Ragtrader invites members of the Australian fashion industry to comment on topical issues or events of the day.

03 Dec 2009

The luxury fashion sector endured its fair share of hits during the global financial crisis. But the picture wasn't so grim for fashion leasing providers. Love Me and Leave Me director Simonne Santana believes business is good.

30 Nov 2009

How are consumer fashion magazines using social media platforms such as Twitter to cover your brand? marie claire digital managing editor Viola Wong to take us behind the scenes.

24 Nov 2009

Ashan Winslow takes us inside the Australian Fashion Exchange, approved as the first NSW fashion design and manufacturing business cluster by the state government.

23 Nov 2009

University of Technology (UTS) fashion and textiles student Alyssa Choat offers us an insight into her major project for 2009. The inspiration for her fourth year project? Hair.

18 Nov 2009

What would prompt a fashion designer to walk away from a lucrative business venture? One that boasts a profitable department store presence and a celebrity following to boot? Donny Galella explains.

17 Nov 2009

Online luxury retailer Kath Purkis reveals it's not just designer labels that are dabbling in diffusion lines. The Le Black Book founder takes us inside her latest business venture.

12 Nov 2009

Pattern making expert Lois Hennes argues that good sizing practices start in the classroom.

12 Nov 2009

After 30 years in the Australian wholesale industry, Robert Garland discovers it's the baby boomer consumer that has cash to burn.