Fashion

The Monday morning meetings at AWW are one not to miss. This is where we catch up and debrief on what has happened over the weekend, what’s in the papers and any breaking news or new story ideas before moving on to a breakdown of all of Sunday evening’s TV. This Monday was the usual: […]

Fashion magazines are not known for celebrating curves but Elle Quebec has bucked the trend by elevating a plus-size model to covergirl status in its most recent issue. French-Canadian model Justine Legault, who wears the equivalent of an Australian size 16, is the first plus-size model to grace the cover of the mainstream magazine. The […]

If you thought sexy bikinis were only forSports Illustratedmodels, take it up with plus-size fashion blogger Gabi Gregg and she’ll teach you a thing or two. The 25-year-old’s blogGabiFreshshot to fame last year with this post where Gabi, who wears a US size 18, showed stunning holiday snaps in her ‘fatkini’, inspiring full-figured women to […]

Nothing makes a girl feel so pretty as a pretty dress. The Australian designer, Leona Edmiston, knows this better than anyone – and proved it again at a special preview of her Spring Summer 2013 collection earlier this week. It was a Monday night – that was a surprise, and a delight. Everyone felt fresh; […]

Talia Joy Castellano was diagnosed with terminal cancer six years ago, but she hasn’t let her illness get in the way of her dream of becoming a fashion sensation. The thirteen-year-old US girl started posting make-up tutorials on YouTube following her leukaemia diagnosis on Valentine’s Day in 2007, and has since clocked up almost 40 […]

Gwyneth Paltrow ensured all eyes were on her in Hollywood last night, donning a slinky sheer dress with no underwear.

A Swedish modelling agency has been accused of staking out a treatment centre for eating disorders scouting for anorexic ‘talent’. Director of the Stockholm clinic Anna-Maria af Sandeberg said head hunters had approached ill patients, one wheelchair bound, hoping to recruit them. Kirstie Clements: Thin is in because designers demand it “They were outside the […]

Vogue has caused controversy again for publishing “blackface” pictures of a white model. This time it’s the Netherlands edition of the fashion bible that is in hot water after it ran an editorial featuring pale-skinned model Querelle Jansen with her face “blacked-up” and an afro wig on. The photographic spread — which was styled by […]

A woman dropped by her modelling agency at size 10 for being ‘too big’ has launched her own agency to help ‘normal-sized’ women break into the fashion industry. The UK model, Saffi Karina, “failed” to maintain a figure consistent with the standards of a thin-obsessed fashion industry when “womanhood ensued” and she was told her […]

Fashion bloggers are airbrushing images of scarily thin models to make them appear more healthy but the Melbourne girl whose anti-airbrushing protest prompted Cleo magazine to reconsider its retouching policy says it’s never ok to publish altered images of women’s bodies. The Weekly reported yesterday that images of models at Australian fashion week were being […]