Today
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
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
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
Giorgio Armani resets his fashion sense for COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing a rethink among global design houses.
- Tony Davis
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
