With bright colours and a celebration of Australiana, designers Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson came to define Australian fashion. A new exhibition traces their nearly 50 years of creation.
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The president of the UK’s supreme court delivered a hugely newsworthy judgment, but attention focused on her brooch.
Your fashion choices can help build a sustainable future – here’s how.
There is no solution to the unethical, unsustainable fashion industry – yet
Science is helping turn textiles into a cleaner greener industry.
In Asian countries, many people wield umbrellas to protect them from the sun. American women used to as well – but then stopped.
Indigenous fashion design today is being shaped by First Nations people at every level.
Zara, a fast-fashion clothing company, recently pledged to produce its line using only sustainable textiles. But it is not enough to curb the company’s significant impact on climate change.
The success – and failure – of brands like Topshop and Burton has been in lockstep with the high street.
This might sound over the top and rather wasteful. But rental wedding dresses are not uncommon.
Many of the gowns and costumes at this year’s Met Gala attempted to capture the essence of camp, and in trying to do so missed the point of camp entirely.
The biggest names in France’s luxury industry have given millions of euros to help rebuild Notre Dame. Questioning why they would do so overlooks the deep historical and religious roots of the industry.
Fashion Revolution week puts a spotlight on the modern slavery conditions of the fashion industry and encourages fashion consumers to ask, “who made my clothes.”
A feminist philosopher and fitness writer challenges a mother who recently asked Notre Dame University to ban leggings on campus. Leggings allow women to move like superheroes, she says.
Prada and Louis Vuitton are just two major brand names to make a big play in the art world. But if you are looking for innovation you may be disappointed.
When small regional communities see economic value in animals like snakes and crocodiles, people are motivated to invest in their protection.
Making more sustainable fashion choices doesn’t require a massive lifestyle change.
Will men ever escape the tyranny of trousers?
Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) was a presence in the fashion world for so long that he seemed immortal. With his passing, we look at his impact and future legacy.
Consumers are only benefitting from cheap clothes at considerable cost to the environment and by exploitation of a poor, vulnerable garment workers.
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Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
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Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia
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Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology
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Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress
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Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney