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First Nations fashion design can be a powerful method of healing

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Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the links between clothing, adornment and wellbeing. In Australia, there is a rise of designers and artists creating and fashioning painful Protectionist-era clothing on the runway and in the galleries. Wedding Stories from Queensland.

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Meet Nagnata, the fashion brand famous for making activewear out of wool

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Nagnata is a premium Australian fashion and lifestyle brand designed for modern movement, including pilates, yoga and dance and studio-to-street style. Laura May Gibbs: Nagnata was founded with the vision to contribute to a more sustainable business model within the fashion industry. How have you overcome these challenges?

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Kickstarter-funded fashion label creates 100 per cent recycled puffer coat

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Fashion startup Consequence of Change has partnered with artist Niketa Law to launch a 100 per cent recycled heated puffer coat. The coat is lined with Niketa’s piece Barambah Winds and contains four nano heating pads, along with four temperature controls and Dupont filling.

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How Melbourne Fashion Week is set to generate millions in economic impact

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The annual Melbourne Fashion Week (MFW), hosted by The City Of Melbourne, is back and celebrating its 30th anniversary. “It It is quite the milestone, it does mean we’ve officially taken the designer crown of being the longest-running consumer fashion event in Australia,” Matthew Flinn, MFW senior manager, told Inside Retail.

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What it takes for emerging designers to break into Australia’s fashion industry

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While established fashion brands are attempting to find solid ground in the current economic downturn, a new guard of Australian designers are trying to get their foot in the door. Fashion is an industry that worships breakthrough talent but gaining access to the necessary resources to innovate and disrupt is half the battle.

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Fashion old and new walked down the runways at AFW, but will it sell?

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Australian Fashion Week is one of the most influential industry events in the Asia-Pacific region and its runaways have the power to launch careers and cement brands. The Australian fashion industry contributes $27 billion to the country’s domestic economy, $7.2

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Charles & Keith co-founder Keith Wong on the brand’s global expansion 

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While the company partnered with architectural firm David Chipperfield Architects Milan for its flagship store in the vibrant district of Shibuya Center-Gai, in China, Charles & Keith integrated Chengdu-exclusive features in collaboration with local artists to showcase local culture.

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