Fashion

From 9am Wednesday the countdown will be over, Zara’s first Australian store will open its doors in Sydney. The store, located on Pitt Street within the new Westfield Sydney, offers a customised fashion range in woman’s, men’s and children’s clothing. A Melbourne store is also in the works to be opened on Bourke Street within […]

They cause more injuries to women than contact sports but it takes more than a cautionary tale, or even a nasty fall to get some women to climb down from their towering high heels. Women in the magazine world — coined “clackers” for the sound their heels make on the floors of publishing houses in […]

As the lift pings to signify my arrival at the lingerie floor of David Jones, I break out into a cold sweat. For me, underwear shopping is a nightmare. Everything looks sexy in an A-cup, but by the time I wrest an E from the back of the rack (if the style goes past a […]

It is a fashion truth universally acknowledged that women of a “certain age” should keep their cleavage and thighs to themselves. But to celebrity stylist Gok Wan, ankle-length skirts and billowy blouses belong in a Jane Austen novel and nowhere near the modern-day woman. This season’s hot colour: white “There is no such thing as […]

To the delight of fashionistas, everyday women and fans of the TV showHow to Look Good Naked, UK fashion guru Gok Wan launched his Westfield Style tour on Wednesday. Kicking things off at the Pitt Street Mall Sydney store, Gok got his tour off to a cheeky start by de-robing four models to reveal the […]

eBay’s style director recently described reusing clothes as “the height of chic”. Here’s how to customise your hand-me-downs to make them fashionable and fantastic for the next generation. Add fad An old shirt or singlet can be made funky and new (not to mention completely unique) with a few embellishments. Stick buttons, sequins, beading or […]

The young Elizabeth Taylor will always be remembered as the epitome of glamour, perhaps not entirely for her wardrobe the way Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly are, but for her poised sex appeal, which made her a style icon in her own right. These days however, when it comes to the art of sexy dressing, […]

Mia Freedman, journalist and author of the Mamamia lifestyle/culture/current affairs blog for modern women shares her top wardrobe secret. “Sometimes, I like to ‘go shopping’ in my wardrobe. I do this several times a year and I never fail to unearth some excellent bargains. Apparently, we all wear 10 per cent of our wardrobe 90 […]

For now, fashion isn’t about trends, per se. Words such as minimalism, pared-back and subtle (meaning simple and classic, in non-fashion speak) have dominated the last few seasons, with designers giving women the kind of clothes that feed our pent-up desire for grown-up, flattering, and simple but sexy dressing. Thankfully, it seems fashion has become […]

Just days after designer John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments, the fashion industry has again prompted outrage, this time by featuring cigarette smoking on the catwalk. British supermodel Kate Moss defied anti-smoking laws in France and smoked on the runway during a Louis Vuitton show at Paris Fashion Week. In pictures: Million dollar bodies The incident coincided […]