#Fashion
From zero to 90 stores: Sabbi fashion’s hard-won lessons
Australian fashion entrepreneurs detail expensive mistakes, meltdowns, and breakthroughs on path to international success.
New report reveals Australia’s most (and least) ethical fashion brands
The fashion industry has been put under the microscope once again by new research into its environmental sustainability and workplace conditions.
The Iconic nabs new CEO
Retail veteran joins online retailer.
First fintech, now fashion: online retail marketplace MyDeal continues to diversify
Fresh from entering the fintech game, with the launch of SME e-tailer loans in partnership with Prospa, ecommerce company MyDeal has continued to diversify its offering, with the soft launch of an online fashion marketplace. Built with the technology underpinning MyDeal Marketplace, MyWardrobe went live this week with over 5000 men and women’s products, including […]
Stashd CEO Jessica Wilson on what she gained from EY’s Accelerating Entrepreneurs program
Jessica Wilson, the CEO of fashion app Stashd, was one of two dozen start-up founders from the Asia Pacific to receive support from EY to accelerate their business growth plans. Last month, she attended a strategic growth forum in Rome as part of EY’s 2017 Asia-Pacific Accelerating Entrepreneurs program, which provided participants with mentoring, coaching […]
Bohemian fashion brand crowned the 2016 Telstra Australian business of the year
Bohemian fashion label, Spell and The Gypsy Collective, was named Telstra’s Australian Business of the Year at a ceremony at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel on Monday night. The Byron Bay business also won the 2016 Telstra Australian Small Business Award. It took home the same honours at the Telstra NSW Business Awards, last month. Founded six years […]
Karen Gee: Fashioning success and inspiring entrepreneurs
A mother of five and former Mrs Australia Globe, Karen has made a name for herself as not only a successful entrepreneur, taking her self-titled fashion label to towering success in just two short years, but as a philanthropist aiming to instill the drive in others to reach the business success they so desire.
Miss Holly: Social media drives online fashion
Friends since their early teens, the two future entrepreneurs talked constantly about making a business. It was a dream. It became a reality.
Farming got oh-so-fashionable
There’s change afoot. No longer is farming and farm culture seen by city dwellers as the work of yokels; in fact, it has become the height of fashion.
Fashion and wildlife conservation form unlikely pair
A Japanese fashion label is using big cats in zoos to create designer jeans – the proceeds of which go towards wildlife conservation.
Beach to boom: Fashion entrepreneur taking it global
At a time when even major fashion labels are struggling, Sandradee Makejev has taken her burgeoning retail business – St Frock – to enviable heights, with turnover growing by 2400 per cent between February and December 2013.
Curtains on fashion week, and bloggers rule
At Mercedes Benz Fashion Week this past week, the designers were nervous, the models thin, and the lights bright.
Fashion and success: Leona Edmiston
Leona Edmiston is one of Australia’s most iconic fashion designers, and the label baring her name has grown to become a stalwart on the retail scene.
How to dress for business success
In the business context, you really are what you wear. A lack of attention to your attire can give off the feeling that you just don’t care or are ill-suited to a particular role.
The entrepreneur taking a casual approach to fashion
After a decade growing and perfecting her eponymous fashion label, Mela Purdie is launching a new line of beach and after-five wear for women on-the-go.
Dan Murray of Sly Underwear gets down to business
Gold Coast entrepreneur Dan Murray was just 17 when he started Sly Underwear. He tells how the burgeoning business came together with a little help from his friends.
Flight Centre abandons the CV – asks job applicants for Twitter/LinkedIn details
Flight Centre is asking job seekers to submit LinkedIn, Blog and Twitter details – rather than traditional resumes/CVs when applying for jobs, despite a survey out today revealing 60 percent of job seekers don’t use social media to find employment.
Uniforms boost brand, culture and employee satisfaction
Uniforms benefit culture, brand and employee satisfaction as well as performance, according to the views of a panel of contributors to ‘Fashion Fit for Business 2010’.
Fashonista Nicole Richie a smash hit at MidCity relaunch
Importing celebrity fashionista Nicole Richie has proven to be a winning strategy for MidCity as the Pitt St retail hub re-opened after a multi-million dollar refit.
Fashion duo win on International Womens Day
Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, co-founders and co-directors of sass & bide, were announced as the Australian winners of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2010. The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award began in France in 1972 to commemorate Madame Clicquot, and to honour women who possess her qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership, […]
Collette Dinnigan’s flair for fashion
Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer One of Australia’s most successful fashion designers, Collette Dinnigan has dressed everyone from homegrown talent to Hollywood stars. The fashion designer’s accolades include the 1997 Louis Vuitton Business Award and Australian ‘Designer of the Year’ in 1996. Recently celebrating her 10th fashion show in Paris, Dinnigan has shown that style combined […]