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All the stylish looks at Australia's night of nights, the 2024 AACTA Awards

The best and brightest of Australian film and television grace the red carpet for the 2024 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast.
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Three actresses standing on the red carpet

What they wore: The good, bad and the ugly from the Grammys red carpet

It's an awards night for the music industry but there's always plenty of drama and theatrics on the Grammys red carpet. 
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A composite of Miley Cyrus, Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift and Ice Spice at the Grammys. 

analysis:Men have taken off the straight jacket — and black tie's dominance is doomed

It's past argument that some of the red carpet's more performative trends are going to be picked up by men everywhere and that the spell of the black tuxedo will finally be broken, writes Virgina Trioli.
Barry poses with a steely face in a red-checked Louis Vuitton suit adorned with pearls, chains and a ruby earring

Emmys red carpet: Glittering greens and fiery reds dominate the night's fashion

The 2023 Emmys might be happening four months after their originally scheduled date but the red carpet looks are still fresh.
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Three women in dresses on the red carpet

Critics Choice red carpet offers up red roses, golden boots and a really long button-up shirt

The Critics Choice Awards bring together stars from both television and film, offering up a fashion feast on the red carpet. 
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A composite image of Emily Blunt, Ashley Madekwe, Colman Domingo and Margot Robbie

He walked away from the family firm with $17b. Now this Hermès descendant has a plan for his riches

Billionaire Hermès heir Nicolas Puech is reportedly planning to bequeath part of his fortune to his gardener. It comes more than a decade after he walked away from the fashion company following a rival label's failed takeover bid.
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A group of people gesturing at a giant swinging orange tie

A gown worn by Princess Diana sells for $1.4 million, 11 times its estimate

The dress worn in the 90s, along with a matching illustration, was estimated to sell for up to $300,000 in the Los Angeles auction.
a group of dresses on mannequin on display

Zara apologises after deleting photos criticised for evoking Gaza war imagery

The image at the centre of the criticism shows a model carrying a mannequin wrapped in a white cloth — some shared it on social media alongside photos from the Gaza war coverage showing bodies wrapped in white cloth. 
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Red paint is splashed on the glass in front of two Zara mannequins.

Zara deletes photos from fashion ad campaign after pro-Palestinian boycott calls

Critics say the now-deleted images resemble photos from the Hamas and Israel war showing corpses wrapped in white shrouds.
People walk by a Zara shop window, with a white mannequin in a packing crate wearing a black jacket and boots

Early 2000s fashion is back — this is who decided to make it cool again

Fashions of the '90s and noughties are making a comeback — low-rise jeans and all. So, why are we drawn to past styles, and who decides which trends deserve a comeback?
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A composite image of Kylie Minogue on the left earing low rise jeans in the early 2000s, and Omni wearing them on the right

'Everything made me feel decades older than I was': Filling the void of fashionable clothing for different bodies

Clothing can affect "one's core sense of identity" which is why it's so important that people with disabilities are able to access clothing that's not just accessible, but cute too. 
A brunette woman sits at a table holding a fabric swatch.

From carabiners to the hanky code: Do young queer people still use flagging devices?

Fashion was an important tool for LGBTQIA+ people to find each other and build their communities in Australia, especially when homosexuality was criminalised — so how much do young queer people still flag today?
Three young people in a collage of carabiners and hankies.

Oxfam Australia CEO shares new research on ethical fashion

Oxam Australia CEO Lyn Morgain explains new research showing Australians want more honesty when it comes to where and how clothes are made.
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'Is there anything this woman couldn't do?' The trailblazing Aussie feminist who shaped our beach fashion

Here are six times clothes, and the people who wore or designed them, helped forge the story of our country — for better and worse.
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Annette Kellerman at the beach

Andrew and Nicola Forrest buy Australian hatmaker, Akubra

Australian hatmaker, Akubra has been sold to the mining magnates by the Keir family, who owned the company for 147 years.
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Akubra owners tip their hats to billionaire 'Twiggy' Forrest after selling him iconic brand

The family that's made the famed headwear for 147 years says a promise by mining magnates Andrew and Nicola Forrest to keep the brand in Australian hands convinced them to sell.
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Nicola Forrest, Stephen Keir IV and his sisters Nikki McLeod and Stacey McIntyre inside the Kempsey Akubra factory.

Dazzling outfits often steal the limelight at any Diwali gathering. Here's your style glossary

New outfits are a must on Diwali as it believed to attract blessings over the new year. An emblem of tradition and culture, we unpack some common ones and exhibit your best looks over this festive season.
A woman with a daughter on her right and left, seated altogether smiling at the camera

Visible underpants are in on the catwalk – and fashion is safe and well

Why do I find the more absurd fashion trends so beguiling? I think it's their very absurdity, and the alternative reality they promise, when all else is grim, writes Virginia Trioli.
Female models walking down a fashion catwalk

Renting clothes for dinner parties, formals the 'new thing' in fashion, stylist says

Personal shopper and stylist Cate Massi says hiring an outfit for special occasions has become "very fashionable" — and it could help you save money, and the planet.
A woman in a trendy floral print pants and a vivid puffy-sleeved shirt. You can tell she loves her job.

Renting clothes for dinner parties and formals is the 'new thing'. But is it worth it?

Most men will rent a suit for a formal event, but how many women hire their dresses?
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Prince's puffy Purple Rain shirt and other pieces from late singer's wardrobe go up for auction

More than 200 items of memorabilia from late pop superstar Prince are going to auction, including his iconic white puffy shirt from a performance of Purple Rain.
Prince peforms with a guitar wearing a puffy white shirt.

Celeste Barber on Australia's 'uncomfortable' fashion moment

Comedian Celeste Barber is no stranger to the absurdities of the fashion industry, but even she was taken aback to learn the extent to which some clothes – and the women who wore them – were policed in our nation’s past.
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Celeste Barber wearing a navy blazer with bright pink patterns stands in front of a wall with the same pattern

High fashion hits the stage in tiny outback town better known for gold mining

Previously, when tourists stopped at Coolgardie's visitor centre for souvenirs, there were none. It gave Rose Mitchell the idea of making some. Then, with her town's support, her dream of creating wearable art, and a high-end fashion show, became a reality.
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young models wearing Aboriginal designs on the catwalk

'I personally love being fat': How Sydney’s plus-size community is tackling fat stigma

From plus-sized markets to life drawing, Sydney's self-described fat babes are reclaiming a word they say was once synonymous with failure.
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Three people pose next to a purple sign that reads ‘Radically Soft, centering fat joy and connection through fashion’.

It's no silver bullet, but scientists have found a novel way to solve one of Australia's biggest waste problems

Scientists at Deakin University discover how to mulch down old clothing into a pigment as part of an going project looking at textile waste solutions.
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A scientist opens a draw from a machine showing crushed red clothing and hols a bowl of the original fabric in his other hand