Multi-national wholesale and retail group Billabong successfully raises $291 million in less than two months after launching a special entitlement offer to shareholders to help reduce debt.

The four-year-old London boutique responsible for introducing Australian labels Zimmermann and Rachel Gilbert into the United Kingdom has launched its own self-titled brand.

Accessories label Coquette Red has made its first step into exporting with participation at upcoming Hong Kong Fashion Week (HKFW).

Seventeen years have now passed since Queen Elizabeth II uttered the immortal words "anus horribilis" to describe what she considered the worst 12-month period of her family life.

The enduring legal battle between Melbourne clothing company Elwood and Cotton On has finally drawn to a close with the retail chain ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in damages. T

Fashion advertisers have been accused of "importing pornography" into the mainstream, following the latest furore over a campaign resembling an amateur porn shoot.

Value department store Kmart's American arm has launched a new website that offers viewers a behind-the-scenes of the brand's design philosophy.

Fashion importer and distributor Busby International has had its lunch and eaten it too.

When Australians don their board shorts, Europeans slip on their winter trenches.

Australian fashion institutions could witness a decline in its lucrative foreign fee-paying market following an increase in racial tension across the country.

Former Pretty Girl Fashion Group chief Jeff Moss has announced his re-entry into the market by purchasing shoe company Funtastic Footwear.

"If resin had an arse, I'd consider it kicked. 400 pieces poured."

"Sometimes we go from famine to feast."

Speedo has responded to market pressures by making a bid to capitalise on the lucrative but cluttered underwear market.

Sportsgirl is thumbing its nose at the financial crisis by opening its biggest ever store that promises to be a feast for the senses.

This year some friends in the government have been found who have indicated their willingness to assist the cause of the small retailer in shopping centres.