Gone are the days when the only things you cared about when shopping were either the price or how on-trend…
Opinion: Is fashion dead? And should we care?
Every year pundits around the world make pronouncements about the end of something – television, radio, newspapers etc. In the…
Melbourne or Sydney, which one is actually Australia Fashion Week?
While I haven’t personally yet had a chance to attend Sydney’s fashion week – shout out to anyone who can…
Microfactories, digital printing, downloadable patterns … Our dystopian future?
When I was recently sent links to the newly launched Pattern Room – an online, downloadable pattern provider – and…
Runway shows or bespoke fittings?
I’m totally over runway shows. Ever since Instagram arrived the major fashion brands have been trying to top their previous…
Review: A Classic Carla collection
Carla Zampatti is one of Australia’s best-known, most successful and globally recognised fashion designers, and for her Grand Showcase she…
The future of fashion must be sustainable, and kind
Sustainable fashion, slow fashion, closed circular fashion production system … all these things are the future of fashion and we…
Founder of Love, Bonito, Rachel Lim, on thriving, not just surviving, in the fashion retail world
The Singapore brand, Love, Bonito, might have begun in 2010 as a ‘blogshop’ but it has now expanded into a…
Are couturiers and their ateliers still relevant?
Here’s another piece from my Masters’ blog that I think is worth reposting … Are couturiers and their ateliers still…
Quality or sustainability … which is more important?
As part of my current Masters of Fashion [Entrepreneurship] course I had to produce a blog – yes, I know,…
