Month: April 2019

Suit yourself: Re-thinking the power suit for modern women

The power suit. Even just uttering the phrase ignites a vision of shoulder pads, a perm and purposeful walking. Perhaps ...

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Dazzle in brilliant easy-to-wear separates this autumn

Winter is coming but that's no excuse to banish colour from your wardrobe. Bring a little sunshine to your life ...

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Street Seen: Carlisle St, Balaclava

MADDISON SHEEHAN, 21 I AM IN Carlisle Street, Balaclava I AM A graphic designer I AM WEARING My sparkly black ...

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'Unisex fashion is not as simple as one size fits all'

Blair Archibald was designing menswear that was finding a growing popularity with a female clientele long before it was a ...

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How celebrity fashion culture is killing the family holiday

What We're Thinking is a weekly take on the fashion issues and questions on our minds – from what we ...

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Vape pens and Bette Midler: inside Marc Jacobs' A-list wedding

Designer Marc Jacobs famously proposed to his longtime partner, Charly Defrancesco, at a fast food restaurant but, for their wedding, ...

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Get happy, Chanel launches capsule collection with Pharrell Williams

After teasing a yellow hoodie with a sparkling Chanel logo back in November, singer, producer and certified style icon Pharrell ...

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Should we still believe in 'dress for the job you want'?

A few months before my 21st birthday I had my first job interview in journalism, at a women's magazine. At ...

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From A+ to F, this is how Australian fashion brands rate on ethics

Australian brands Kookai, Country Road and Cotton On have vastly improved their standing in a major ranking of brand's ethical ...

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The (high fashion) rise of modesty

Of fashion’s more recent unlikely trends – bicycle shorts, say, or chunky “dad” sneakers – one of the strangest might ...

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