Up skilled SYDNEY: Government body Aus Industry has teamed with TCF Australia Business Skills Project to launch a number of workshops during the Sydney installment of trade fair Fashion Exposed.

TCF meet MELBOURNE: Innovation and the environment will be the key theme at the impending Australian TCF Technology Network's annual international conference.

BANGKOK: The defunct Bangkok Fashion City (BFC) project may be given new life, following an approach by the Department of Industrial Promotion.

NATIONAL: Multinational retailer Jeans West is set unveil a strategic rollout which will see it adopt a new direction in denimwear.

A unique new lingerie line is set to offer much-needed support to women with cosmetically enhanced breasts.

SYDNEY: A European brand which has penetrated 30 international markets in just under a decade has set its sights on Australia.

SYDNEY: International label stable Nuovo clearly enjoys all things Mediterranean.

Boutique men's label Material Boy launched in Perth in September-2003. Just four years on and the label has cemented itself as one of Australia's most bold, eclectic and directional men's clothing companies, as Ragtrader reports.

Scottish-extracted husband-to-be, Dog and me frequently drive each other to distraction.

I read with mixed feelings the result of a court case that Louis Vuitton Malletier (LVM) has lost against the owner of Carrara Markets over selling counterfeit Vuitton merchandise.

A romantic encounter Queensland based designers Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson have proved they are hopeless romantics.

It's been 10 years since Trelise Cooper relaunched her eponymous label and the effervescent New Zealand-based designer shows no sign of slowing down yet, as Nicole Currin-Birch reports.

What an traumatic few weeks! It all started with Tarjay's latest designer collaboration.

Assia Benmedjdoub speaks to a former and current fashion design student from the Melbourne School of Fashion about what it takes to win.

Each fortnight Ragtrader touches base with a brand previously profiled in the magazine to see how it has evolved in the intervening years. This week Tracey McEldowney caught up with Amanda McCarthy, director of Leonard St.

Foot first SYDNEY: International footwear company C&Y Pacific, the manufacturer of leather footwear brand Mileno, has been named as the official fashion footwear supplier for the 2008 Australian Olympics.