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Three fingers, six fingers, and a prompt: AI meets Australian Fashion Week

Karla Spetic asked AI to generate images for her latest collection and it gave her hands with six fingers, but it also demanded a clarity she did not know she needed. As Australian Fashion Week opens, the industry AI debate is getting specific.

Imogen Hartley8 min read
Gloria Chol in her Melbourne studio, before a rack of printed organza pieces from her Lines of Power collection
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Gloria Chol walked across a country to survive. Now she walks into Australian Fashion Week

The Melbourne designer is about to become the first South Sudanese–owned luxury label on an Australian Fashion Week runway. She tells Imogen Hartley why that matters, and what it took to get there.

Imogen Hartley
A model walks the runway in a floral long dress at a fashion show
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Australian Fashion Week Hits 30 With First Nations On the Front Row

Sydney's 30th Australian Fashion Week opens this week with a record First Nations slate, a debut Vogue Vintage Market and a leaner local line-up reflecting a brutal year for AU labels.

Imogen Hartley