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Plus-size fashion was in the spotlight at Fashion Week. What comes next?

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Sparkling silhouettes, feminine prints on masculine shapes, chic shapes with plenty of thigh – all made their way down the first ever plus size runway at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week last Thursday. This was the first show in Australian Fashion Week’s 26-year history to feature a line-up of models sized between 12 and 24.

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Neri&Hu creates "wooden hut" and "cave-dwelling" interiors for Shanghai stores

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Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed two retail spaces for Shanghai fabric and fashion company Jisifang, using wood and concrete to evoke "a more primitive state of being". In contrast, Neri&Hu created a cave-like shelter made of concrete for the 200-square-metre Woven Moonlight. The photography is by Pedro Pegenaute.

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Bassike opens luxury Melbourne flagship

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Bassike has opened a Melbourne flagship in the suburb of Armadale, a 170sqm space the fashion brand describes as “urban inspired”. The style is a contrast to the brand’s Sydney stores which are designed to convey more of a coastal feel. “It Bassike sells womenswear, menswear, denim, shoes and accessories made in Australia.

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Halleroed references Swedish Grace and Carlo Scarpa for Totême flagship store

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Stockholm studio Halleroed has designed fashion brand Totême's flagship store in London , which features a sculpture by artist Carl Milles and a steel sofa by designer Marc Newson. Also the work of Carlo Scarpa we find interesting, more as a mindset on how to work with details and textures to create a subtle elegance and luxury."

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FOG Architecture adds playful tailoring motifs to Xiaozhuo boutique in Shanghai

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Chinese architecture studio FOG Architecture has completed a shop for local fashion boutique Xiaozhuo on Julu Road in central Shanghai that features oversized buttons and zippers. The front space not only serves as the connection between the shop and the street, but also creates an experimental space that allows contrasting events happen."

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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

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Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. Throughout the space, soft textures are found in leather seating and wool carpets, while modular shelving units build a sense of discovery and play," Bottega Veneta said.

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WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN store in Chicago

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A variety of monolithic furniture pieces direct the flow of movement around this fashion boutique in Chicago, designed by South Korean studio WGNB. Micro-cement plaster paints are used to contrast the metal, adding a rougher texture against the smooth surfaces. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.