Fashion

Irrelevant fashion undoes Fletcher Jones, but famed brand could live on

Georgina Safe In the days when no man was dressed without a hat and women changed for dinner, Fletcher Jones was an emblem of Australian style.

Man drought hits Sydney fashion fest

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Louisa Hearn As designers paraded their latest wares on Sydney's glittering harbourside during the annual Fashion Week show, the Aussie male did not get much of a look in at the crowded catwalk shows.

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Dog-day fashion

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Rick Molinsky How I long for the good old days when male models paraded down catwalks trying their best to sell us on the notion of wearing capes with masks and kilts.

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Zuckerberg inspires anti-fashion movement

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook

Zuckerberg's famously anti-fashion styling has come to symbolise success for a new generation of would-be billionaires.

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Milan and Paris - setting the fashion agenda

James Cameron It can be hard to relate to runway fashion but take note, these fashion houses are carving out the shape and line of your trousers for 2012, whether you like it or not.

The outfitter - fashion's best kept secret

Outfit from Harrolds.

James Cameron Hate shopping? Allergic to fashion and trends? A men's outfitter might be just the solution.

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Fashion fades too fast: Pierre Cardin

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Today's fashion designers change styles much too fast, partly due to twice-yearly collections, making it harder to create couture that lasts for years, says Pierre Cardin.

Morrissey et al stitch up high fashion at a low price

Models in Morrissey's range for Big W.

Kellie Hush Peter Morrissey will return to the catwalk after a six-year hiatus and not one of the 60 outfits on the runway will cost more than $100.

What's the point of fashion week?

Thom Browne's collection.

James Cameron Showing at fashion week is a big investment for a designer. So what's the point in putting out a range of clothes that most men would never wear?

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Fashion police

Mr Big and Carrie.

Kellie Hush Sex and the City's Mr Big, aka Chris Noth, is not fickle about his fashion choices and that includes his watch.

Skirting the issue at fashion week

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Richard Jinman Men in skirts? Richard Jinman spends a day at Australian Fashion Week.

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Fashion's buttoned up for the new cardie kings

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Dylan Welch The cardigan has begun to appear on the back of famous clothes horse David Beckham.

Ask the stylist: snow fashion

Ask the stylist pics supplied10TH AUGUSTMy girlfriends and I are heading to the snowfields for a week, howeverI'm not sure my fluoro green one-piece ski-suit from 1986 still cuts itin the style stakes. What's hip in skiwear these days? Burton jacket, $XX, from Auski - emailed through Burton pants, $XX, fromAuski - emailed through Salomon ski boot, $XX, from Auski - emailedthroughPrada sunglasses, $380, from OPSM

Sophie Hexter What's hip in snow wear these days? Stylist Sophie Hexter ditches her one-piece ski suit.

Fashion Week warms to va-va-voom

Launch of GPO's Spring Fashion Carnival 2008.

Janice Breen Burns Melbourne Spring Fashion Week's first public event appeared to be a cold fizzer.

'Pied Piper of fashion', dead at 71

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Farah Farouque, with agencies Farah Farouque pulls together the colourful threads in the life of a fashion legend.

Jewels return to runway at Milan Fashion Week

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Baubles and bangles have returned to the Milan runway after several seasons locked tightly in the jewellery box.

On the fashion radar: bows

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The oversized bow, once a feature of Madonna's wardrobe, is back in vogue.

Summer fashion heads into the comfort zone

Voyager shirt from David Jones.

Janice Breen Burns Just as women re-embrace the mother of all discomforts - elastic "shapewear" - men's wear opts for comfort.

Real life, after a fashion

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In a virtual world, you get to build yourself from the ground up - clothes included.

Fashion's new power brokers

Dolce and Gabbana frock.

When Dolce and Gabbana positioned bloggers in the front row at their 2010 Spring/Summer show, they signalled the arrival on the scene of a new set of fashion industry power-brokers.