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Everything to know about the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Photographer: Getty Images As the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup nears and the Matildas, Australia’s national women’s football team, gears up to represent the country in France, we thought a refresher on all you need to know ahead of the highly-anticipated quadrennial tournament was in order. With the international football championship slated to kick off…

By HotelSalesCareers May 28, 2019 Off

Design hotspots: Mexico City

Image: Hotel Carlota. Instagram.com/sliceofpai The ever-changing metropolis of Mexico City may be home to an estimated 22 million people, but the issues of density (traffic, sprawl, pollution) do not distract from the Mexican capital’s cultural offerings. Diving straight into the superlatives, Mexico City is second only to Paris for the highest city count of museums…

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Have we reached peak true crime?

Photographer: Foxtel American Crime: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. “For the last year I’ve spent every working day trying to figure out where a high school kid was for an hour after school one day in 1999.” So began , the 2014 podcast with a seemingly simple premise narrated by journalist and public radio host…

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The history of H&M’s best designer collaborations

H&M’s annual designer gig is one of the loudest chimes of the fashion clock. Striking as significantly as the Victoria’s Secret fashion show and the Met Ball, the high-street hotshot’s designer collaborations, from Comme des Garçons (above) to Lanvin, are high profile and haute property. Prince performed for Versace; Baz Luhrmann directed Erdem’s campaign film…

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Why designer collaborations are good business

Photographer: Getty Images Buy One, Get One Free isn’t the sort of sales incentive you’d expect to find in a luxury fashion boutique. Yet in the last few years, one would be forgiven for thinking there are bargains to be found in the form of two-for-the-price-of-one luxury goods that bear the branding of not one,…

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