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Models welcome a new wave of maturity on Australian fashion week runways

Though other measures of runway diversity, such as size, are backsliding, older women have never been more visible in fashion

The Guardian - AU · May 13

All The Celebrities Serving Up Looks At Australian Fashion Week 2026

Australian Fashion Week 2026 has officially kicked off with a bunch of celebrities serving their best and most innovative looks.

Pedestrian.tv · May 12

Chalmers delivers 2026 budget speech – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · May 12

Carla Zampatti runway launches new look Fashion Week

A collection from the Carla Zampatti label marks the start of Australian Fashion Week.

AAP · May 12, 2025

Who’s out of touch? The tabloid obsession over what the treasurer’s ‘missus’ wore on budget night

Laura Chalmers’ outfit prompted some to brand her husband ‘out of touch’ – but others pointed to sexism in the coverage. Plus: more brickbats as Walkleys drop Ampol

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2024

Iconic designer's label back on fashion week runway

The Carla Zampatti label returns to the Australian Fashion Week runway after a four-year break.

AAP · May 13, 2024

Australian Fashion Laureate awards 2023: Kit X’s Kit Willow warns against ‘crazy’ overconsumption

Winner of sustainable designer prize says ‘we’re consuming and we’re discarding’ but fashion’s demands on resources far outweigh planet’s supply

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2023

Gucci’s dumped creative director Alessandro Michele the latest to go in fashion’s churn cycle

There was surprising news this week from the world of high fashion when Alessandro Michele stepped down from his role as the Creative Director of Gucci. Every Gucci store in the world seems to have long lines of customers queueing to get in, so what on earth were management expecting…

The New Daily · Nov 26, 2022

Carla Zampatti retrospective at the Powerhouse Museum reveres the late fashion designer as a champion for working women

In the first major retrospective of the late Italian-Australian designer, the Powerhouse is taking a look back at the designs that defined an era of women’s fashion.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

Clothes women wanted to wear: a new exhibition explores how Carla Zampatti saw her designs as a tracker of feminism

The late Carla Zampatti is celebrated in a splendid retrospective Zampatti Powerhouse at the Powerhouse Museum. Planned well before the fashion designer’s untimely death last year, the unveiling of her legacy will be bittersweet to her many fans.

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2022