Melbourne Fashion Week
Local heroes: Australian-made fashion labels that deserve your money
More homegrown designers are offering affordable ways into their brands, including one that wants to be the next Jacquemus.
- by Melissa Singer
Latest
‘You really are invisible’: A designer spills the beans on showing in Paris
Some designers, like Zimmermann and Christopher Esber, get the French fairytale. For others, launching a label overseas is a tough slog.
- by Melissa Singer
The hardline Danish trend changing the future of fashion
You have to look beyond the runway to see how Copenhagen Fashion Week became even cooler, with hard and fast rules designed to stop waste.
- by Damien Woolnough
All women deserve luxury, not only the slim
Look at the luxury clothing on display at Melbourne Fashion Week and you’ll discover the absence of almost anything that would fit an average size Australian woman.
- by Leina Broughton
Museum’s clothing collection is ready for its close-up
Among the legions of stories revealed when you delve into Museums Victoria’s clothing and textiles collection is the life of Bernice Kopple - Scottish immigrant, model, showgirl, snake handler and zookeeper.
- by Carolyn Webb
The shops have reopened but for many, the pain is only beginning
After clothing sales plunged to their lowest level in 25 years in April, there are signs of a gradual recovery in the fashion industry. But the pain isn't over.
- by Melissa Singer
The 'Instagram outfit' is dead. This is how we dress to go out now
For many of us, it's going to take some time to find our way back to occasion dressing, and it's likely to be different.
- by Melissa Singer
Exclusive
Fashion Week
The country's first COVID-era fashion week is coming to your couch
Melbourne Fashion Week will feature at least 20 runways by an all-local line-up that the whole country can watch from the comfort of home.
- by Melissa Singer
Is fashion still largely blind to people with vision impairment?
'It doesn't make sense for the fashion industry to ignore people with blindness and low vision'.
- by Melissa Singer
Opinion
What we're thinking
It's time we called time on the confetti bomb
Sometimes, it's not so much about what something is but what it looks like that matters.
- by Melissa Singer
Get real: how social media turned the tide on fashion's beauty ideal
The digital generation has a more inclusive attitude, and it's on display at Melbourne Fashion Week.
- by Janice Breen Burns