The Age Of Beauty

Every model knows they have a use-by date. Perhaps that's why they start so young, like 12-year-old schoolgirl Maddison Gabriel (below), who was last year dubbed the face (and body) of Gold Coast Fashion Week; or 15-year-old Claire Quirk, the model dumped as the face of Melbourne Fashion Week.

Who Is ... Hael?

A city's fashion mores reveals so much about our cultural values. Take the fact that Melburnians are so darn prone to eschewing mainstream looks in favour of something we've thrown together on our own terms. One might see us as creative, another as snooty. But it goes some way to explaining why Melbourne is such fertile breeding ground for labels from spritely young things who haven't let the ink dry on their fashion degrees. Hael is founded by one such Melbourne Miss. Leah Betts used her first ...

On The Radar - This Week: Emerald Green

A Hollywood fashion moment has sparked a green fashion frenzy, writes Rachel Wells.

The Other End Of Chapel Street

It's not your average shopping strip, writes fashion editor Janice Breen Burns.