Fashion

Martin Grant is probably the most successful Australian fashion designer you’ve never heard of – a retrospective at the NGV is about to change that.

What was hoped to be a new wave of body positivity on the catwalks of the world’s fashion capitals is being swamped by a tide of Ozempic.

The vast bulk of Australian wool exports are unprocessed, but Tasmania’s restored Waverley Mills points to a future for high-quality, sustainable domestic manufacturing.

Australians are the world’s biggest consumers of fast fashion, a trend that’s not only harming the planet but that could also prove catastrophic for the domestic fashion industry.

Inspired by her grandmother’s craft circles and underground feminist punk, designer Ruby Pedder’s creations are soft but with a jagged edge.

The natural world and the creation of life inspire the inventive work of Dutch designer Iris van Herpen, whose works have travelled from Paris for a new show at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.

Australian designer Margie Woods is as committed to locally produced – and exquisitely cut – clothes as she was 20 years ago when she launched Viktoria & Woods.

Susan Dimasi’s designs reflect her philosophy that fashion for professional women should be beautiful, functional and good for mental health.

Jordan Gogos has parlayed a career in furniture design into becoming one of Australia’s most creative and talented new fashion designers in decades.

After 30 years, Akira Isogawa is sorting through a body of work that changed Australian fashion, placing hundreds of pieces with major museums.