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CENTENARIES are rare in the fashion and lifestyle world, where making it past the 10-year mark is seen as a legitimate cause for celebration.

Jets Take Off On Runway At Leukaemia Ward Fund-raiser

FRIENDS, fashion enthusiasts, and fans of Louise Mackay turned up to Wests Leagues' Starlight Room on Wednesday for the 21-year-old's second fund-raising event.

Puma Heritage Range Launch Party Grand Pacific Blue Room, Paddington

hit Puma was way too cool for school to stage a fashion parade; instead it had the range pegged on a clothes line overhead. The uber-funky crowd lapped up the drinks and the impressive break-dancing display.

You Put Your Right Hand In, Right Hand Out ...

IT MAY be of little consolation to Cliff Richard and Molly Ringwald, but nearly 30 years after Olivia Newton-John's spandex and sweatband turn in Xanadu, roller skating is back in fashion.

Fashionistas No Dummies When It Comes To Be Switching Off

WHEN it comes to Earth Hour, doyens of Melbourne's fashion industry are more interested in switching off the lights than slagging off the competition.

All Stitched Up

From Fashion Week to overseas frontiers, BREE FULLER talks to an up-and-coming Wollongong designer on the road to success. Just 10 months ago Gisu Mobarhani was revelling in her good fortune at securing a stall at Australian Fashion Week.

Zac Posen For Target Launch Studiotwenty4, Walsh Bay

hitThere was some buzz surrounding this event. True to form, the New York designer turned up in a tuxedo to tout his new range for Target and the fashion set turned up in droves to get a glimpse of the "boy wonder" of the international fashion scene. The presentation was short and sweet but the hemlines of the collection, thankfully, were of a respectable length.

For The Fashion Conscience

FASHION is fighting against cancer.

Animal Activists See Red And Violet And Tangerine, Too, On The Catwalk

SOMETHING had to give. The Melbourne Fashion Festival was going swimmingly: packed houses, catwalk shows slicker than ever. Everybody happy.

Art In The Bag

High-end fashion brands are joining forces with artists to boost their image.

Dogged By Controversy: Activists See Red And Violet . . . And Tangerine, Too

SOMETHING had to give. The Melbourne Fashion Festival was going swimmingly: packed houses, catwalk shows slicker than ever. Everybody happy.

Styling Up

FASHION victims beware.

Government House Glitters As Festival Frolics Begin

IT HAS been billed as the "people's festival" but only a chosen few were offered an invite to the glamorous opening party of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival yesterday.

'granny Chic' A Hit As Times Get Tougher

Is the threat of tough economic times ahead forcing fashion back to a more austere era? Rachel Wells reports.

On The Radar - This Week: Rising Stars

With the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival upon us, Rachel Wells nominates "ones to watch".