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Melbourne Fashion Festival designer award finalists revealed

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Six fashion designers have been named finalists for the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival National Designer Award this year, presented by David Jones. The post Melbourne Fashion Festival designer award finalists revealed appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Fashion old and new walked down the runways at AFW, but will it sell?

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Australian Fashion Week is one of the most influential industry events in the Asia-Pacific region and its runaways have the power to launch careers and cement brands. The Australian fashion industry contributes $27 billion to the country’s domestic economy, $7.2

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From virtual models to marketing, how fashion brands are using AI today

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Artificial intelligence (AI), the metaverse and ChatGPT are creating the biggest buzz so far this year, and it’s no surprise to see the fashion industry catching the wave. The size of AI in the retail market exceeded US$2 billion in 2020 according to Global Market Insight and is expected to grow at more than 30 per cent between 2021 and 2027.

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Designer Ena Pelly on why collaboration is the fashion industry’s “secret sauce”

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Collaboration has long been at the heart of the fashion industry – with creative forces frequently teaming up to design something new and generate further brand heat. Collaborations allow fashion brands to offer a limited-edition and exclusive product offering to their dedicated consumers – with the opportunity to attract some new ones. “It

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How Zalora is tapping into the $311 billion global modest fashion market

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In a celebration of tradition, culture, and style, Zalora , Asia’s leading fashion destination, recently launched its highly anticipated Zaloraya 2024 campaign. In particular, the status of Malaysia and Indonesia as high-growth markets for modest fashion points to a vibrant and thriving landscape,” Lim stressed.

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RAG’s Connor launches plus-sized Australian men’s fashion brand AXL+Co

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To help plus-sized men find good-value fashion, menswear label Connor has launched AXL+Co into the Australian market. Owned by parent company Retail Apparel Group, the company says the launch comes after market research identified a “major gap” in the market for men who consider themselves ‘plus-size’.

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Sisters that slowed down fashion with carbon-neutral footwear brand Twoobs

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The once jet-setting duo spoke to Inside Retail about how different starting a successful retail business was in comparison to launching careers in fashion after experiencing almost instantaneous success with their platform ‘How to Live’, that amassed over 100,000 followers online and the brand they built with that.

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