Despite cost of living pressures hitting retail hard, luxury Australian womenswear label Rebecca Vallance has arrived in Perth just as the brand’s founder reveals it’s going from strength-to-strength in a “growth phase”. Founder and creative director Rebecca Vallance-Gasan travelled to Perth to mark the special occasion of the brand’s first WA store, located in Claremont...
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‘Standing proud of who you are’: Africa Fashion celebrates queer storytelling and colonial rebellion
Africa has long been overlooked in contemporary fashion. But, in the National Gallery of Victoria’s new exhibition Africa Fashion, Senior Curator Dr Christine Checinska wants to showcase “an abundance rather than a lack”, of African creativity. “It’s about showing the world we’ve always been cosmopolitan, we’ve always been creative, we’ve always created artwork and we’ve...
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‘I’m very anti-fast fashion’: How a wave of second-hand shopping is cutting NSW’s carbon footprint
In short: A new report has found that the amount residents of NSW spent on second-hand items helped reduce a significant amount of waste and greenhouse gases. According to the report, published by Charitable Reuse Australia and the NSW EPA, residents of the state diverted 49,000 tonnes of waste from landfill. The report also found...
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The Australian Labels Adored Among Hollywood’s A-List And Where To Shop Them
There’s no denying the power celebrities wield over our sartorial choices. You just have to look to the likes of Bella & Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber to know one outfit can result in an entire trend being revived or a key piece selling out in minutes. Luckily for us, Australian labels are...
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Australian fashion brand loved by A-listers goes under
Popular Australian designer brand Dion Lee has gone into voluntary administration. According to documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Anthony Resnick from dVT Group was appointed as administrator on Thursday. Dion Robert John Lee established his eponymous brand in Sydney in 2009. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today...
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The Coolest Looks From Australian Fashion Week – NZ Herald
Who looked good, and what can we take away from the street style in Sydney? Viva’s been reporting from Sydney this week, with fashion director Dan Ahwa on the ground talking to industry figures, seeing the fresh clothes and faces on the runways, taking us behind the scenes with the New Zealanders involved — Rory...
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RM Williams unveils Australian Paralympics uniform | AWW
With less than 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Australian Fashion Week has officially concluded by unveiling the official Australian Paralympics uniform for the Australian team. The Paralympics will take place in France on 28 August 2024. The kit, which has been designed by iconic Aussie brand RM Williams and...
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The Biggest Street Style Trends From Australian Fashion Week | ELLE
Australian Fashion Week has, in recent years, evolved to become one of the biggest occasions in the style calendar. As a result, the event – and its home at Carriageworsk – has become somewhat of a breeding ground for spectacular street style, with fashion revellers from across the country flocking to Sydney to catch the...
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Australian Fashion Week trends: From runway to street style
Australian Fashion Week has officially wrapped up for yet another year and now it’s time to put the fashion trends under the microscope. Each year, luminaries of the fashion scene descend upon the Carriageworks in Redfern – turning it into a microcosm of self-expression, fluidity and cutting-edge fashion. And this year was no exception to...
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ALL the OUTRAGEOUS looks from Australian Fashion Week
From fashion-forward guests embracing head-to-toe metallic ensembles to brave sheer runway choices, Australian Fashion Week was a melting pot of creativity for the thousands who flocked to Carriageworks to see, and be seen. Sydney’s hip hub of Redfern was awash with everyone from actors to influencers, fashion media and fashion lovers as the anticipated event...
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Australian Fashion Week Day 3: Space goddesses, occult kink, and neo-Peter Pan lost kids
Day three of Australian fashion week proved to be the biggest and most theatrical of week, with designers showcasing collections riffing romance sci-fi, neo-Peter Pan lost kids, and even occult kink. Alix Higgins: Lost boys (and gals) See catwalkAlix Higgins – Cruise Collection2025 – Womenswear – Sydney – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Day three started with cult fashion...
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Meet The 5 First Nations Designers Honouring Connection To Country At Australian Fashion Week
The IFP Pathways Program is a two-year fashion label development program in partnership with David Jones, which supports mob designers through workshops and mentoring with established Australian designers such as Bassike, Bondi Born, ESSE, Alemais, Papinelle, Blanca and Jac + Jack. This program and their showcases at AFW have been a significant opportunity for Aboriginal and...