Fashion

Gen Z has already taken on shibboleths of millennial fashion like skinny jeans and side parts now some young people are declaring a preference for crew socks.
Fashion
The New York Times

First it was side parts. Now Gen Z’s coming for our socks

What might be just a mild generational difference in sock preferences is being exaggerated into a kind of theatrical warfare on social media. 

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Beloved by some of the world’s most stylish women, the Birkin has long been a sought-after fashion accessory, but the handmade leather tote now has a less attractive claim to fame
Culture
Barbara McMahon

How this became the must-have bag for elite burglary gangs

Beloved by some of the world’s most stylish women, the Birkin has long been a sought-after fashion accessory, but the handmade leather tote now has a less attractive claim to fame

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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has died, aged 81
Culture
Staff Writers

Fashion maverick’s clothes and jewels up for auction

The personal collection of British style icon Vivienne Westwood is up for grabs, with designs dating back to her 1983-1984 collection going to auction.

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Taylor Swift in a Dion Lee corset at this year’s Super Bowl.
Business
Peta Rasdien

Aussie fashion brand favoured by Taylor Swift goes under

Australian designer brand Dion Lee, favoured by stars including Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa and modelled by Madonna’s daughter Lourdes, has gone into voluntary administration

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MCoBeauty has recalled its Lip Lights Lip Gloss products as they did not meet mandatory safety or information standards for products containing coin batteries.
Fashion
Georgina Noack

Popular beauty product recalled over battery warning

Australia’s product safety watchdog recalled the popular beauty product over safety concerns that could pose a risk to consumers and children.

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Comebacks, new eras and fashion-forward were all in the spotlight at Australian Fashion Week.
Fashion
Megan French

The beautiful, bold and bizarre new looks of Fashion Week

It wasn’t just the models on the runway that were turning heads at Australian Fashion Week.

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We live in a society which admires and, to some extent, fetishises thinness and has done so since the end of the First World War. 
Opinion
Alexandra Shulman

Has Ozempic killed off the plus sized model?

Skinny, it seems, is back — and the weight-loss jab may well be to blame.

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KATE EMERY: It is possible to believe these two things. One: people who think all fashion is frivolous fluff are probably a bit sexist. Two: letting fashion trends dictate what you wear is a mug’s game.
Opinion
Kate Emery

Criticism of fashion as a frivolous waste is a sexist croc

KATE EMERY: It is possible to believe these two things. One: people who think all fashion is frivolous fluff are probably a bit sexist. Two: letting fashion trends dictate what you wear is a mug’s game.

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Zandra Rhodes has donated fashion garments and textiles to a Sydney museum. (Zan Wimberely/AAP PHOTOS)
Fashion
Sophia McCaughan

Fashion icon Dame Zandra donates renowned collection

Dame Zandra Rhodes, known as ‘the Princess of Punk’ because of her bold style, has donated one of her most notable collections to a Sydney museum.

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Rihanna at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 1, 2023.
Culture
The New York Times

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Met Gala

Officially, it’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a black-tie extravaganza to raise money for the museum’s fashion wing. Unofficially, it’s the party of the year.

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The least-talented Spice Girl is an object of ridicule, businesswoman, fashion icon and stylish mum ... Victoria Beckham is no wannabe.
Pop Culture
Lisa Armstrong

Posh Spice at 50: From naff to national treasure

The least-talented Spice Girl is an object of ridicule, businesswoman, fashion icon and stylish mum ... Victoria Beckham is no wannabe.

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Tatum Schwerin, 44, calls herself the Color Analysis Queen on social media.
Fashion
The New York Times

Are you a ‘spring’ or a ‘winter’? It costs $500 to find out

A wave of influencers are turning seasonal colour analysis, a classification system popular in the 1980s, into a viral TikTok phenomenon as well as a lucrative business

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Two customers are suing French fashion brand Hermes, accusing it of only allowing the bags to be sold to those who are “worthy”.
Fashion
Margaret Abrams

Customers sue after ban on buying coveted Birkin bag

They are the ultimate symbol of style and wealth, but only for the ‘worthy’, allegedly.

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Model Naomi Campbell's four decades in fashion will be celebrated at a new London exhibition.
Fashion
Staff Writers

Supermodel Naomi Campbell's four decades in fashion honoured

Some 100 looks and accessories from the biggest names in fashion will feature in an exhibition about Naomi Campbell's four decades in the business.

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Ashlyn Greer, the founder of the virtual styling service Fashivly.
Fashion
The New York Times

Millennials don’t know what to wear. Gen Z has thoughts

We’re not just getting dragged for our skinny jeans. Gen Z is letting us know our choices in socks, shirt cuts, neutral colours, and even buying new instead of used, are tired, outdated — and even offensive.

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