Lifestyle
Fashion
P.E Nation’s creative director on the items at the top of her wish list
For Claire Tregoning, it’s all about a gold chain necklace and new boots.
- by Georgie Gordon
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Creating a timeless wardrobe means skipping the fads
Finding genuinely size inclusive sustainable brands can be tricky. Catherine Bouris put in the hard yards and crafted the ultimate capsule wardrobe.
- by Catherine Bouris
Coachella and Burning Man come to the Australian runway
The competition for attention from new designers saw technicolour costumes and exaggerated hoop skirts at Australian Fashion Week’s final shows, but quiet achievers cut through the noise.
- by Damien Woolnough
Making room for every shape, size and ability on the runway
Issues of inclusion for size and race are trying to change Australia’s fashion industry one model at a time.
- by Damien Woolnough
Opinion
Fashion Week
My body was once a source of shame. Today, it made history
I’ve spent half my life working as a model and far too many years equating my self-worth to a number on the scales.
- by Robyn Lawley
Return of the mini-skirt: Old trends are new again and again
Midriffs, bare backs, boxy jackets and mini-skirts have all made a return to the runway as designers look to commercial hits for inspiration.
- by Damien Woolnough
A ‘ladylike’ rebrand? The anatomy of feminine dressing
In a nod to ladies who lunch, the pendulum has swung from non-binary fashions to the ultra-feminine on the runway at shows from Michael Lo Sordo, Oroton and Matteau.
- by Damien Woolnough
At Australian Fashion Week, ‘chill’ is the look of the season
The best shows opted for joy over fuss to kick off day one of Afterpay Australian Fashion Week.
- by Damien Woolnough
Why Australian Fashion Week is set to steal London’s creative crown
Clothes fit for the gallery as well as the checkout dominate this year’s event with Romance Was Born, Iordanes Spyridon Gogos and First Nations Fashion already embedded in the Powerhouse Museum.
- by Damien Woolnough
What it costs to put on a runway show at Australian Fashion Week
With budgets that can soar to $500,000, creating the clothes is the easiest part for designers with dreams of being on the runway.
- by Damien Woolnough
Inside the ‘fragrance wardrobe’ of Ultra Violette founder Ava Matthews
“One of my favourites is Le Labo ‘Musc 25’.”
- by Georgie Gordon