Many an exhibiting brand has been discovered by eagle eyed buyers at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week.

Every edition Ragtrader catches up with a previously featured label to discover how the business has evolved. Here Belinda Smart talks to Danny Guest, managing director of Melbourne based womenswear brand Blue Illusion.

These days fashion retailers have to find good, solid arguments to persuade customers to fork out their money.

NATIONAL: Fijian textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) manufacturers are fearful political unrest in the region could impact ties with Australian fashion businesses.

The former owners of collapsed fashion house Monti claim their downfall was as a direct result of the company's success.

The chief executive of Melbourne fashion group PAS has been accused of offering questionable evidence as a result of a statutory declaration made at a trademark hearing dispute in Sydney.

I don't think we really have one fashion capital in Australia because so many cities represent different things to different people.

SYDNEY: Australian Fashion Exchange (AFX) is the first textile, clothing and footwear player to secure funding under a new government program aimed at supporting business clusters.

SYDNEY: Department store Myer will reveal its inner workings at an upcoming industry conference.

MELBOURNE: The chief bean counter at troubled apparel group Pacific Brands has handed in his notice.

MELBOURNE: The evolution of women's knitwear brand Meredith is almost complete.

NATIONAL: Pacific Brands has strongly denied allegations it had treated its New Zealand workers as "second class citizens".

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand union officials have cried foul over Pacific Brands' approach to redundancies in the market.

AUCKLAND: An auction of vintage apparel spanning more than four decades has gone under the hammer in Auckland.

SYDNEY: Licensed merchandise group Cooper Sports has won the pitch to handle the Australian roll out of a new range of clothing by soccer's world governing body FIFA.

NATIONAL: Retail stores will soon no longer bear his name, but that hasn't stopped Peter Morrissey from sampling other fashion ventures.