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Abbey Gelmi wearing two of her favourite labels, Effie Kats and Lana Wilkinson shoes.

ABC journalist Abbey Gelmi uses this trick to appear like she’s had eight hours’ sleep

The Offsiders host also shares the celebrity-endorsed jeans she has on high rotation.

  • Georgie Gordon

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A model in Carla Zampatti before the opening show of Australian Fashion Week 2025 outside the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Water views are ‘in’ again for Australian Fashion Week

The showcase of Australian designers is returning to Circular Quay after 13 years at Carriageworks.

  • Damien Woolnough
Leo Lin has created a collection for the Lunar New Year.

Appropriation or appreciation? Why fashion’s gaze has turned to China

Fashion’s fascination with the East is nothing new. But as China’s global superpower rises, the way the West engages with its culture is changing. What’s at play?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Designer Amy Lawrance doesn’t subscribe to trends.

Amy is the hottest name in Australian fashion, but you won’t find her on TikTok

Amy Lawrance also has views about wearing socks with sandals, especially on a plane.

  • Georgie Gordon
Premal Patel, founder of clothing brand Runaway the Label who died this month

‘Broke the mould’: Sydney fashion entrepreneur Premal Patel dead at 47

Influencers and Bollywood starlets wear his clothing, but Premal Patel was also a path-breaker for Australia’s Indian diaspora.

  • Matt Wade
Model Katya Gray with designer Mary Argyropoulos wearing pieces from her UTS graduate collection.

Meet the next big name in Australian fashion

From Greek coffees to Maison Margiela dreams, Mary Argyropoulos is on the rise.

  • Damien Woolnough
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Jodie Haydon and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Washington in 2023.

How Jodie Haydon is bringing fashion back to politics as ‘first lady’

The wedding dress is part of an approach to dress diplomacy pioneered by Queen Elizabeth and mastered by Michelle Obama.

  • Damien Woolnough
Matthew Burns from Angus & Grace Go Golfing is part of a new wave of golf fashion.

Style scorecard: The Aussie brands making golf fashion cool

Can it join the fashion bandwagon along with tennis, F1 and horse racing?

  • Damien Woolnough
Fashion designer Samuel Lewis with model Sascha Rose from Chadmick models in one of his designs based in part on medieval chain mail.

The 26-year-old Aussie designer behind some of Lady Gaga’s most daring looks

Samuel Lewis, a Taiwanese-Australian fashion designer, is building a name for himself in Hollywood and beyond, with celebrities like Lady Gaga, Madonna and Chappell Roan blowing up his phone.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Actor Ines English loves independent brands such as All Is a Gentle Spring.

Does this Australian brand make the best layering tees? Actor Ines English thinks so

The star of Ghosts Australia also shares her favourite black pants, and the purchases she most regrets.

  • Georgie Gordon