What you might’ve missed in Australian fashion and beauty this week
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WORDS BY IZZY WIGHT
What you need to know.
With so much happening across fashion and beauty in Australia, it’s easy to miss some of the big moments. New collections, industry-changing initiatives, one-off archive sales – each week brings an influx of fresh industry news, and it’s our job at Fashion Journal to be across all of it. This week was especially busy with the launch of PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, introducing a stacked program of over 100 fashion-centric events.
For more fashion news, shoots, articles and features, head to our Fashion section.
Additionally, two of our favourite multi-brand Melbourne stores announced pop-up events, nominations for the National Indigenous Fashion Awards opened for 2024 and Lush Cosmetics released a bath bomb inspired by Jacob Elordi’s bath water, naturally. Scroll on to read the fashion and beauty news you might’ve missed in Australia this week.
eBay announced Dempstah as the winner of its 2024 Circular Fashion Fund
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On February 22, eBay, with support from the Australian Fashion Council, announced Dempstah as the recipient of its 2024 Circular Fashion Fund. Founded by Sydneysider Guy Dempster, Dempstah is a design initiative that works with local and international mills to transform Australian textile waste into spun yarn. As the overall winner, Guy will receive $100,000, while runners-up Rcycl and The Very Good Bra have been awarded $50,000 each to put towards circular business solutions.
Read more here.
PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival kicked off an extended program of runways, workshops and panels
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Back for its 28th year running, the PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival kicked off this week with a plethora of events celebrating fashion, arts and ideas. Running until March 9, the Festival lineup offers a curated selection of premium runways, independent events, panel talks, workshops and more. Stay tuned – as an official media partner of this year’s event, Fashion Journal will be bringing you all the best stories out of PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival over the coming week.
Read more here.
Soup Shop announced its next event, hosted at Saloon Store
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Melbourne pop-up store series Soup Shop is hosting its next edition from March 15 to 17 at an FJ favourite, Saloon Store. As always, the event will offer a curated selection of pre-loved designer pieces, as well as a chef’s special soup to slurp after you shop. Expect pieces from labels like Moschino, Missoni, Comme des Garçons and Prada.
Read more here.
Nominations opened for the National Indigenous Fashion Awards 2024
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This week, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) announced nominations have opened for the annual National Indigenous Fashion Awards (NIFA). Held on Larrika Country every August, NIFA celebrates and pays recognition to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in fashion and textiles. The awards – ranging from the Wearable Art Award to the Business Achievement Award – are sponsored by a host of industry partners, including Country Road, RMIT and Canberra Centre. Nominate yourself or one of your favourite First Nations creatives!
Read more here.
Lush launched a bath bomb inspired by Jacob Elordi’s bathwater
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Remember that bath scene from Saltburn? I know you do. This week, Lush Cosmetics launched its limited-edition ‘Saltbomb’, inspired by none other than Jacob Elordi’s milky bath water. Enriched with soothing minerals and coconut milk powder, it smells like the brand’s best-selling bubble bar Milky Bath but turns your bathwater into a salty, creamy concoction. Stunning.
Get it here.
Trashie x Fashion Journal Clothing Exchange at PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival
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As part of PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne-born fashion initiative Trashie Clothing Exchange is hosting a very special swap, presented by none other than Fashion Journal. Bring your pre-loved garments in to swap ’em from 1pm to 3pm, or join early at 12pm for a panel talk about circular fashion with Izzy Wight, FJ’s Assistant Editor, and Katie and Angie Di Fabrizio, sisters and Trashie Co-Founders.
Get your tickets here.
Error404 announced a new designer market
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Melbourne-based retailer Error404 is hosting its first-ever designer market, running from March 1 to 3. Expect new pieces, samples, one-off items and sale garments on offer, from a curated selection of independent designers.
Read more here.
For more of what’s happening in Australian fashion, head here.
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