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How fashion turned the tennis court into a runway

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The 2024 Australian Open is gearing up to serve a fashion-forward Grand Slam by partnering with sportswear giants, high-fashion brands and luxury labels. Fashion is betting on the talent, fans and viewership of tennis to create brand awareness and generate sales. Tennis gives brands the freedom to design without limits.

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Shein inks deal to design, distribute Forever 21 apparel line

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Online fashion retailer Shein has signed a strategic agreement with brand development platform Authentic Brands Group to design, manufacture and distribute a line of Forever 21 products. The line is said to leverage Shein’s on-demand production model, which helps reduce inventory waste.

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Fashion label Nique enters voluntary administration

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Australian fashion label Nique has entered voluntary administration, becoming the latest high-street brand to falter in a tumultuous economic environment. The 26-year-old label, best known for its minimal black and white designs and earth-tone apparel, on Wednesday appointed Justin Howlett of SMB Advisory as administrator.

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Why Shona Joy is filling in the missing piece of the circular fashion puzzle

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The term “circular fashion” serves as both a challenge to the fashion industry’s traditional model of take-make-waste and a solution to its environmental impact. billion units of new clothing each year, more than half of which end up in landfills, according to the Seamless Scheme Design Report.

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Avant-garde Aussie designer Jordan Gogos on the real purpose of fashion

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He has earned a reputation as an artist and fashion designer while dancing between the categories of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary – but Gogos is more focused on creating solutions than defining his title. No, actually design, real design is born out of solving a need,” he added.

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Fashion label Nique enters voluntary administration

Inside Retail

Australian fashion label Nique has entered voluntary administration, becoming the latest high-street brand to falter in a tumultuous economic environment. The 26-year-old label, best known for its minimal black and white designs and earth-tone apparel, on Wednesday appointed Justin Howlett of SMB Advisory as administrator.

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As France weighs fast-fashion ban, is the circular economy the future of retail?

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This week, France announced legislation to “limit the excesses of ultra-fast fashion”. With fast fashion off the table for many, shoppers – and retail brands – are getting creative like locally owned, fashion re-sell business, a new favourite of mine, Love it Longer, on leafy Rathdowne Street in Carlton North, Victoria.

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