LVMH’s top label Louis Vuitton has hired Pharrell Williams to head artistic direction of its menswear designs, tapping a popular figure from the music industry to fill the high-profile position left…
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Zero-Slaughter Wool Pays off for Tasmanian Nan Bray, Who Lets Her Sheep Live Out Their Days on Her Farm
by Angel Woodsby Angel WoodsA Tasmanian woolgrower’s radical move to stop selling older sheep for slaughter has delivered an unexpected bonus: a New York ethical fashion retailer is paying double for her superfine wool. Several…
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First Nations Fashion Designer Calls for More Regional Training Opportunities
Lillardia Briggs-Houston is carving out a career in fashion with her “lifeblood” as her muse. Creating Indigenous-inspired clothes on country in Narrandera, in southern NSW, the Wiradjuri, Gangulu and Yorta…
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Socks and Sandals Combination Continues To Divide Opinion. Is It a Faux Pas or the Perfect Pairing?
Choosing to wear socks and sandals can be divisive but in recent years the pairing has gone mainstream. According to Wikipedia, and yes, there is a specific page about the trend,…
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Fashion Designer Dame Mary Quant, Whose Miniskirts Dominated Swinging London, Dies Aged 93
Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colourful, sexy miniskirts epitomised swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died, aged 93. Key points: Quant’s…
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Katy Perry Loses Out in Federal Court Spat With Australian Fashion Designer
by Angel Woodsby Angel WoodsAn Australian fashion designer has won a court battle against pop star Katy Perry following a long-running trademark dispute. Key points: The case heard in the Federal Court of Australia ceased last Friday, with…
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Why is the Karl Lagerfeld theme for the Met Gala so controversial?
by Aliya Mossby Aliya MossThe Met Gala — regarded by many as the biggest fashion and pop culture event of the year — is just days away. This year’s event is all about the late fashion…
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Blind Fashion Designer Nikki Hind to Feature in First Braille Book Series in Mainstream Stores
Nikki Hind is recognised as Australia’s first legally blind fashion designer, though many people still laugh out loud when she tells them that. “Obviously there’s a real irony in that…
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Surviving as a POW in WWII Set Alan Rabinov up for Fashion Business Success
Former prisoner of war (POW) Alan Rabinov turned his skills as “one of the more successful traders and scroungers” in Changi into fashion business success after World War II, according…
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Sydney Sisters Build Empire With ‘Man-Repelling’ Orthodox Jewish Fashion
by Angel Woodsby Angel WoodsGrowing up in the beachy Sydney suburb of Coogee, sisters Simi Polonsky and Chaya Chanin stuck out like a sore thumb. “On Saturdays everyone is wearing bikinis, shorts, guys aren’t…