Today
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Bill Cunningham captured what they were wearing in the Big Apple
New from the the legendary New York photographer's archives: five decades of street style.
- Stephen Clark
Yesterday
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Australian designers join forces to win Chinese hearts
Luxury e-tailer Showroom-X brings together the best of fashion, beauty and art from Down Under.
- Lauren Sams
This Month
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Jackson Wiederhoeft has bigger plans than dressing Lady Gaga
A just-released collection of eye-popping bridal gowns, completed in lockdown in NYC, will fund the 26-year-old Texan's crazier fashion fantasies.
- Cat Woods
July
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Giorgio Armani resets his fashion sense for COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a rethink among global design houses.
- Tony Davis
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Pandemic speeds up change for watches and the luxury sector
As the watch business recovers from COVID-19, it faces a radically changed marketplace. Industry leaders reveal their experiences and how they see the future.
- Bani McSpedden
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Indigenous fashion (finally) steps into the limelight
First Nations designers are hopeful of a genuinely inclusive future for their industry, which 'helps non-Indigenous people experience our culture'.
- Dan F Stapleton
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Lawyer leaves behind mega-deal dollars to make Australian scents
Introducing the world's top perfumers to Australian flora was a lightbulb moment for The Raconteur's Craig Andrade.
- Lauren Sams
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High-fashion dolls show the world the arts will not be beaten
It's not the first time fashion has had to recover after a crisis. After World War II, tiny mannequins helped cheer a weary world. What will it take now?
- Marion Hume
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
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The incredible shrinking world of luxury spending
Big-ticket items are seen as investments. When people worry about the economy, they tend to postpone such purchases.
- The Lex Column
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The jewellery you've been buying in lockdown
Los Angeles designer Irene Neuwirth has garnered a loyal following with her whimsical designs and COVID-19 has proven no barrier to sales.
- Annie Brown
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38 new watches show the industry is ticking along just fine in 2020
Whether you're working from home, back in the office, feeling nostalgic or dreaming of escape, this year's COVID-19 cache impresses, writes Bani McSpedden for the Watch special in our August issue.
- Bani McSpedden
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‘Say hello to my little friend’: Introducing the $500k Scarface watch
The new luxury timepiece from Jacob & Co is wearable movie memorabilia for your wrist (and it includes a piano with moving keys).
- Bani McSpedden
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Ice-inspired diamond anniversary watch is yours for a cool $300K
This year, Grand Seiko celebrates its remarkable journey from local secret to global competitor – and collector staple – in a short 60 years.
- Bani McSpedden
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The man who changed fashion forever
Pierre Cardin was almost Christian Dior's successor. Instead, he founded his own house and broke the mould, a new documentary reveals.
- Lauren Sams
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Local menswear label Commas goes global in Milan
The fledgling brand is one of 10 chosen for an all-digital instalment of Milan fashion week.
- Updated
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How to look as stylish as James Bond
A new collaboration between Orlebar Brown resort wear and IWC Schaffhausen watches is a holiday match made in menswear heaven. “Summer is a mood not a season. It’s something you feel."
- Annie Brown
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Timely enchantress: The high-tech couture of Iris van Herpen
The Dutch fashion designer uses technology as a way to layer onto the traditional 'work of the hand' of the atelier.
- Annie Brown
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Local menswear label Commas goes global in Milan
The fledgling brand is one of 10 chosen for an all-digital instalment of Milan fashion week.
- Dan F Stapleton
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Inside the Australian Ballet atelier, where haute couture meets dance
While many ballet companies outsource their costuming, here it's kept in-house, with Musette Molyneaux holding court as head of the workshop.
- Cat Woods
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Elon Musk starts selling short shorts
Elon Musk has produced a pair of branded red satin shorts to mark his triumph against investors who bet against Tesla.
- Sebastian Tong