Today
Ties are making a comeback. Just not for the office
As ties disappear from formal occasions, they’re turning up again in casual dressing.
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- Benjamen Judd
‘It’s about remembering aromas’: how Chanel’s ‘nose’ makes perfume
Chanel makes some of the world’s most desirable fragrances. Olivier Polge brings them to life.
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- Stephen Todd
Yesterday
Why Fashion Week is still important
Its star power dimmed, the week that used to be about celebrating Australian fashion is now a carefully calibrated exercise about return on investment.
- Lauren Sams
The interior designer who swears by secondhand fashion
Shona McElroy loves measuring things, having Veuve to serve, and Buddha’s hand
- Lauren Sams
This Month
Cult tailor Patrick Johnson opens stupendous new Sydney showroom
Ballroom blitz: A grand building, and a touch of dirty pink, has resulted in a suitably spiffy new CBD space.
- Benjamen Judd
Why women should stop cutting their hair short in midlife
At Monday night’s Met Gala in New York, the already long-haired Demi Moore, 61, fabulously threw out the midlife beauty rulebook. Here’s how you can do it, too.
- Sonia Haria
This week’s pick of luxuries: foiling surfboards to fancy chandeliers
For the sporty type to the redecorator or wardrobe refresher, we have inspired suggestions for you.
- Eugenie Kelly
How TikTok changed fashion
Trends in what people wear, whether hemlines, colours or the way they think about and shop for clothes, no longer begin with designers or even influencers.
- Rachel Tashjian
The 20-year-old brand making its fashion week debut
The woman behind Melbourne born-and-bred cool girl label Viktoria & Woods says it’s finally time to reach a wider audience.
- Lauren Sams
Billionaire Pratt leads Aussie charge at garden-themed Met Gala
A high-profile annual event, the Met Gala is a benefit for the New York museum and marks the opening of its Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit.
- Ben Kellerman
How fashionable is your kitchen?
Designers are harnessing fashion principles to give cookware a stylish makeover.
- Lauren Sams
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Fashion is a way to stand out. But sometimes camouflage is better
I was diagnosed with stage one hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in December. It’s the good kind, as these things go.
- Lauren Sams
This week’s edit of lovely luxuries for Mother’s Day
From active mums to working mums and even sleep-deprived mums, we have inspired gift ideas for the maternal figure in your life right here.
- Eugenie Kelly
How did $1370 knickers become the world’s third-hottest fashion item?
Miu Miu’s unlikely nylon briefs are a highly coveted piece of clothing right now. A closer look at the brand’s strategies shows why that’s not so surprising.
- Laura Craik
British designer Zandra Rhodes pays homage to Australia
The woman who dressed Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Princess Diana is giving back to the country she fell for 53 years ago.
- Lauren Sams
The style I stole from my mum
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Life & Leisure quizzed three duos on how they found their personal look.
- Lauren Sams
TikTok and cost-of-living crisis reignite a mega ’80s style trend
Just because you like a colour, doesn’t mean it likes you. Yes, “getting your colours done” is the new fashion hack for buying smart, not more.
- Lauren Sams
April
The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg
The robotic nerd depicted in The Social Network has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. What’s going on?
- Vanessa Friedman
This week’s pick of lovely luxuries: beaded dresses and a cult bag
Natural materials are turned into beautiful pieces, from a hand-loomed bag and a tactile coffee table to original art on cotton.
- Eugenie Kelly
Retirement made me feel invisible – so I became a male model
A newfound career after my work life ended has given me purpose and made me feel good about myself. It’s nothing like I would have imagined.
- Anthony Clark Hurd
