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20 February 2016

9:00 AM

20 February 2016

9:00 AM

Conde Nast was the publisher of Vogue Australia in 1965. That was the year I started with Vogue but, much more significantly, the year Jean Shrimpton attended the Melbourne Cup. She wore a mini-skirt, caused a sensation and overnight every woman in Australia was out of fashion. It wasn’t just the height of hemlines; everything was different: dress silhouettes, shoes,handbags, hats, all had to change.

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