Fashion Archives : Alexandra Spring

‘Precious works of art’ Akira Isogawa celebrated in retrospective

Alexandra Spring — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:26:46 +0000

A major new exhibition showcases the 25-year career and creativity of the talented Australian designer

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‘Discrimination in a different form#8217; Doubts dog advertising guidelines on body image

Alexandra Spring — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 04:05:21 +0000

An Australian advertisers’ group wants to curb portrayals of ‘unrealistic or unattainable’ shapes. But critics fear the new code will have limited impact

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Cate the Great: Cate Blanchett on Australia, elf ears and doing the school run

Alexandra Spring — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 08:08:51 +0000

When Cate Blanchett picked up her second Oscar last March for her coruscating performance as the fallen Wall Street wife in Blue Jasmine, she deservedly joined that small and august club of the world’s best actresses. But there is more to her than a rare professional skill: not least her beauty, which in person is […]

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Who’s that girl Olivia Palermo on style and social media

Alexandra Spring — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:07:49 +0000

She can’t act. She can’t sing. She’s not tall enough to be a catwalk model. But Olivia Palermo is a style icon for women around the globe. How Truman Capote would have loved Olivia Palermo. The Breakfast at Tiffany’s author and arch New York society commentator would have adored her recent Greek vacation with fashion designer Valentino, […]

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Women in Uniform: learning to dress in the fashion world

Alexandra Spring — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:53:57 +0000

How a disastrous fashion faux pas sparked my journey of sartorial discovery I blame the blue angora jumper. It looked so perfect in the store. I’d landed my dream job, writing for a top fashion magazine and I needed a new outfit for my first team meeting with my new colleagues. These were the women […]

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A Fashionable Read: Louis Vuitton

Alexandra Spring — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:27:50 +0000

Oh, the delicious irony of history. In March this year, the Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs exhibition opened at Paris’s Les Arts Décoratifs, formerly part of Palais du Louvre, a mere five-minute walk from rue Saint-Honoré where, in 1837, a 16-year-old Louis Vuitton began his apprenticeship with Romain Maréchal, a master trunk maker and packer. He […]

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