Fashion weeks' proposal MILAN: The organisers of New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks have done a deal guaranteeing New York a later start and London a five-day schedule.

After more than 40 years spent sourcing clothes for some of Australia's most fashionable women buyer Maria Finlay is hanging up her chequebook.

SYDNEY: Fast fashion wholesale label Minkpink has joined the fold of one of the world's largest department stores.

MELBOURNE: The issue of outworker exploitation has re-ignited following reports of a possible jail term for contempt of court for the owner of a liquidated Melbourne company.

"They don't sell it in my size. . . and I'm not talking about my stomach size."

Wholesale group Pacific Brands has unveiled a series of enhancements to its services for independent retailers.

NATIONAL: The latest attempt to revive the floundering autumn/winter instalment of Rosemount Australian Fashion Week (RAFW) has already drawn criticism from industry.

SYDNEY: Popular womenswear brands Studibaker and Smith and Miles have been sold to a New South Wales fashion house for an undisclosed sum.

SYDNEY: Multi-brand retailer SX is planning to shake up what its sees as the monopoly currently dominating Australia's eyewear industry.

Ben Pollitt has been hailed as the new poster child for Australian wool. Assia Benmedjdoub caught up with the Friedrich Gray designer before he set off for a night (or several) in Paris.

Before the heady, halcyon days of Flinders Lane in the '60s and '70s drift into dodgy memory, I want to recall a name: Ralph Dahan.

More than 8000 dedicated followers of fashion put down their tools for three days to pay homage at one of the biggest events on the Australian fashion business calendar, Fashion Exposed. Ragtrader went along to see what all the hype was about.

Newcastle is known for its "first class" beaches. It's unsurprising then, that many of its fashion students have gone on to work for one of Australia's most successful swimwear brands. Assia Benmedjdoub reports.

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Keeping an eye on costs is a daily job of every fashion business owner, but is your inventory costing more than you think? Matthew Nolan lifts the lid on the hidden costs you're paying on inventory.

For those who think they've got the streetwear business licked, Chocolate City knows different, as Belinda Smart reports.