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Nicky Zimmermann in her Sydney Westfield retail store.

‘Classic Aussie’: How Zimmermann is taking over the world from Sydney

The devil is in the details and grit behind the glamour for Nicky Zimmermann.

  • Damien Woolnough

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Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, Nicole Kidman and Margaret Faith Kidman Urban at the Chanel show..

Nicole Kidman at Chanel and koalas on the runway in Paris

Australia took over Paris Fashion Week with the Kidman Urbans in the Chanel front row and Zimmermann embracing Australiana.

  • Damien Woolnough
Bella Heathcote: “I know every actor is like, ‘It was my dream job,’ but it really was my dream job. I just loved going to work every day, which is saying something because it’s not like they were easy scenes to shoot.”

‘Like tracksuit pants’: The jeans Bella Heathcote can’t live without

The 38-year-old actor also talks about losing her mother as a child, and how she wears some of her pieces to “feel protected”.

  • Georgie Gordon
Hasina, a garment worker from Bangladesh, told Baptist World Aid’s Ethical Fashion Report she had been pressured to lie about working overtime at audits. Women, who make up the majority of fashion’s labour force, experience disproportionately poor working conditions.

Australian fashion brands fail to pay garment workers a living wage

A new report into the sustainability of Australian fashion brands has found some shopping mall offenders, and some unexpected “success” stories.

  • Penry Buckley
Beare Park “Joyce” dress, $820. Venroy “Balconette” bikini top, $140. Model’s own jeans.

Australia may be the birthplace of the ugg boot, but we are leading the fashion stakes

“We are not fussy and we are not pretentious. The same applies to the way that we dress.”

  • Damien Woolnough
Eighties Brat Pack movies were the inspiration for Zimmermann’s 2025 resort collection called ‘Crush’.

Billion-dollar brand Zimmermann joins the Brat Pack for its new look

The founder of Australia’s biggest global luxury fashion label reveals the eighties movies that inspired her latest collection.

  • Damien Woolnough
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Which Australian brand could be next to sell to a global buyer?

‘Authentically Australian’: The year we lost Bondi Sands, Zimmermann, Four Pillars

Global conglomerates paid billions of dollars for Australian brands this year – and some experts believe Aje, Smiggle, Peter Alexander could be next.

  • Jessica Yun

What it’s really like to stage a mega-fashion show in Paris

Weeks after Zimmermann became Australia’s first fashion unicorn, creative director Nicky took us behind the scenes to see what it really takes to get runway-ready.

  • Dave Tacon
Kim Kardashian in her new bra “with a built-in nipple”.

In an era of Barbie pink and nipple bras, one trend keeps me sane

2023 in fashion: the highs, the lows and an obscenely expensive man bag.

  • Marion Hume
Venroy dress, $200. Sea Level Australia “Spinnaker” bandeau, $100, and bikini pants, $60. Basil Bangs umbrellas, $199 each, and deck chairs, $389 each. Oliver James inflatable ring, $1200.

How the European summer aesthetic has infiltrated Australian fashion

Bold reds, cabana prints and swimwear-inspired bodysuits reveal an outbreak of Italian exuberance among local designers.

  • Damien Woolnough