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- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Fashion should focus on its best customers – and they’re not 20-year-olds
Aussies over 40 are spending more on discretionary goods, so why aren’t more smart designers and retailers looking to leverage their older clientele?
- Lauren Sams
- Exclusive
- Australian fashion
Fashion Week might be over, but Australian designers have a new show
Growing a brand internationally is expensive and time-consuming, but Jenny Nakkan has a solution for that.
- Lauren Sams
This Month
The ill-fitting nightclub top behind a multimillion-dollar business
When Annabel Hay’s fashion tape let her down on a nightclub dance floor, her wardrobe malfunction became a fast-growing company selling modesty-saving glue.
- Updated
- Amelia McGuire
The female luxury designer defying fashion’s downturn
Miuccia Prada’s Miu Miu brand is enjoying a boom, even in China, as rivals suffer from a broad pullback in spending.
- Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli
- Christmas Gift Guide 2024
- Life & Leisure
Handmade hits the premium end of the gift market
These five artisans are busy working on timeless pieces that celebrate the art of making – and that you won’t see in shops everywhere.
- Hannah Tattersall
November
This cult beauty brand went bust. Can it make a return?
It was once one of Australia’s biggest beauty success stories. Can Napoleon Perdis find a new customer, five years after it collapsed?
- Lauren Sams
Can a swimsuit really be one-size-fits-all?
Georgiana Huddart had fond memories of the 1980s brand Hunza. So she bought the business, and has made it a runaway success.
- Lauren Sams
Fashion retailer The Iconic plots recovery, one Samba at a time
The boss of the popular fashion app is aiming to restore sales growth and shrink its net loss after a tough 12 months. But the field is getting crowded.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
How a yearning for travel grew a 35-year-old overnight success
Diversification has been key to the success of these three fast-growing retail and travel businesses.
- Sue Mitchell
- Opinion
- Fashion Week
This ’90s fashion icon is back, with help from Troye Sivan
The brand that was a uniform for so many struggled for almost two decades – until artists, including the Australian singer, started promoting it.
- Andrea Felsted
- Updated
- Lovisa
Brett Blundy reassures investors after Lovisa sales miss mark
The jewellery and accessories chain’s billionaire chairman insists he is still a “growth junkie” despite new store openings falling well short of expectations.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz and Gus McCubbing
Is Australian fashion really as dire as it seems?
Some Australian designers are looking to keep their fashion production home-grown but are finding it may be a dying craft.
- Lauren Sams
When you buy this fashion label, you’re joining a community
Nagnata founder Laura May Gibbs has struck a chord with customers who want more than what’s on the rack – they want the whole wellness package.
- Eugenie Kelly
Industry steps in to save Fashion Week – for a year, at least
When funding was pulled for the 28-year-old event last week, the industry was left in a state of shock. Now, it’s rallying.
- Lauren Sams
How Mecca outfoxed Sephora in the Australian beauty glow-up
For 10 years, the retail rivals have faced off. One is the clear winner, but the other is still opening stores and has the weight of LVMH behind it.
- Lauren Sams and Carrie LaFrenz
October
Cettire blown way off course as fall in luxury spending dents profits
The ASX-listed online retailer told investors it was weathering a challenging environment, but brokers say it is on track to miss expectations by almost half.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Exclusive
- Style
The New York designer who knows the secret to personal style is maths
Tibi founder Amy Smilovic has no investors and just one store. But she’s a force within the fashion industry for her plain-speaking advice.
- Lauren Sams
- Exclusive
- Fast fashion
The two mates turning Meshki into the Atlassian of fast fashion
Originally a side hustle for founders Natalie Khoei and Shadi Kord, Meshki is now a $120 million business with a prestigious award for its trophy case.
- Lauren Sams
How Jason Daniel went from ‘loose kid’ to the Young Rich List
The LSKD founder always pushed boundaries as he built his activewear company. Now he’s chasing a $1 billion target.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Lucy Henry-Hicks knows what young women want
A debutant on this year’s Young Rich List, Henry-Hicks took a successful clothing business, tipped it on its head and created a whole new business in Dissh.
- Lauren Sams
