Blink and you’ll miss the new status symbol for bags

Blink and you’ll miss the new status symbol for bags

In a world dominated by “logomania”,small-batch handbags by indie makers are a sleeper hit.

  • byMelissa Singer

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The trouble with labelling fashion brands ‘good’ or ‘bad’:It’s not black and white
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The trouble with labelling fashion brands ‘good’ or ‘bad’:It’s not black and white

Ethical fashion reports that rank brands against a small set of criteria don’t show the full picture. But there is also still too much onus on the consumer.

  • byMelissa Singer
Most fashion brands to take 75 years to pay garment workers fair wages

Most fashion brands to take 75 years to pay garment workers fair wages

Ten years after 1132 people died in a factory collapse in Bangladesh,most brands are still lagging on one of the most fundamental aspects of ethical fashion.

  • byMelissa Singer
High-top Converse,wide-leg jeans:Inside a ballerina’s wardrobe

High-top Converse,wide-leg jeans:Inside a ballerina’s wardrobe

Ballet dancer Lilla Harvey describes her style as “sometimes moody-grungy,sometimes boyish,sometimes vintage grandma and mostly thrifted.”

  • byGeorgie Gordon
Forget fast fashion:The essential wardrobe items worth investing in

Forget fast fashion:The essential wardrobe items worth investing in

The key when allocating your annual fashion budget to three or four pieces is understanding your body.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘A huge change’:The couple hoping to transform cotton growing

‘A huge change’:The couple hoping to transform cotton growing

Australian cotton producers have a bad rap when it comes to being green. With high-tech help,these farmers dream of weaving a better future.

  • byJane Cadzow
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They could all be Cates:how the red carpet ‘rules’ are being redrawn

They could all be Cates:how the red carpet ‘rules’ are being redrawn

Ahead of the Oscars,leading fashion figures have shared a powerful message:glamorous and conscious are not opposites.

  • byMelissa Singer
The designers redefining what ‘new’ clothes look like

The designers redefining what ‘new’ clothes look like

Upcycling once meant trawling op-shops and whipping out the sequin gun to give garments a new look. Now,it’s taking centre stage on the catwalk and red carpet.

  • byMelissa Singer
Sewing the seeds of change:upcycling fashion challenge
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Sewing the seeds of change:upcycling fashion challenge

In public view inside Emporium,a group of fashion students complete and upcycling challenge using fabric and garments gifted by designer labels.

What it takes to make it in fashion,and why some brands fail

What it takes to make it in fashion,and why some brands fail

Following the closure of Alice McCall,there are predictions of more casualties to come. What does it take to stay in the fashion business?

  • byMelissa Singer
Where,why and how:Top tips for ethical clothes shopping in Perth
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Retail

Where,why and how:Top tips for ethical clothes shopping in Perth

Here is your step-by-step guide to ethical clothes shopping in our fair city:easy ways to make a substantial difference without breaking the bank.

  • byEmma Young