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Model Gabby Dover, Lilly Sky and Evelyn Rose pose outside the former Mark Foy’s City Piazza building, now the Downing Centre. They are wearing Missoni outfits available on the new Mark Foy’s e-store.

Iconic Australian department store returns after 46 years

The 100-year-old retail giant is returning to challenge Myer and David Jones.

  • Damien Woolnough

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Alain (left) and Gerard Wertheimer Alain, 77, and Gérard, 75, have a combined net worth of about $US85 billion.

The $30 billion windfall for the secretive brothers behind Chanel

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer inherited the company from their grandfather, one of the original business partners of creator Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.

  • Tara Patel and Angelina Rascouet
Stanley Tucci and Meryl Streep in Balenciaga film the Met Gala scene in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

In Devil Wears Prada 2, some things have never gone out of fashion

The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a wonderful and weirdly poignant sequel.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Margot Robbie wears Chanel to the Saint Laurent Met Gala after party.

Jeans and a nice top: The best Met Gala after-party makeovers

Margot Robbie, A$AP Rocky, Hailey Bieber and more amped up the fun for the 2026 Met Gala after parties.

  • Courtney Thompson
Margot Robbie at the Met Gala.

Film, fringes and fake nipples: The five best Met Gala looks

Kylie Jenner and Margot Robbie are the new generation ruling the first Monday in May.

  • Damien Woolnough
Devil Wears Prada 2

Hardly ground-breaking. What happened to the fashion in The Devil Wears Prada 2?

Even Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway can’t save this sequel from dated looks and flat handbags.

  • Damien Woolnough
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 11: Prabal Gurung attends the Public School fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Storied NYC on February 11, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

If you want to impress this celebrity designer, don’t wear this outfit on a plane

Prabal Gurung, who once worked for a fashion house with links to Jackie O, also has these rules for dressing for a first date.

  • Georgie Gordon
Australian fashion designer Lee Mathews.

‘I’m not an accountant, I run a design business’: Fashion maven grilled in court

Renowned Australian designer Lee Mathews has faced an intense examination over denying a London-based creditor more than $2.3 million.

  • Cameron Houston
Christine Barro is closing down her Collins Street boutique, Christine, after 27 years in business.

‘End of an era’: The renowned Melbourne boutique set to close after 27 years

Following Miss Louise and Le Louvre, this stalwart of high-end fashion will soon close its doors for the last time.

  • Cara Waters
Simeon Beckett, Queen Mary of Denmark, King Frederik X of Denmark and Governor-General Sam Mostyn at Government House.

Queen Mary swaps tiara for Akubra in first official visit to Australia since new royal title

The Danish royals have commenced their first Australian tour since ascending to the throne and the queen has kept her styling choices decidedly simple for the occasion.

  • Lauren Ironmonger