MELBOURNE: Luxury brand Versace has settled back into the Australian retail landscape, launching its first seasonal sale today.

SYDNEY: Fernando Frisoni has joined the Myer stable of Australian designers with his first full womenswear collection.

MELBOURNE: The majority of Mercury Brands shareholders voted in favour of a new name for the company at its general meeting on January 27.

Witchery Holdings Group is moving to establish a “substantial presence” within the Singaporean retail market, with two store openings scheduled for March 2010.

Billy Blue College Of Design is preparing to shake up the national fashion education sector with a branded course covering management, planning and business skills.

There is little goodwill left among burnt suppliers of fashion retailer Cactus Jam after financial records revealed the company may have continued trading whilst insolvent for at least 12 months.

Diva is set to explode onto the international market, with plans to grow from 330 to 4000 stores over the next five years.

Surfwear retailer City Beach Australia has officially launched its online store.

February will see the 20th edition of trade show Fashion Exposed come to life, with organisers more intent than ever to ensure it positively impacts the business of fashion after a tough economic year.

Nobody on Zodzod thought of making clothes or setting up stores to sell them.

Those in the fashion business love nothing more than a good knees-up and a chance to get out and about.

Global apparel giant Hanes is preparing to re-enter the Australian fashion market with an arsenal of European ‘fashion-fitted’ product.

Ethical Clothing Australia has scored three major coups in its bid to make sweatshop labour unfashionable, with womenswear giants Cue, Bardot and Mr K now accredited under its scheme.

Ben Pollitt’s love affair with leather began long before Balenciaga, Celine, Balmain, Hermes and more sent a generous smattering of tanned hide down the runway last June.

Footwear designers will compete fiercely for buyer appeal at the Australian Shoe Fair.

Exactly why it happened no one knows, but when the global financial crisis hit, Sydney-based fabric manufacturer Stretchtex put on the night shift.