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When the Cartier exhibition came to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra almost two years ago, Buzz was but one of the 200,770 visitors engrossed in the dazzling jewellery and objects, and the rollcall of impressive women who were customers of the house, including Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, Mexican film star Maria Felix and actress Elizabeth Taylor. → Read More
How can I return to work in style? → Read More
Sometimes it takes a tragedy of monumental proportions to fuel change. The Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh on April 24, 2013, was one such tragedy. The collapse of the shoddy building killed more than 1100 people involved in the manufacturing of fast fashion twice that many were injured. → Read More
Fashion’s year of great gear: from breasts to booming brands Gucci is going great guns under creative director Alessandro Michele. Rather than bringing a full red carpet roundup for the year, herewith the dress that still sticks in (my) mind after countless celebrity turns. Jaimie Alexander opted for this Genny gown at the Golden Globes in January, a bold choice with its shimmering green and… → Read More
The global fightback by Australian brands continues apace. Just a few years ago, most of Buzz’s reporting was centred on gloom-and-doom scenarios, our designers and brands being attacked from all sides by incoming international brands and online retail. Of course, it’s a two-way street and our best are pushing back into the global arena. → Read More
The International Woolmark Prize has become one of the world’s most valuable competitions for emerging designers — not only for the prizemoney of $100,000 and slew of global retail contracts, but also because of the raised profile it brings. → Read More
At times of increasing uncertainty, political and social, it feels comforting to cling to what is known. → Read More
OSCARS 2016 LIVE BLOG: Follow all the glitz and glamour on Hollywood’s big night; from the red-carpet arrivals to the Academy Awards. Michael Bodey (MB) and Glynis Traill-Nash (GTN) are your hosts ... → Read More
In just one year, designer Alessandro Michele has the whole world speaking Gucci’s language. → Read More
Everything was all white on the night at this years Golden Globe awards. → Read More
Belgian designer Raf Simons is leaving French fashion house Christian Dior after 3 ½ years at the helm. → Read More
I AM relishing all things Parisian at present — not Paris itself, alas, where the final leg of the ready-to-wear shows ends today, but in terms of visitors to our shores at least. → Read More
IF fashion is any indication, we are getting fitter by the minute — or at least looking more stylish while trying to. → Read More
THERE was much excitement last year when Francesca Amfitheatrof was named design director of Tiffany & Co. Not only because she was the first woman to hold the role, but because of her very broad background in jewellery design, product design and even perfume creation — plus her involvement in the art world as one of the gang of Young British Artists that included gallerist Jay Jopling and… → Read More
I’M off to a wedding in an exotic location and want something with “local” flair. Any suggestions? → Read More
THE signs were there early at New York Fashion Week, even before the lights went up on the first catwalk show. The fashion editors and buyers were decidedly low-key in their particular brand of chic; the most popular shoes on the front row were flat sandals and trainers — plain, embellished or otherwise — and suddenly towering, tottering heels seemed, well, a little passe. It also allowed a confident… → Read More
IF Buzz is feeling a little askew after 10 days catwalk-watching at New York Fashion Week, then <b>Camilla Franks</b> frankly deserves a lie-down. The Sydney-based designer has spent the past month globetrotting across seven countries including Romania, Turkey and Greece for research on two collections, amassing 13,000 photographs to be dissected and collaged into her signature prints. When we catch… → Read More
FINISHING off a week that flitted from extravagant embellishment to strict austerity, strutted with sporty simplicity and flirted with florals, the Calvin Klein collection was like an intellectual full stop. → Read More
THERE’S a certain irony at play within Australia’s first Brooks Brothers flagship store. → Read More
WHEN <b>Amanda Briskin-Rettig </b>and her partners sold Mimco for a reported $45 million in 2007, she had some time up her sleeve before deciding what to do next. Last year she launched A-esque, a quirky bespoke accessories label created in an atelier in Melbourne. → Read More