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Making a splash as the economy dives
Georgina Safe, fashion editor SWIMWEAR designers are banking on Australia's inaugural Swim Fashion Week to boost their sales in tough times.
Seventh heaven bites the dust
BACK when ladies of leisure shopped all day, pausing only to take tea and powder their noses, level seven of David Jones in Sydney was t...
Curtain falls on high-end heaven
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor ON level seven of Sydney's David Jones, the shopaholic's seventh heaven, the designer frocks and Devonshire teas have stopped flowing.
Fashion show goes public
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor DESIGNER clothing retailers are banking on the Melbourne Fashion Festival to revive flagging sales amid the economic downturn.
Enfant terrible harks back to 80s
Georgina Safe and Bryce Corbett TURNING away from the financial doom and gloom, Jean-Paul Gaultier yesterday embraced the hedonism of the 1980s in his exuberant yet ele...
Chanel parades spin on economic crisis
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor THE chill economic wind yesterday blew through Karl Lagerfeld's icy white couture collection for Chanel, which the designer said reflect...
High-end designers defy the times
LACQUERED and luxurious Japanese geisha girls and Vermeer-inspired ballgowns yesterday belied the financial crisis when Giorgio Armani a...
Guerillas of recession
Clare Press LOW set-up costs plus high excitement. Can the pop-up shop help fashion beat the recession blues?
Haute couture thrives on rich clients
Alice Olins THESE may be difficult times but the top end of the rag trade certainly hasn't noticed.
What's soft and green in underwear?
PARIS: "If you don't know what's in your knickers, should you be wearing them?" asks a short film showing at Paris's lingerie show, the ...
Cheap, chic and it's in the bag
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor THE recession-proof bag has arrived, and it's on the arms of thousands of women around Australia and the world.
Yes, she can be the new fashion icon
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor IF Cinderella thought she had issues going to the ball, they were nothing compared with the quandaries Michelle Obama faced.
Michelle Obama's dress gets it right
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor, and Christian Kerr IF Cinderella thought she had issues going to the ball, they were nothing compared with the quandaries Michelle Obama faced.
Vogue's volcano
Alice Fisher IF rumours of a diplomatic role for Anna Wintour under the Obama administration are true, it may be a timely move for the editor.
Inspired by Grandma's bedroom secrets
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor A RADICAL career change from lawyer to lingerie designer paid off for Tika Burrows.
Scales of justice don't apply
Georgina Safe THE media's attack on Gemma Ward for putting on weight is reprehensible.
Net swoops to offer the best for less
Maurice Chittenden THE queen of internet fashion is to offer top labels at up to 80 per cent off.
Serena won't be serving up fashion
Courtney Walsh IT is a confession that will have the proprietors of Melbourne's trendiest boutiques in a spin.
Glamour call-up in retail battle
Georgina Safe, fashion editor JENNIFER Hawkins will take to the catwalk in 24 Myer stores across the nation as part of a strategy to revive flagging retail sales in l...
Few fashion faux pas at Golden Globes
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor WHILE the focus of the Oscars is on make-or-break movie awards and red carpet moments, the Golden Globes are more about the open bar and...
Magic touch on track
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor THE Magic Millions is the third-richest horse race in the nation, but in the fashion stakes, the Gold Coast carnival has traditionally b...
In touch with our past
A. A. Gill I DON'T know what Eve wore for modesty and warmth or what Adam put on for flash and protection, but I can tell you that it wasn't a fig ...
Lavish Louis looks to the mall-minded
David Meagher One of the world's leading luxury brands is coming to a shopping centre near you.
All eyes on inauguration chic
Sharon Krum, New York MORE than two million people are expected in Washington, DC, to witness the historic swearing in of Barack Obama as the first black pres...
Couturier's style steered the '60s
OBITUARY Ted Lapidus Fashion designer. Born Paris, June 23, 1929. Died December 29, aged 79.
Value is the byword
Georgina Safe and Stephen Todd RECESSIONISTA and chiconomic were 2008's buzz words.
Layoffs as Chanel trims its cloth
Charles Bremner, Paris CHANEL, one of the grandest French fashion names, is to lay off 200 Paris staff in an unmistakable sign that even the world's top luxury...
Crawford reveals the secret
John Harlow THE big six supermodels are storming back. But what does all this mean for Cindy Crawford.
Unisex designer Ted Lapidus dies at 79
PARIS: Fashion designer Ted Lapidus, whose career soared in the 1960s and 70s with the unisex and safari look, died on Monday at 79 in a...
Paris gives boutiques an eyeful tour
Chip Le Grand IN the bizarre world of Paris Hilton, there is no such thing as a simple trip to the shops.
Hatmaker to the stars
Rosalie Higson ROSIE Boylan is a theatrical hatmaker: she has designed and made hundreds of memorable hats and has a longstanding association with Osca...
Hedonistic heels the height of style
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor THE economy is plunging, but women's heels have never been higher.
Stores to offer best deals in memory
Natasha Bita and Sarah Elks SHOPPERS can look forward to some of the best Boxing Day sales in memory as retailers slash prices even further to clear stock, but the ...
When economy dims, women go for beauty
Georgina Safe, Fashion editor WHEN times get tough, women seek solace in a tube of lipstick.
All stitched up
Georgina Safe ALMOST every day for the past 60 years, master embroiderer and beader Francois Lesage has walked through the doors of his five-storey wo...