Damien Woolnough

Sydney

Editor at The Age

Editor at Sydney Morning Herald

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Articles

Peak Byron Bay moment for lifestyle label’s fashion week debut

1 day ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On the runway at fashion week there are countless versions of how the Australian woman should dress, from tradwife to Married at First Sight contestant, but only one example of the Byron bae wardrobe. “Byron is a beautiful community with a lifestyle where I can live, breathe, dance, surf and be my most creative self,” says Nagnata creative director Laura May Gibbs.
‘You could feel her in the room’: Carla Zampatti label returns to form

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s out with the new and in with the old as the Carla Zampatti label celebrated its 60th anniversary by opening Australian Fashion Week at Circular Quay in Sydney on Monday night.
‘It makes no sense’: The young designers pushed off the runway

3 days ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. On the television show Project Runway, former host Heidi Klum summed up the challenges of being a fashion designer with the catchphrase: “One day you are in, the next day you are out.”For the first time in 26 years, the Fashion Design Studio is out of Australian Fashion Week, which begins today.
‘A sartorial middle finger’: The $8500 clutch shaped like a coffee cup

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Barry Divola |Damien Woolnough

By Deborah Cooke, Ada Connolly, Barry Divola, Damien Woolnough and Frances Mocnik May 10, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the May 10 edition of Good Weekend.See all 14 stories. Nothing says “Look, everyone, I’m a regular person like you” than a cashed-up A-lister rushing off to a morning meeting toting a coffee in a keep cup.
How to stand out at a wedding without upstaging the bride?

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the May 10 edition of Good Weekend.See all 14 stories. How do I stand out at a wedding without upstaging the bride? Unless you have permission from the bride, step away from white. Immediately.
Sabrina Carpenter, Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber and more stun in daring outfits

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Damien Woolnough

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Sabrina Carpenter, Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber and more stun in daring outfits

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The red carpet doesn’t end at the Met Gala, with stars extending fashion’s biggest night into the small hours of the following morning at a series of after parties. This is more than an opportunity to loosen your top button or slip into tracksuit pants, with many celebrities changing into better back-up options.
The top 5 best dressed at the Met Gala

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Damien Woolnough

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It took this year’s incisive Met Gala theme of Superfine: Tailoring Black Style to save the event from becoming a step and repeat of Vogue editor Anna Wintour awkwardly smiling in a long coat, Rihanna arriving late and nude-illusion wardrobe malfunctions.
The top 5 best dressed at the Met Gala

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Damien Woolnough

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Met Gala 2025 as it happened: Kardashians, Sydney Sweeney and more hit NYC; Rihanna reveals pregnancy

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Damien Woolnough |Nell Geraets |Lauren Ironmonger |Hannah Kennelly

Met Gala 2025 as it happened: Kardashians, Sydney Sweeney and more hit NYC; Rihanna reveals pregnancyKey postsHide key postsWe’ll Met againBy Damien WoolnoughFashion Christmas has come to an end, with Rihanna, Madonna and all the best-dressed celebrities tucked away in the Met or on their way to the after parties. Couples who stole the show on the red carpetBy Aine RyanLove was in the air at the Met Gala, with these couples serving up some of the night’s most heartwarming moments.