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The Business of Fashion

As Melbourne warms up for this year’s Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival, all eyes may well be on the runway, but behind the scenes there’s a...

Design for Change – Entries Open!

Designers – do you want to make a positive, lasting difference in the world? If you’ve got a big design idea and need some assistance...

Brighter Futures

Don’t you love that wired feeling you get from learning something new? A group of women in Nepal are sharing that kind of lightbulb moment...

Waste Deep

What happens to the discarded plastic that gets into our oceans and waterways? And why, as a nation, are we wasting such huge volumes of food...

Seasonal Harvest Sessions

Stanthorpe’s annual Apple and Grape Harvest Festival is celebrating the new addition of a Seasonal Harvest program, including tours, dinners and appreciation sessions in 2014. Seasonal...

History Repeats Itself

As Coco Chanel once said, ‘Imitation is the highest form of flattery’, and you don’t have to delve too deep into history to see that...

Red Carpet, Green Tux

The 86th Academy Awards will hit our screens here in Australia on Monday morning, and naturally all eyes will be drawn to the red carpet!...

A Song for Orangutans

Music can be a powerful tool for bringing us together and, in this case, raising awareness about important issues like the destruction of orangutan habitats...

One-Stop Swap Shop

You know those clothes that are sitting forlornly in your wardrobe just waiting to be worn again? It’s time to set them free and give...

Art from E-Waste

It’s no secret that e-waste is a growing problem for our global community, but much of the environmental and social damage wrought by disused technology...

Vivienne Westwood x ASOS

Sustainable fashion advocate and all-round design guru Vivienne Westwood has developed a range of ethically produced bags for online retail giant ASOS. Made in Nairobi...

The New Faces of Karen Walker

The undisputed queen of statement sunglasses, New Zealand-born designer Karen Walker is shining a spotlight on Kenyan craftspeople for her new collection, Visible. Not...

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