NATIONAL: The Australian Labor Party (ALP)'s recent pledge to support outworker protection scheme the Homeworker's Code of Practice (HCP) has ignited renewed discord over TCF industrial relations.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A Dubai-based investment company has announced plans to develop what it claims will be the world's biggest shopping mall in the desert of Dubai.

MELBOURNE: Lisa Gorman's witty, wearable and contemporary clothing seems to promise an unencumbered lifestyle to all who wear it.

If Hannah MacLeod's debut womenswear collection has that certain whiff of je ne sais quoi, then it's with good reason.

SYDNEY: Wholesale brand International Fashion Group (IFG) is seeking to bring an American touch to Australian tush.

SYDNEY: The ownership of Australian street and surfwear brand Mambo could be heading offshore after several domestic apparel groups thumbed their nose at acquiring the label.

COMFORT STOP: Victorian shirting retailer MCM Studio has launched a new made to measure bespoke tailoring arm.

MELBOURNE: Victor Rondi is one of the few blokes in Australia who want to see women wear the pants.

Under normal circumstances, celebrity fashion endorsements are considered pretty run of the mill in the Australian ragtrade.

SWEET SUCCESS: An appearance at a Parisian trade show has led to added global success for Gold Coast-based lingerie label Sally Jones.

SYDNEY: Sam Wagner is not one to do anything by halves.

BRISBANE: It's fair to assume that an OlymBut knowing what he needs in the swimming pool and actually producing it are two very different things, as he and his partner Nikki Giteau are discovering.

SYDNEY: Fashion group Dome Exchange has signalled its intention to bolster its surfwear offerings through the purchase of fledging womenswear brand Startlet.

Its target consumer might be below the age of twenty-five but Australian retailer Supre is still fond of a little heritage.

SYDNEY: Even given today's global market it's gratifying to think that a sumptuously designed, high-end label from Japan should make its debut in Australia.

Austrade Greece fashion business development manager Ioanna Gouvatsou offers aspiring exporters a lowdown on the Greek TCF market.