Cutting-edge lifestyle retailer Orson & Blake is set to venture into the private label arena, with a womenswear line launching to industry buyers later this month.

Much has been written about Grant Pearce since his appointment as Lmff creative director. But how did they join forces? Assia Benmedjdoub gets the scoop.

The local operator of Acne Studios has claimed a 38 per cent increase in trade in what he describes as a “pretty awful” retail market.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand-based knitwear label Sabatini has added a woven component into its collection stable, expanding its summer range for 2011.

Ragtrader asks legal experts Savannah Hardingham and Jonathan Feder to compile a report into copyright issues facing Melbourne designers.

She’s a fresh graduate. He’s an established designer. Assia Benmedjdoub moderates an interview between Melburnians Laura Wade and Arthur Galan.

She is the vital link between fashion brands and the minds of Melbourne consumers.

With the growth of e-commerce, in-store visual merchandising has never been more important.

She’s a fresh graduate. He’s an established designer.

Designer Linda Bergskas will take her bohemian womenswear label back to her birthplace this year when she hits the catwalk at Oslo Fashion Week.

The final nail has been hammered into the coffin of Consolidated Capital Investments (CCI), formerly at the helm of one of the most influential wholesale groups in Australia.

Covers has entered voluntary liquidation after creditors of the collapsed fashion business voted on February 7 to wind up the company.

Diva will increase its product fashionability and celebrity endorsements in 2011 as part of efforts to stay on top of the burgeoning fast fashion accessories market.

A jacket by Australian design label Willow received the highest bid in the Fashion to Aid eBay auction, bringing in $936.68.

When Ragtrader magazine gathered a group of retail executives to discuss the growth of multichannel retailing last year, there was a good deal of optimism in the room.

International fashion retailer Esprit claims that a worldwide bid to end the sale of sandblasted product has already taken effect in Australia.