NBA Draft: best and worst dressedWhen you spend most of your life in tracksuits and singlets, it can be a big ask to scrub up for a big media call when fame comes knocking. Check out the rookies from this year’s NBA draft who got it right — and those who got it oh so wrong.
Fashion
Haiku for Mickey Rourke
Mickey, Mickey, no. Your lunacy can charm, yes. But you need a shirt. The Go Fug Girls counsel the sartorially unhinged actor.
From Chanel to punk: the history of the Little Black Dress
Coco Chanel is often credited with inventing the little black dress, but its roots go far deeper into a very radical history.
Fashions on the Hill: politics gets gussied up
The Midwinter Press Gallery Ball is Canberra’s night of nights. And as with all red-carpet events worth their salt, it’s now time for us to brutally judge the attendees on their fashion sense.
Greening bikinis: the world’s first recycled nylon swimsuits
On a catwalk somewhere in San Diego, California, models are strutting their stuff in the latest in eco-chic — Eco-Panda’s recycled nylon swimsuits. Hot.
Karl Lagerfeld in quotes
What a card. Chanel’s creative director is oh so quotable: “My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.” Time for a quote-based photo gallery.
Bad bling: the 10 most ridiculous rapper chains
Rappers love their OTT jewelery — and so do we — but sometimes they just go that bit too far…
Fashion turns derelicte: brown bags are the new black
Like aristocrats in the French Revolution, the fashion industry knew it would be first against the wall in the global economic downturn. Mel Campbell looks at dressing for recession.
Even Sarah Brown is on the nose
America and France’s First Ladies upped the glamour stakes in co-ordinated dresses of a similar hue, but Britain’s Sarah Brown opted for a frumpy green checked dress at D-Day remembrance day.
Karl Lagerfeld does not like Moscow
Just because Karl named the collection after the city doesn’t mean he has to like it. After just a day in town he’d already racked up a list of complaints, first up: the men in Moscow aren’t hot enough.
Fashion in a recession
With the fall of fashion house Christian Lacroix, the recession is steering people away from excess and towards heritage brands, says Vogue’s retail editor Emily Zak.
The Fresh Prince’s continuing fashion influence
New Yorkers have been channelling Will Smith’s ’90s-era Fresh Prince of Bel Air with a mix of bright pastels, neons, and loud prints.
Video of the Day: The terrifying world of baby and tween fashion
Leopard print, baby heels and tweens with publicists. It’s all at this expo for baby and tween fashion.
Roll on recession: the fashion industry is ready for you
Last year the boom that began in the 1980s ended with breathtaking rapidity and finality. Luckily, a contingent of people at the heart of fashion have been readying for post-crash style for years…
Versace CEO likely to be fired over handbag spat
Gianni Versace’s board is set to decide the fate of CEO Giancarlo Di Risio, who has been in conflict with Donatella Versace since the two clashed over handbags in February.
Anna Wintour, inspiration for Devil Wears Prada, on Vogue
The most powerful woman in fashion chats with 60 Minutes. Peaches and cream with a touch of arsenic?
Cannes: the last refuge of interesting fashion?
The Oscars represent safe fashion. But Cannes is a trip abroad to broaden fashion horizons, writes Jessica Michault.
Eurovision fashion: fairytales and Les Mis
From Norway to Iceland, Eurovision’s costumes, as ever, were more interesting than the singing.
Wintour discusses state of fashion magazines
Vogue editor Anna Wintour gives a rare interview where she hints at her future, reiterates that she will continue to promote fur and talks of her love for women in politics.
Fashion memo from Eurovision
Susanne Georgi, the Andorran entry, is dressed like a Disney Princess. And then there’s Radoslav “Gypsy” Banga, ringmaster of the Circus of the Superheroes.
Photoshopping gone bad
What happens when editorial fashion shoots get carelessly cut out and stuck onto the cover of the magazine? Nothing pretty.
GFC hits Fashion Week
Organisers say this year’s Australian Fashion Week is “15% smaller than last year” (how did they even arrive at that figure?) due to the GFC.
Paul Keating struts up to Fashion Week
Want to know what Paul Keating wore to the opening of Fashion Week? Of course you do. News.com.au has an extensive report.
A new spin on ‘mobile art’, care of Prada
The Prada Transformer, fashion’s latest starchitect-designed metamorphic space, opens in Seoul, South Korea, this month.
