Ragtrader and Matches talk business

Ragtrader and online fashion retailer Matches are set to talk business.

Ragtrader will return to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia schedule with a thought leadership seminar.

The global speaker lineup will include Matches Fashion buying director Natalie Kingham.

The news comes as organiser IMG announces additional designers to the event, with 65 brands confirmed to take part.

Cynthia Rowley will travel to Sydney to showcase a resort comprised of ready-to-wear, swimwear and her signature wetsuits.

Other designers joining the prestigious lineup include Romance Was Born, which celebrates its tenth consecutive year on schedule, c/meo collective, HAN, and leading Australian stylist Marina Afonina’s new label Albus Lumen.

YUXIN, an emerging Chinese designer, will showcase her first resort Collection in Sydney.

Additionally, Australia-bred New York-based designers Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin of TOME will return home to the Sydney runways.

The Resort Collections at Carriageworks will run from Sunday 15 May 2016 to Friday 20 May 2016.