Australian fashion brands fail to pay garment workers a living wage

Australian fashion brands fail to pay garment workers a living wage

A new report into the sustainability of Australian fashion brands has found some shopping mall offenders,and some unexpected “success” stories.

  • byPenry Buckley

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Australia may be the birthplace of the ugg boot,but we are leading the fashion stakes

Australia may be the birthplace of the ugg boot,but we are leading the fashion stakes

“We are not fussy and we are not pretentious. The same applies to the way that we dress.”

  • byDamien Woolnough
Billion-dollar brand Zimmermann joins the Brat Pack for its new look

Billion-dollar brand Zimmermann joins the Brat Pack for its new look

The founder of Australia’s biggest global luxury fashion label reveals the eighties movies that inspired her latest collection.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘Authentically Australian’:The year we lost Bondi Sands,Zimmermann,Four Pillars

‘Authentically Australian’:The year we lost Bondi Sands,Zimmermann,Four Pillars

Global conglomerates paid billions of dollars for Australian brands this year – and some experts believe Aje,Smiggle,Peter Alexander could be next.

  • byJessica Yun
What it’s really like to stage a mega-fashion show in Paris

What it’s really like to stage a mega-fashion show in Paris

Weeks after Zimmermann became Australia’s first fashion unicorn,creative director Nicky took us behind the scenes to see what it really takes to get runway-ready.

  • byDave Tacon
In an era of Barbie pink and nipple bras,one trend keeps me sane

In an era of Barbie pink and nipple bras,one trend keeps me sane

2023 in fashion:the highs,the lows and an obscenely expensive man bag.

  • byMarion Hume
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How the European summer aesthetic has infiltrated Australian fashion

How the European summer aesthetic has infiltrated Australian fashion

Bold reds,cabana prints and swimwear-inspired bodysuits reveal an outbreak of Italian exuberance among local designers.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

From a market stall to a reported billion-dollar valuation,Nicole and Simone Zimmermann’s label is an inspiration.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Zimmermann sisters sell fashion label in reported billion-dollar deal

Zimmermann sisters sell fashion label in reported billion-dollar deal

Following an unsolicited offer of $1.75 billion,the Sydney-based brand prepares to conquer Asia and the Middle East.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Mother,daughter shoplifters amass Aladdin’s cave of stolen designer clothes

Mother,daughter shoplifters amass Aladdin’s cave of stolen designer clothes

The duo stole more than $56,000 in luxury items from a David Jones store in the CBD,with the mother’s lawyer saying expensive clothing was her “choice of joy”.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
As fashion revisits the 1950s,it’s OK to be a boomer

As fashion revisits the 1950s,it’s OK to be a boomer

Australian label Zimmermann is returning to the carefree era of Elvis and Happy Days.

  • byDamien Woolnough