2. The Fashion Business
Jeans Genie
Jeans Genie J Brand founder Jeff Rudes wanted to create the perfect pair of jeans. Now, as Marion Hume writes, he is turning the denim brand into a fully fledged fashion label. The Austalian Financial Review | March 2013 Question: What do the queen bee of fashion, the future queen of the realm and the [...]
Diamonds That Are Not Forever
Diamonds That Are Not Forever A mining company produces Australia’s ultimate raw luxury: pink diamonds. Marion Hume visits Jaipur and Antwerp to discover why the fine jewellery world loves Rio Tinto’s rare gems. The Austalian Financial Review | March 2013 Half a century has passed since the famed fashion maven, Diana Vreeland, declared: “Pink is [...]
Style Counsel
Style Counsel This man wants to inspire Aussie blokes to embrace fashion. And his targets are not just the urban (and urbane) variety. As Marion Hume discovers, who knew there was a peacock just off the Birdsville Track? The Austalian Financial Review | March 2013 After the hard yakka of running 12,000 head of beef [...]