Fashion
The Fashion Law
16/8/18
‘The Department of Homeland Security seized counterfeit handbags and other accessories that would have a value of $500 million – if authentic and sold at retail – at ports in New York and New Jersey, as well as in Los Angeles, as part of a sophisticated and elaborate scheme.’
Business of Fashion
Mark Oaten and Nancy Daigneault, 17/8/18
‘Not only is real fur continuing to make a strong showing on the catwalks, but it is also sustainable, argue Mark Oaten and Nancy Daigneault.’
Business of Fashion
What Fashion Must Learn from Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone
John Thorbeck, 18/8/18
‘Fashion’s future is a long going out of business sale, unless it turns itself upside down, argues John Thorbeck.’
Beauty
ABC Four Corners
13/8/16
‘Welcome to the new world of enhanced “beauty” where there’s nothing natural about the faces and bodies created by cosmetic procedures. Fuelled by social media influencers on Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, cosmetic surgery has entered the mainstream.’
Health
ABC News
Central Coast body modifier charged over death of woman with plastic snowflake implant
13/8/18
A man has been arrested over the death of a woman after he allegedly implanted a plastic snowflake under her skin at a New South Wales Central Coast tattoo shop.
Gender
Workplace Gender Equality Agency
National gender pay gap lowest in 20 years
16/8/18
‘The national gender pay gap has reached its lowest level in 20 years at 14.6%. So, this year, Equal Pay Day will be on Friday 31 August, marking the 62 additional days from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same pay as men.’
