Sustainable fashion
‘Plastic anxiety’: Is this the next big shift in activewear?
Growing concerns about the effects of plastics on our health and the environment are changing what modern consumers want from their workout gear.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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Some people have lofty heroes. I have Trinny Woodall and I am not ashamed
It may seem odd to relate to a beauty mogul with a plummy accent and a nine-figure fortune, but the former TV host has taught me a lot about fun.
- Gay Alcorn
19 tips for doing the laundry – and making your clothes last longer
If we’re meant to be buying less, but better quality clothes, there’s an expectation that they should last. You can significantly improve the chances of that happening by using the correct washing techniques.
- Mari-Jane Williams
Our Pacific neighbours are drowning in fast fashion. And we’re the ones to blame
Pacific nations have become the dumping ground for our lowest-quality second-hand clothing. A new documentary examines the impact of “waste colonialism” and the steps we should be taking to end it.
- Lauren Ironmonger
From creative couture to dopamine dressing: Australia’s growing upcycling movement
Australians are the biggest consumers of new clothes in the world but a new breed of upcyclers and “thrift flippers” is revealing another way to sartorial success.
- Lauren Ironmonger
More Australian retailers axe free returns after ‘reckoning’ of costs
Shopping habits – including “repeat returns” offending – are taking a toll on businesses.
- Frances Howe
New French laws have put ultra-fast fashion companies on notice. Should we follow suit?
In a world first, France has legislated to tax fast fashion brands, but Australia continues to lag behind other countries in addressing fashion waste. Why is this?
- Lauren Ironmonger
The two women giving the Miss Universe Australia competition a makeover
Sheridan Mortlock is a Miss Universe Australia finalist and a political student. If she doesn’t need a new outfit for the Miss Universe competition, do you need one for Friday night?
- Brittany Busch
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Inside Shein, the fast-fashion giant extolling ‘the future of retail’
Behind the scenes of its first attempt to build an in-house Australian brand, with a highly competitive label where appearances are everything.
- Jessica Yun and Lauren Ironmonger
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- Fast fashion
Whoops ... the biggest winner in Trump’s tariff war isn’t who he had in mind
While everything, including fashion, is about to get a lot more expensive in the land of the free, the environment will be all the happier for it.
- Bianca O'Neill