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High street-designer mania is not settling by any stretch of imagination; while the Josh Goot hysteria at Target yesterday was mildly busy, Swedish chain store H&M today declares the rumours of ...

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Pre-fashion week we were asked to do an article for Swedish fashion magazine Modette . The result, “Brev från Sydney” (translated “Letter from Sydney”) in issue number 3, is available n...

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Thanks to SJ+Hat we were introduced to Melbourne-based fashion designer Carl , whose clothing line recently has been snapped up by American Neiman Marcus. In Sydney, his items are stocked at Du...

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British designer Gareth Pugh , who debuted with a rather dramatic collection at London Fashion Week in 2005 , is now set to launch his first selling collection in various stores including Libe...

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Arriving less-than-fabulous-looking after a long haul flight could soon be part of history as YSL’s Edition 24 hits the shelves this month. Stefano Pilati, Head designer of YSL, is responsib...

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Cartier, who has recently added a new piece to its LOVE Collection, has another reason to mark early-June an essential part of their history. With their newly released website , it’s interesti...

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Well, winter’s a mere 7 days old, and we’re already drowning in invitations to winter sales left, right and centre. The Country Road sale on Wednesday morning, was a particularly interesting...

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Fashionistas and film noir lovers unite! When Jessie Hill first caught our attention at RAFW not long ago, we were impressed by the cool pieces and the fact that the inspiration came from a fi...

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“This has been the most incredible week of my life. I suppose I've simply gotten to a point in my life where I want to “address” people, not simply “dress” them. When first my husband ...

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If you haven’t done already then you should go and visit The Powerhouse Museum’s annual Student Fashion exhibition . Well, so we're told anyway. While promising an interesting feature disp...

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Hidden in "fashion PR City" , is where the likes of Spin Communications , and The Arc Factory are located. This is the rim of the entertainment crater for next weekend. Primo Italiano 07 is he...

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Talking about Swedes... Stina Persson (lovely name, great artist!), is holding an exhibition at the Gallery Hanahou , New York, named Immacolata and Her Friends . The exhibition, which is hel...

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Well, a picture says more than a thousand words, so we’ll shut up for once, and let you all enjoy The Sartorialist ’s shots of these uber-cool guys in Stockholm. His images, as always, cap...

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Normally you wouldn’t expect to find much in the way of quirky retro-design at DOLCE & GABBANA , but it's actually the animal-print-loving designer duo, who are behind this weirdly wonderful �...

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We’ve said before and we’ll say it again – the guys over at Oyster Magazine are continuously making the fashion-music-&-arts-genre a more and more innovative space to dwell in. If you can...

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So we finally got him some Nautica Jeans . The Nautica Jeans Co. started up in 1999, just about the time when the other big names in jeans were cutting back and worried that desires for denim wer...

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Feeling particularly generous and want something unusual in your house? Then Designer Rugs might have exactly what you’re looking for. Twelve of Australia’s leading fashion designers have ...

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Oh the chutzpah of fashion! The number of Zoolander expressions, poker faces, and larger-than-life attitudes involved at an event such as RAFW is over powering. Despite a fantastic week, we’re...

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Zips are the new buttons. We’re jumping to the conclusion here simply by looking at Camilla and Marc, Jessie Hill and Dhini to name but a few. So when zips are the new buttons, then neon is un...

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While launching her first RTW show at New York Fashion Week 2005, Jessie Hill’s debut in the home-arena took place yesterday at RAFW 2007. Fuelled by the 1982 film classic “Blade Runner” ...

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Matthew Eager 's show presented clean lines with no accessories, to make a feature of the minimalistic approach that Eager had in mind. Super-wide linen trousers looked quite elegant on the tall...

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For a designer that’s been described as the most successful fashion exports since Colette Dinnigan, it’s hard to imagine that Josh Goot only has 3 years of runway experience since debuti...

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We swapped Nicola Finetti for Arabella Ramsay this evening, but it was a difficult choice as we're big Finetti-lovers and know little of Arabella Ramsay. It's also a big ask to judge a label�...

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Formed by Georgia Hall, a former fashion model, who recently launched the label State of Georgia. The collection featured baby doll dresses, high-waisted mini skirts, ancle-length 'Laura Ashle...

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