A new year often brings with it a desire to changes jobs and/or careers. Chase Recruitment attempts to define the market value of those already working - or looking to work - across all fronts of the competitive fashion field.

Dangerous threads Regular readers may remember a previous column in which I waxed sarcastic about disposable fashion of a particular kind.

Do you remember what it was like before we had email, voicemail, hotmail, faxmail, mobilemail and the rest? We actually had time to think, writes Stuart Gibson.

Recent moves in the international fashion community to address the issue of eating disorders have triggered a contentious debate in Australia, as Belinda Smart reports.

It was comparable to watching a toddler take his first, triumphant steps.

NATIONAL: The Australian menswear market is set for a dramatic reshuffle following the creation of a new retail powerhouse.

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 Geraldine Saad, sales and marketing manager at Studibaker.

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Leeton, NSW Debbie Dickinson reckons city folk just don't know how to dress their country counterparts.

HOBART: The Textile Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) will go cap in hand to both the Federal and State Governments in an attempt to secure additional funding for displaced workers at Tasmania's Blundstone factory.

Georgina Sutton has long been known to have the classic touch.

SYDNEY: Australia's Princess Mary may have won over Danish hearts with her sense of style but now Scandinavian designer Malene Birger is set to return the favour.

NATIONAL: Australian designers can expect to take two bites out of the Big Apple this coming fashion season.

NATIONAL: Middle market apparel and footwear retailers are set to feel the full brunt of weaker consumer spending this year, industry commentators have warned.

In spite of their international success, Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton are proving that home is where the heart is.

SYDNEY: Specialty Fashion Group (SFG) looks set to dominate the plus-size womenswear sector following its acquisition of retail business Chain Reaction.