Art critics are wrong to discount what we can learn about the master painter from how he engaged with fashion and the fashionable.
Articles on Fashion
Displaying 141 - 160 of 501 articles
After the ravages of war, Christian Dior’s groundbreaking 1947 collection of supremely feminine designs signalled a sense of leaving the dark days behind.
Colonial settlers made myriad objects with problematic portrayals of First Nations people. Now, a number of artists are using these objects in their work to retell these stories.
How to really get to know your clothes.
The new drama provides a fascinating insight into the competitive world of mid-century haute couture via the man considered ‘the master’ of high fashion.
The average price of a wedding dress in Australia is A$2,385 – but this is just one reflection of their significant cultural and emotional weight.
Should luxury brands display their logo on everything?
If you’ve watched many period dramas, you’ve probably seen a mantua. It was worn over a pair of stays (corset) and an often contrasting petticoat. The draping fabric created a front-opening gown.
Pyjamas all Christmas day or a jaunty festive silk scarf, these five trends should be brought back this holiday.
First Nations people have been making and crafting clothes and accessories for millennia, and for international exhibitions for hundreds of years.
Aso ebi - colourful fabrics worn at social events in NIgeria - makes parties glamorous but the cost can also be burdensome.
An expensive purchase price may not guarantee that your product will hold its value.
A shorn haircut known as the coiffure à la victime, paid tribute to guillotined prisoners whose hair was loped off before execution.
The production, use and end-of-life of clothing all have an impact on our health. But greater ecological awareness could turn the tide.
By removing herself from fashion’s centre stage for five years, the much-lauded British designer managed to whip up serious anticipation for her new collection.
Australia has the world’s biggest carbon footprint from fashion. This is one area where changing our personal clothing choices can make a big difference, just as it did in the second world war.
Goth has always been about mixing things up and adapting what you find to fit your own aesthetic.
It’s not just the Barbie effect, Birkenstock’s brand equity has been rising for years.
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
The Bloomsbury group’s distaste for formality helped to set the foundations for how we dress today.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor in Fashion and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
-
Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney
-
Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
-
Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design and Society, University of Technology Sydney
-
Oak Foundation Lecturer in History of Dress and Textiles, Courtauld Institute of Art
-
Lecturer, Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Deakin University
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia
-
Professor and Dean of the School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT, RMIT University
-
Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
-
Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
-
Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress
-
Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
-
Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney