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Australian Fashion Week

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Models walk the runway at Australian Fashion Week 2026, displaying a striking juxtaposition of deconstructed avant-garde clothing and high-glamour evening wear under dramatic lighting.
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Australian Fashion Week 2026 Unveils Deconstructed Forms and Resurgent Glamour

At Australian Fashion Week 2026, designers like Alix Higgins presented polo shirts cut in half to form bottomwear, a radical embrace of deconstruction and individual expression, according to The Guard

Theo Ashford·May 19, 2026
Models showcase understated summer hair and makeup trends with gold-brushed eyes and side-parted hair on the runway at Australian Fashion Week 2026.
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AFW 2026 Reveals Understated Summer Hair and Makeup Trends

At the Sydney Opera House, Beare Park unfurled a grand spectacle for Australian Fashion Week 2026.

Theo Ashford·May 12, 2026