The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The Resort 2022 edition of Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW) will run through June 4 and features 41 in-person and seven digital shows, an increase of 15 shows on the schedule compared to the event’s last run, in 2019.
Luke Sales and Anna Plunkett’s acclaimed Romance was Born label returns to the schedule for the first time since 2018 and will kick off proceedings with their opening night show.
Also returning is Rebecca Vallance, which hasn’t shown at AAFW since 2016 and will also be unveiling a new swimwear line as part of the event.
Alongside the calendar of shows, the official showroom, The Suites, will host 48 brands and a schedule of talks and adjacent events are also planned, including a discussion between designers Nicky and Simone Zimmermann and Vogue Australia editor-in-chief, Edwina McCann.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Korean shopping app Ably, Kenya’s second-hand clothing trade and the EU’s bid to curb forced labour in Chinese cotton.
From Viviano Sue to Soshi Otsuki, a new generation of Tokyo-based designers are preparing to make their international breakthrough.
This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Latin American mall giants, Nigerian craft entrepreneurs and the mixed picture of China’s luxury market.
Resourceful leaders are turning to creative contingency plans in the face of a national energy crisis, crumbling infrastructure, economic stagnation and social unrest.