Bold colours, sexy details and fashion courage return to the runway - Sydney Morning Herald

For the opening show of Melbourne Fashion Festival towering stilettos were a signal of optimism alongside a raft of new designers at David Jones.

During the US recession of 2001 beauty mogul Leonard Lauder created the Lipstick Index, using the sales of cosmetics in his family business Estee Lauder to determine how the economy was performing. M… [+2787 chars]

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