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Why this jewellery designer refuses to wear stilettos, and what she chooses instead

If fashion’s churn leaves you cold, embrace Olivia Cummings’ favourite old-world styles.

  • Georgie Gordon

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Models walk the runway during the Shiyo presentation at Wings.

These boundary-pushing local fashion designers are thinking beyond the catwalk

Wings Independent Fashion Festival, back for a second year, is creating space for fresh young talent outside Australian Fashion Week.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Pip Edwards, with son Justice Maximus Single: “We are both finding our own identities again, almost like a second time around.”

‘We just held each other’: Pip Edwards’ life flashed before her eyes. Then, she quit her job

For the first time, the P.E Nation co-founder opens up about how the Bondi shootings, plus her son leaving home, forced her to make a total life change.

  • Melissa Singer
Emma Gott is intrigued by “new guard” designers including Jonathan Anderson at Dior and Matthieu Blazy at Chanel.

Should you wear a wild outfit on a first date? It worked for this publicist

Emma Gott also shares the New Zealand brand that makes the blazer all the cool girls wear.

  • Georgie Gordon
How does having a front-row seat in fashion compare to finance? AFC boss Marianne Perkovic on the differences – and surprising similarities.
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'A world away from my day job’

How does having a front-row seat in fashion compare to finance? AFC boss Marianne Perkovic on the differences – and surprising similarities.

Perkovic leafed through fashion magazines at school, but was set on the world of economics.

‘As an outsider, I saw something different’: The finance boss shaking up Australian fashion

Early in Marianne Perkovic’s banking career, a chance meeting taught her about the power of people in fashion. Now, she’s the industry’s most powerful woman.

  • Damien Woolnough
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“Linda has always been really sure of herself professionally, which is a quality I admire,” says Jenny Kee (left) of Linda Jackson.

It was a summer morning and Jenny Kee was running late to visit fellow artist Linda Jackson. It saved her life

The fashion designers and artists have been collaborators for more than 50 years. Together, they introduced Australian fashion to the world.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Ellie Tam.

‘Plastic anxiety’: Is this the next big shift in activewear?

Growing concerns about the effects of plastics on our health and the environment are changing what modern consumers want from their workout gear.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Brooke Testoni lives in neutrals, but occasionally loves a pop of red, or a tonal outfit in one colour.

The $499 jeans fashion figure Brooke Testoni thinks are worth every penny

The Rylan Studios founder and influencer also shares the shoes her kids love, but she would never wear.

  • Georgie Gordon
Sener Besim met his wife during a chance fashion industry encounter.

After seven years of IVF, we turned to a surrogate. It’s been a challenging journey

Designer Şener Besim also shares the business advice he received from his long-time friend, Mecca’s Jo Horgan.

  • Jane Rocca