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Paying attention to the fibre content of our underwear is important as some are better than others.

The trendy underwear women should avoid. And the type they should try

Here are the best fabrics to look out for when buying your next pair of undies.

  • Courtney Thompson

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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
Nagnata’s Laura May Gibbs loves man-style shirts, which she sources second-hand on her travels.

Are you wearing ‘toxic activewear’? This designer’s label may offer an alternative

Nagnata’s Laura May Gibbs has been trying to overhaul what we wear to exercise for a decade.

  • Georgie Gordon
Pieces from the MJ Bale’s Hawea pieces using wool from leading regenerative New Zealand farm Lake Hawea Station.

The farmer who said no to Chanel and yes to Albanese’s suit maker

The mountain-climbing merinos changing the face and look of ethical fashion.

  • Damien Woolnough
Head of business development for Salvos’ Merielle Chamberlin, has experience as a textile engineer.

How an Australia-first facility is tackling south-east’s fashion waste

Second-hand clothing stores seem to be on every corner, but a new local facility is aiming to solve the issue of textile waste, with the help of AI.

  • Neesha Sinnya
A pop-up space, Cafe Shein, at an event in Parramatta Town Hall, Sydney, in May 2025.

Made by Shein: The ultra-fast fashion giant is pitching itself to Aussie clothing labels

Fashion giant Shein wants to be a global launching pad for Australian brands. But do local labels want to be part of this?

  • Jessica Yun
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‘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
Trinny Woodall

Some people have lofty heroes. I have Trinny Woodall and I am not ashamed

It may seem odd to relate to a beauty mogul with a plummy accent and a nine-figure fortune, but the former TV host has taught me a lot about fun.

  • Gay Alcorn
There are more efficient – and more effective – methods available for washing clothes now.

19 tips for doing the laundry – and making your clothes last longer

If we’re meant to be buying less, but better quality clothes, there’s an expectation that they should last. You can significantly improve the chances of that happening by using the correct washing techniques.

  • Mari-Jane Williams
Retail assistant Dorothy Togara says the quality of secondhand clothing imported from Australia has declined over the past few decades.

Our Pacific neighbours are drowning in fast fashion. And we’re the ones to blame

Pacific nations have become the dumping ground for our lowest-quality second-hand clothing. A new documentary examines the impact of “waste colonialism” and the steps we should be taking to end it.

  • Lauren Ironmonger