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Fashion insiders weigh in on the uncertain future of Australian Fashion Week

Inside Retail

Fashion industry insiders are speculating about the future of Australian Fashion Week (AFW) following the news of IMG’s exit from the country’s premier fashion event. Since its debut in 1996, AFW has attempted to evolve alongside Australia’s dynamic fashion landscape.

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PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival is turning the runway into a spectator sport

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PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival (PMFF) has unveiled its 2025 programme and alongside it a catchphrase that sums up its unique value proposition: Fashion as a spectator sport. Over the weekend, the Australian Fashion Week confirmed that it had secured funding from Destination NSW for AFW to go ahead in 2025.

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Why luxury brand Leo Lin is positioned to be Australia’s next big fashion export

Inside Retail

Australian luxury fashion brand Leo Lin has been part of the fashion landscape for seven years, launching in 2017, but only since building its e-commerce store in 2021 has it really taken off. Now, his fashion brands operations are based in Sydney and its atelier is based in Dalian.

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LVMH buys into Swedish label Our Legacy

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LVMH has acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Swedish fashion brand Our Legacy, The Business of Fashion reported. The transaction comes following Our Legacy posting sales of €40 million (US$42.9 million) in the year ended June 30. It also has three stores in South Korea, in partnership with local distributor Handsome Corp.

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We Wear Australian immersive pop-up is landing at New York Fashion Week

Inside Retail

We Wear Australian, an initiative created by Showroom X, is activating at New York Fashion Week with an immersive retail activation on 7 February. Despite having the opportunity to put a show on the New York Fashion Week schedule, We Wear Australian decided to go with a bricks-and-mortar approach.

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How MFW’s student runway opens doors for Australia’s emerging designers

Inside Retail

This year’s Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW) student collections runway was held at The Lume – where the creativity was unconstrained, the designs were avant-garde and the emerging talent was front and centre. The Australian fashion industry is embracing sustainability and diversity more openly,” Tran said.

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Sussan Group CEO Rebecca Hard on becoming a B Corp and sustainable fashion

Inside Retail

The Sussan Group, the retail collective behind women’s fashion brands Sportsgirl, Sussan and Suzanne Grae, is incorporating “responsible fibres” into its supply chain and investing in futuristic pilot projects, such as making a compostable T-shirt, as it looks to increase consumer awareness of its sustainability initiatives.

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