feeds from fashion.com.au http://fashion.com.au/rss/ en-au http://fashion.com.au/rss/ http://fashion.com.au/static/campfire/layouts/images/omg-logo-small.png http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/fast-and-famous/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news The Sun-Herald's fashion editor, Kate Waterhouse, suits up with some eager celebrities at Albert Park. The Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge holds a special place in my heart.Not only because I love putting my foot to the floor racing around Albert Park at 160km/h, swapping paint with the likes of Brian McFadden and Jessica Hart.No, the race is where I met my boyfriend, former State of Origin rugby league player, Luke Ricketson, five years ago.It was a bit of a schoolyard scenario, except instead o ...

The Sun-Herald's fashion editor, Kate Waterhouse, suits up with some eager celebrities at Albert Park.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/another-blow-for-gst-campaigners/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news THE Productivity Commission has questioned the foundation of a retailers' campaign against the GST exemption for consumers who buy from overseas using the internet.In a wide-ranging issues paper released yesterday, the commission said that even a "large reduction" in the GST-free threshold of $1000 might not make a "significant impact" on the number of parcels affected.This was because preliminary data from Customs showed the average value of parcels claiming the GST exemptio ...

THE Productivity Commission has questioned the foundation of a retailers' campaign against the GST exemption for consumers who buy from overseas using the internet.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/a-viceregal-anointment/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news Michael Idato grabs his front-row seat for the Governor-General's fashion show. It's a tough life being a somebody trapped in a sea of nobodies. Or should that be the other way around? Indeed for those of us charged with pondering such weighty issues only one thing is certain: the more time you spend on Sydney's social treadmill, the more you realise how extraordinarily ordinary it can be.There isn't much that separates the establishment from the wannabes. Were you one of the Cointreau Fab 400? ...

Michael Idato grabs his front-row seat for the Governor-General's fashion show.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/a-big-day-for-glamour/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news IT WAS all for you, women of Melbourne; the gorgeous frocks and pretty women, the handsome dancers, French champagne, even the carefully picked VIPs. At yesterday's rehearsal for last night's Myer 100th anniversary party for 500 celebrities to launch the sparkling $300 million refurbishment of its Melbourne store, the chief executive, Bernie Brookes, described the grand plan — the real reason — behind the glamour. "It's for w ...

IT WAS all for you, women of Melbourne; the gorgeous frocks and pretty women, the handsome dancers, French champagne, even the carefully picked VIPs. At yesterday's rehearsal for last night's Myer 100th anniversary party for 500 celebrities to launch the sparkling $300 million refurbishment of its Melbourne store, the chief executive, Bernie Brookes, described the grand plan — the real reason — behind the glamour. "It's for women," he said. "Women make the decisions about household expenditure, women have that aspiration for glamour and fashion and beauty. It's women who'll be watching. Fashion is the 'bird caller' for us. The sales of TVs and picture frames are the add-ons." Hours before last night's chic black carpet was unrolled, Myer's production crew was working flat out for that glamour, drilling a company of dancers and an orchestra for their parts in a spectacular "fashion moment" that would crown a night hosted by Bert Newton and starring a galaxy of Melbourne icons of stage, screen, TV and fashion. A steeply stepped black stage had been constructed in the legendary sixth-floor Myer Mural Hall and production staff were arranging Myer's stable of high-profile designers, including Wayne Cooper, Toni Maticevski, Jayson Brunsdon, Kim Ellery and Yeojin Bae into a kind of "class photo" tableau. Janice Breen Burns

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/retailers-offshore-gst-exemption-claims-queried/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news THE Productivity Commission has called into doubt the foundation of Big Retail's campaign against the GST exemption for consumers who buy from overseas using the internet.In a paper released yesterday, the commission said that even a "large reduction" in the GST-free threshold of $1000 might not make a "significant impact" on the number of parcels caught up in the tax net.This was because preliminary data from Customs showed the average value of parcels claiming the GST exemp ...

THE Productivity Commission has called into doubt the foundation of Big Retail's campaign against the GST exemption for consumers who buy from overseas using the internet.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/grand-dame-of-retail-uses-feminine-wiles/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news Myer's $300m glam makeover is all for women, says the CEO. Especially the 'very nice' loos. IT WAS all for you, women of Melbourne: the gorgeous frocks and pretty girls, the handsome dancers, vintage champagne, even the carefully picked VIPs. At yesterday's rehearsal for Myer's party for 500 celebrities to launch the sparkling $300 million refurbishment of its Melbourne store, CEO Bernie Brookes described the grand plan — the real reason â€& ...

Myer's $300m glam makeover is all for women, says the CEO. Especially the 'very nice' loos.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/4/1/shape/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST news MARTENS MATTERSKAREL Martens compares his varied cover designs for the architectural magazine Oase to inviting a guest to dinner: "I cannot prepare the same meal again. It is more respectful to the public to always prepare something unique. They look forward to the next issue." A retrospective feast of the influential Dutch designer's predominantly type-based covers for Oase (pictured) opens at Monash University next week. As its artist-in-residence, Martens will host student workshops ...

KAREL Martens compares his varied cover designs for the architectural magazine Oase to inviting a guest to dinner: "I cannot prepare the same meal again. It is more respectful to the public to always prepare something unique. They look forward to the next issue." A retrospective feast of the influential Dutch designer's predominantly type-based covers for Oase (pictured) opens at Monash University next week. As its artist-in-residence, Martens will host student workshops and give a public lecture on April 12. Bookings essential (price includes a limited edition 25 Years of OASE poster). The exhibition will also stock Martens's monograph Printed Matter, which in 1998 was awarded a gold medal at the Leipzig Book Fair as the best-designed book in the world. Art & Design Building, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East; for bookings:

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/romano-ricci-sense-of-destiny/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Helen Greenwood learns that a nose for a fine fragrance can run in the family ... but it's not always that simple. Romano Ricci grew up with the scent of L'Air du Temps in his nostrils. Ricci, 33, the great-grandson of French fashion designer Nina Ricci, used to play in the family factory just 100 metres down the road from his childhood home at Fontainebleau, outside of Paris.By the time he was 10, his grandfather Robert, who created the legendary fragrance in 1948, had initiated his only grands ...

Helen Greenwood learns that a nose for a fine fragrance can run in the family ... but it's not always that simple.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/stepping-out-in-style/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news BOTH MYER AND DAVID JONES HAVE LAUNCHED THEIRAUTUMN/WINTER LINES, AND JANICE BREEN BURNS WASTHERE TO CHECK THEM OUT.MYER blitzed its own long history of catwalk theatrics earlier this month with aspectacular autumn/winter 2011 launch show and party under the elegant, vaulteddome of Melbourne’s world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building, after earlierbeing muscled out of the media spotlight by David Jones’s lavish show of key ...

BOTH MYER AND DAVID JONES HAVE LAUNCHED THEIR AUTUMN/WINTER LINES, AND JANICE BREEN BURNS WAS THERE TO CHECK THEM OUT.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/putting-the-op-in-shop/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news FOR A FEEL-GOODSHOPPING TRIP,JANE PARSONS LOOKS ATTHE BOOM IN OP-SHOPEXPERIENCES.IT’S a shopping trip like no other, where armfulsof clothing are acceptable and the dreadedshopper’s remorse doesn’t even rate a mention.This feel-good way to shop is winning more andmore fans as people from every walk of life enjoy apursuit that is all about the benefi ts and less aboutthe pitfalls.Yes, recycled cloth ...

FOR A FEEL-GOOD SHOPPING TRIP, JANE PARSONS LOOKS AT THE BOOM IN OP-SHOP EXPERIENCES.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/out-of-the-closet/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news ELLE IN TEARSSUPERMODEL Elle Macpherson broke down while talking of her father’s battlewith cancer when she stepped on the catwalk for Virgin Blue’s uniform launch inSydney last month.Her father, businessman Peter Gow, later confi rmed he had been given the allclearafter going under the knife two weeks previously for prostate cancer.The tears may have been why the now 47-year-old Macpherson did not removeher Aviator sunglasses for ...

ELLE IN TEARS SUPERMODEL Elle Macpherson broke down while talking of her father’s battle with cancer when she stepped on the catwalk for Virgin Blue’s uniform launch in Sydney last month.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/pay-tv-monday-april-4/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Trinny & Susannah's Australian Makeover MissionLifeStyle You, 8.30pm"AUSTRALIA has been waiting patiently for the rock-solid fashion advice, emotional support and brutal honesty that only [Trinny and Susannah] can give." That's laying it on a bit thick but Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine (pictured) are always fun and practical, so it's good to see them out here again. They hit the ground running on the streets of Sydney's Sutherland shire, accosting badly dressed women of a ...

Trinny & Susannah's Australian Makeover Mission

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/take-it-to-the-street/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news What would you do if you were Lord Mayor for a day?We asked some Sydneysiders for their action plans.Jordon Dionatos/18/student"I'd try to find more job opportunities for homeless people so that they could be a kitchen hand or something similar. And I'd help provide places for them to wash and store their belongings."Alex O'Dea/17/student"I'd make sure there were more buses and faster buses; I waited for ages for a bus this morning. And I'd make everything cheaper, especially food ...

What would you do if you were Lord Mayor for a day?

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/around-town/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news FROM RECYCLED CLOTHING SALES TO NEW FASHION OUTLETS,PARADES AND MATERNITY WEAR, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OFFASHION NEWS FROM AROUND THE HUNTERhere comes the brideNEWCASTLE'S new bridal precinct- in Hunter St between Union and Auckland streets – is looking forbusinesses such as shoe shops andevent planners to help bolster itsappeal to brides to be.Part of the Hunter Streetrevitalisation project, the bridalprecinct on a strip fl ush withwedding wares was launched onSund ...

FROM RECYCLED CLOTHING SALES TO NEW FASHION OUTLETS, PARADES AND MATERNITY WEAR, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF FASHION NEWS FROM AROUND THE HUNTER

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/wrappant-a-hit/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news THE runway show of Australian label Sass &Bide, with smacks of sequins, suede and silk,reaped instant industry acclaim at the openingnight of London Fashion Week last month.The creations of Sydney-based design duo Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have for yearsbeen a staple of the illustrious British event, and in aterrace tucked behind Buckingham Palace Gardens,the label’s autumn/winter 2011 collection came to life.Long, fl owing fabrics were on display ...

THE runway show of Australian label Sass & Bide, with smacks of sequins, suede and silk, reaped instant industry acclaim at the opening night of London Fashion Week last month.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/this-week-if-life-gives-you-lemons-wear-them/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news There's a new Anna on the fashion block - Japanese Vogue's Italian editor-at-large and creative consultant Anna Dello Russo.This is the woman all the style bloggers want to snap outside the fashion shows in New York/London/Milan/Paris - the twice-yearly outing she calls the Fashion Olympics - because she always looks nothing short of amazing. Well, beyond amazing and into extraordinary, actually, nosing up towards bonkers but in a totally fashion-fabulous way.Miss Dello Russo's idea of daywear - ...

There's a new Anna on the fashion block - Japanese Vogue's Italian editor-at-large and creative consultant Anna Dello Russo.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/31/walking-the-walk/ Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news FOUR STUNNINGNEWCASTLEMODELS AREMAKING A NAMEFOR THEMSELVESIN THE WORLD OFHIGH FASHION,AND JANE PARSONSTALKS TO THEMON THEIR WAY TOTHE TOP.THEY have beautiful faces, impossibly long legsand are a dress size six, and these stunningNewcastle girls are on their way to the top.Following in the footsteps of the likes of JenniferHawkins, these young models have hundreds ofassignments between them, fronting for some of the bigbrand names in impressive starts to their careers.The heights of success may ...

FOUR STUNNING NEWCASTLE MODELS ARE MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES IN THE WORLD OF HIGH FASHION, AND JANE PARSONS TALKS TO THEM ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOP.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/30/ponies-on-the-catwalk/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news The ponytail is one of the top trends for the season says KATE McILWAIN. If catwalk trends at the recent L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival are anything to go by, the hottest hairstyle of next season will be the good old ponytail.But these are not just any scraped-back ponies. The new styles are all about shine, texture and volume and it takes a little extra work to get the right look, says art director Peter Thomsen from Shellharbour's Chelsea Hair.Thomsen has been chosen as a L'Oreal session s ...

The ponytail is one of the top trends for the season says KATE McILWAIN.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/30/cbd-rent-growth-surges/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news DEMAND for shops is driving big rental growth in Melbourne's CBD, with rents having jumped by 10.6 per cent for super-prime property since the start of last year, according to CB Richard Ellis.Rents for prime property rose by 5.5 per cent over the same period, with growth of 8.8 per cent in secondary locations.CBRE's senior manager, retail services, Max Cookes, said strong local and global tenant interest was underpinning rental growth. CBRE's retail services team recently concluded two lease de ...

DEMAND for shops is driving big rental growth in Melbourne's CBD, with rents having jumped by 10.6 per cent for super-prime property since the start of last year, according to CB Richard Ellis.

http://www.fashion.com.au/news/2011/3/30/postcode-3000/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST news Other Broady boy walks black carpetINTERNATIONALLY famous Broady boy Andrej Pejic, the "femiman" model, will walk the same black carpet as local hero Eddie McGuire at Myer's reopening for 500 VIPs in the Mural Hall. Pejic (pictured) is staying in Broady with mum Jadranka and while friends joke that the world's 11th ranked model on models.com who has paraded Jean-Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs is dying to shop at the Essendon Airport DFO, there's no need. Arthur Galan has made him a suit ...

Other Broady boy walks black carpet