This Month
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Afterpay to sponsor New York Fashion Week
Starting in September, the buy now, pay later company will be the principal supporter of the event, its third global fashion week deal.
- Lauren Sams
April
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Fashion Week struts once more in Sydney
Australian Fashion Week will be the first live fashion week since Milan’s abruptly ended in February 2020.
- Lauren Sams
March
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Nick Molnar’s runaway success starts with style
Where to start with the story of a man, who, at 31, is worth $2.2 billion, is a CEO with a staff of 1000 over three continents, a husband and a father of two – all that on just one shot of coffee?
- Lauren Sams
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Milan designers hit reset button during digital fashion week
The slower pace of the pandemic-era fashion cycle has provided a chance to be newly inspired and pushed creative forces to the fore.
- Colleen Barry
February
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How to be front row at fashion shows
The past year has radically changed the runway merry-go-round, but the show goes on – in one format or another.
- Vanessa Friedman
October 2020
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Fashion designers experiment with new shows amid COVID
As restrictions continue, Australian designers are looking at new ways of connecting with customers.
- Lauren Sams
- Exclusive
- Life & Leisure
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Afterpay embraces Fashion Week's return next year
Sponsoring the event is something of a thank you to the Millennials and Gen Zs that helped make the buy now, pay later giant successful by buying fashion on its platform.
- Lauren Sams
August 2020
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What’s next in fashion? Streetwear king Kim Jones gives sneaker peek
Having already revolutionised his industry, the Dior Men’s artistic director and king of covetable merchandise knows the wheels of history are turning again.
- Marion Hume
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Burberry pins recovery on animal avatars and gaming delights
The virus has slashed the luxury British brand's sales but it's hoping a focus on sustainability and Chinese social media will put it back on track.
- Lauren Indvik
July 2020
- Opinion
- Style
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Digital shows do the job – but fashion is best seen in real life
There's an electricity to a live runway event, with its sense of shared experience and risk, and that cannot be replicated in the vacuum of the internet.
- Vanessa Friedman
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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
May 2020
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Models offer candid glimpses in fashion show from their homes
Fashion shows demand international travel, large audiences and close contact. What will become of them post-pandemic?
- Updated
- Vanessa Friedman
March 2020
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What to wear to the end of the world
Amid the despair, the surgical masks and empty streets, Paris Fashion Week offered up hope, harmony and big shoulders.
- Robin Givhan
January 2020
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Writing on the Paris runways for #fashionsowhite
The new star power of menswear was evident in the demographic at the autumn 2020 shows.
- Guy Trebay
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Milan designers embrace sustainability and Gen Z
New attitudes and new cuts starred as men's fashion week got under way in the Italian city.
December 2019
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The looks that defined the decade in fashion
Men wearing whatever they want, women leading couture houses, Rihanna's Met Gala triumphs: fashion has – largely – grown up over the past 10 years
- Lauren Sams
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‘Queen Ann’ may have left fashion, but her style’s still on the table
When Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester left her eponymous fashion brand in 2014, die-hard fans were bereft. Now they can get a new taste of her work.
- Stephen Todd
October 2019
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Advance Australian fashion
The relaxed sophistication of design from Down Under has struck a chord with international buyers at Paris fashion week.
- Annie Brown
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Visions of the future at Paris fashion week
Plants or apocalypse – take your pick. Designers responded to the climate crisis in varying ways at their runway shows.
- Vanessa Friedman
June 2019
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London designer Edward Crutchley remakes luxe menswear
Kim Jones’ long-time right-hand man is now a rising star of the British scene, thanks to his beautiful clothes for everyday men.
- Elizabeth Paton