Overheard

"[Retailers] still want to pay $33,000 for an assistant manager at a centre such as Highpoint or Knox and even in the city it's just too low."

Melbourne Frontline franchisee Sarah Vockler outlines the injustice of retail salaries in the Victorian capital as opposed to other states.

"It's important to give the opportunity of being ethical to new market entrants so they can adopt those principles from the ground up."
Fairwear campaign co-ordinator Liz Thompson dons her rose-tinted glasses in an attempt to encourage more designers to sign up to the Homeworkers Code of Practice.

The organisers there look after the buyers - in particular the Australian buyers - so beautifully. . .I really think Australian Fashion Week has a lot to learn in that regard."
Retailer Di Elsom of Vreelands lays bare her feelings about the differences between New Zealand and Australian fashion weeks.

"Trans-seasonal Fashion Week has strangely developed a reputation without even having the chance to earn one."
maleorederonly.com founder (and Prime Minster in the making) Hareth Tayem shows off his diplomacy skills just in time for the federal election. Your views on education and public health, sir? Iraq? Trade-unionism? Global warming?