Gala’s Lagerfeld theme exposes fashion’s short memory

Karl Lagerfeld has been announced as the theme for the 2023 Met Gala. But there’s a problem: hasn’t he said some awful things?

  • Nell Geraets
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Yes to ditching workplace dress code

We have discovered another truth: we don’t need to obey the old office dress code.

  • Charles Purcell
It’s unlikely the Australian magazine industry will ever be the same. Scores of titles have closed across the country, and magazines have lost the cachet and cultural clout they once had.

How a German media company brought Australia’s greatest magazine empire to its knees

For decades, the ACP magazine empire soared as it helped teach Australians to cook, dress, talk royalty, flirt and supercharge our sex lives. Then came the internet, new owners – and a startling freefall.

  • Tim Elliott
Let's ban those mark-ups on hampers and puddings.

Join my Christmas ban-wagon ... first up, price hikes on puddings

Tis the season to be jolly-well turned off by grating tunes, work parties and general unnecessary excess.

  • Charles Purcell
One of many bookshelves in Hanya Yanagihara's home.

As one chapter ends, a new one begins

Just culling the bookshelves, I said. But really it’s more like downsizing the library of my life.

  • Warwick McFadyen

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