Fashion Week
Don’t call it heroin chic. The return of the ’90s beauty trend
With limp hair, hollow eyes and a glossy sheen, models at Fashion Week looked as though they’d time travelled from 1997 – with one exception.
- by Damien Woolnough
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Iconic Australian fashion label accused of rip-off designs
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but not when it comes to the cut-throat fashion industry
- by Lucy Manly
What happens off the catwalk makes Australian Fashion Week unique
Shows at Redfern’s Carriageworks and across the city drew a diverse collection of Sydney’s social “tribes”.
- by Andrew Hornery
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
Powerhouse criticised as popular exhibition ousted to make way for fashion show
Arts minister Ben Franklin has defended the Powerhouse Museum’s partnering of a runway show for emerging designer Jordan Gogos.
- by Linda Morris
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
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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