September issue
The self-made king of “affordably fabulous” has the retail touch: Sir Philip Green moves about 150 million garments a year through “cheap chic” outlets such as the Topshop chain. He's worth about $7.6 billion and is still working on how his businesses can adjust to a consumer who’s embracing social media.
Features
Christopher Colfer helped British brand Dunhill shape its identity by making men feel right at home.
Self-appointed pundits are launching their own websites full of reports, pictures – and opinions – about style, harnessing the power of the web to challenge the power of fashion mags.
Christian Louboutin knows women's feet so well, he doesn’t need a head for business.
The brothers Loro Piana would climb every mountain for the silkiest baby-goat yarn. It’s the secret to owning the cosiest niche in the world of luxury.
For 30 years, Louis-Antoine Prat has made small grouped collections of French drawings from the 17th to the 19th century.
Somebody has to do it; our legal system demands it. And, like their clients, those who defend the socially undesirable criminal class come in all shades.
An attractive brunette wearing an oyster satin blouse and copper streaks in her hair moves quickly through linoleum-floored, pale green hallways. She stops and enters a large room ...
FrontUp
Eurasian beauty is the new face of Australia – here and abroad. The business of exporting good looks has changed in the past 30 years.
Pedal power is taking the fashion designs of a group of Melbourne refugees places they might not have expected.
Group general manager, apparel,
cosmetics, accessories and
footwear, David Jones.
Sisters add neckties to mum’s classic shirtmaking business.
Forget the aperitif, Vincent Chaperon would like Australia to sit down to dine with vintage champagne.
Innovative ways with the pre-worn are on the rise.
Oliver Stone has taken a modified Gordon Gekko back to Wall Street.
Regulars
Working out what to do with a shower, a wardrobe, can even be the key to future proofing a relationship.
Watches and Switzerland go together like wine and cheese, but head north-east and you’ll find another country with a proud heritage in timepieces.
What do you get when you put a young French movie star together with a legendary Hollywood director, then team them with one of the premier perfumers in the world and an iconic global brand?
Freedom | Tell All | Bereft | Bullfighting:
A Troubled History | The Upside of Irrationality | Well read in 60 seconds
Two long-time residents give us different perspectives on their city.
At last year’s Royal Melbourne Wine Show, the Long Road Shiraz 2008 from the relatively unknown Hilltops region near Young won the Jimmy Watson trophy.
UBS sharebroker, Australian agent for Rapha cycling wear.