Melbourne Fashion Week becomes unlikely battleground for lord mayoral candidates

Melbourne Fashion Week becomes unlikely battleground for lord mayoral candidates

A candidate is hatching a plan to add another top-flight fashion festival to Melbourne – by stealing it from Sydney.

  • byCara Waters

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Why is AI in your wardrobe? And should the fashion world be quite so worried?

Why is AI in your wardrobe? And should the fashion world be quite so worried?

Designers survey a changing landscape in the lead-up to Melbourne Fashion Week.

  • byMelissa Singer
The fashion week changes that will make Australian history,twice

The fashion week changes that will make Australian history,twice

Musician G Flip will be the face of next month’s 30th Melbourne Fashion Week,whose highlights include an opening-night runway featuring First Nations designers.

  • byMelissa Singer
‘It’s fashion Christmas’:The most stylish people at fashion week

‘It’s fashion Christmas’:The most stylish people at fashion week

Some of the best looks at Melbourne Fashion Festival can be found off the runway – just don’t expect to find too much in the way of quiet luxury.

  • byMelissa Singer
‘I inspire myself’:What do fashion students actually wear?

‘I inspire myself’:What do fashion students actually wear?

Are the McQueens of the future wearing T-shirts and jeans? Or is design school a living,breathing fashion parade?

  • byMelissa Singer
What happens to us doesn’t happen to white models. So I’m boycotting fashion week

What happens to us doesn’t happen to white models. So I’m boycotting fashion week

I modelled for an A to Z campaign for a well-known beauty brand. Despite there being 26 letters in the alphabet,I was the only black model used. And my face featured alongside the N letter.

  • byNyaluak Leth
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Local heroes:Australian-made fashion labels that deserve your money

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.

  • byMelissa Singer
‘You really are invisible’:A designer spills the beans on showing in Paris

‘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.

  • byMelissa Singer
The hardline Danish trend changing the future of fashion

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.

  • byDamien Woolnough
All women deserve luxury,not only the slim

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.

  • byLeina Broughton
Museum’s clothing collection is ready for its close-up

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.

  • byCarolyn Webb