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Adelaide’s Wonderful World of Alternate Fashion: Meet the Brands and Designers at Fashion x Frequency.
From symbolic streetwear, vampy dresses & authentic vintage finds, meet the designers and brands involved in Fashion x Frequency! Here’s the run down of Adelaide’s finest alternative fashion.
Rock & Runways’ : Meet The Bands Gracing The Stage This Adelaide Fashion Week for Fashion x Frequency.
Meet the states finest and most fashionable rock bands gracing the stage this Adelaide Fashion Week for Fashion x Frequency at Jive!
effie isobel Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve
Adelaide dream-pop artist effie isobel just released her debut EP Libra Rising on September 4. Across five tracks, it explores transformation, empowerment and identity through what she describes as a whimsical, magical lens.
You Don’t Hate the Outfit. You Just Hate Who’s Wearing It.
Why do "ugly" trends suddenly become cool? From skinny privilege to Y2K nostalgia, this explores the hidden class, race and body politics shaping fashion trends.
Welcome to My Dead Grandpa – Nothing Here Is New, and That’s The Point…
While fashion industry is built around the next best thing. My Dead Grandpa is more interested in what’s already here.
Catch up with Cassie
What It Takes To Go Behind-the-Scenes At One Of Australia’s Biggest Fashion Events – And How You Can Too
Iced matchas to Melbourne Fashion Festival chaos; Adelaide fashion student Cassie Butschek is proving delusion, determination, and a well-timed email can take you far. We talked to her about runway stress, styling internships, and what it really takes to break into Australia’s fashion industry as a young creative with big dreams and even bigger ambition.
We Have Some Thoughts on the 2026 Met Gala
The 2026 Met Gala transformed fashion’s biggest night into a celebration of art, craftsmanship, and visual storytelling. This year’s theme, ‘Fashion is Art,’ saw designers and celebrities reference everything from classical sculptures to oil paintings and cinematic history, resulting in one of the most visually ambitious Met Galas in recent years.
Up with the Yuppies: Office Wear and the Corp-core Aesthetic
The Yuppie aesthetic was one of perfectly tailored Ralph Lauren power suits, briefcases, narrow glasses, black coffee, pencil skirts and tennis on weekends. Sound familiar? It’s back and bigger than ever, so slip on your bayonetta glasses, slide on those sling-back heels and swipe through the seemingly infinite office fashion TikToks swirling through the algorithm.
Adelaide’s Finest: Adelaide Fringe Recap 2026
The Fresher team went out to experience some of the plethora of shows on offer during this month of madness. Here’s what we saw, and what we have to say
An Interregnum of Divine Flesh and Machinery
This editorial imagines one possible reality as we glimpse at the monsters disguised among men – of Big Tech and capital’s relentless expansion. Set against a speculative landscape where flesh, nature, and machine coexist, these images mirror the uneasy coexistence between humanity and its own creations.
A Night of Burlesque with Evana De Lune
Truly a spectacle to behold, with a ferociously sexy array of unique performers. This show seduces you into an escape from the current climate of the world it invites you into a different dimension where glitz, glamour and seductive wit are at the forefront.
Notes on Caressa
Will, Jade and Katalina encompass South Australian “tarot-rock” band Caressa who embrace the grit of ‘70s rock with a uniquely youthful and contemporary twist.
Ignore Your Colour Palette, Embrace Your Inner Mystical Gothic Witch
Seasonal colour analysis fails to miss something integral about colour in fashion: colour should be expressive not just flattering.
The Grandeur of Sensuality: A Love Affair Between Artistry & Seduction
“Where desire meets design”
From the radiant design of Kira Bayliss clothing and the Adelaide Ballet Company, Casanova and His Mistress brings you the seductive and elusive stories of Casanova and his alluring exploits.
Strike a Pose with Diversity Hire and Lexxi
Meet two new (but already iconic) Adelaide Drag artists; Lexxi and Diversity Hire.
The Breakfast Club: How Teen Archetypes Revolutionised Colour in Styling
When ‘The Breakfast Club’ premiered in 1985, it didn’t just define a generation, it defined the way teenagers expressed themselves through clothes and, crucially, colour.
Oversaturated: Colour and Overconsumption in the Market
While desperately searching for halloween costume ideas, I stumbled across a video suggesting ‘overconsumption costumes’, where you dressed as extreme versions of recent trends. Adorn yourself in a million Labubus with terrifying red eyes; become a real office siren with fangs and webbed hands; or drench yourself in every item of butter yellow under the sun.