Galliano kids? ITALY: High-end designer John Galliano has teamed with Italian street brand Diesel to design a children's collection.

AUCKLAND:New Zealand designer Kate Sylvester has crossed over to the dark, tall and slightly dishevelled side.

MELBOURNE: Wool marketing specialist The Merino Company (TMC) is to acquire New Zealand company Levana Textiles from parent Hellaby Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

High-end womenswear designer Nina Maya has cracked the international market.

"There will be a lot of people asking 'what was I thinking?!' in a couple of months."

It's taken Jacqui Major twenty years, three retail closures and a "relentless" landlord to finally hit the small business jackpot.

A fundraising gala featuring the work of Alex Perry, Peter Morrissey and Wayne Cooper has raised $28 000 for The Leukaemia Foundation.

Queensland's latest designer shopping destination has capitalised on the state's lucrative resources boom.

Australia's king of cotton jersey will play the role of guest speaker at Ragtrader TNT's Fashion Retailer of the Year Awards 2007.

MELBOURNE: Falling prices for clothing and footwear over the last five years signal downward pressure on local manufacturers of mid-market fashion, a new report has found.

SYDNEY: The future of Rosemount Australian Trans-seasonal Fashion Week (RAFW) looks uncertain following a lacklustre response from buyers and designers.

NATIONAL: Australia Post has unveiled a new-look retail staff uniform designed by Carla Zampatti.

Allowing a designer to broaden their appeal and customer base, collaborations with multi-national non-design companies give the consumer a greater opportunity to understand both the designer and mass market company. Samantha Docherty reports.

In recent months the McEldowney House of Porter has been one of relatively low stress.

NATIONAL:Industry leaders have called for a sweeping review of the textile, clothing and footwear sector in the lead up to the Australian Federal election.

Adding a bit of sass An equal measure of sass, style and suave were on display when more than 400 guests piled into a disused warehouse in Sydney's Alexandria to help sass & bide celebrate the launch of their eyewear collection.