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Oscar de la Renta is headed to Oz. The label will be closing this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia on…

Two talented Sheilas from Down Under got an early pressie from Santa this season…Talisa Trantino and Amie Jones were named the 2013/2014 Australian Fashion Foundation winners in Sydney this week. The Melbourne-based womenswear duo got awarded $20,000 and a six-month internship in the U.S. or Europe as the winners of the AUSFF internship grant.

Think your Friday commute’s rough? Australian sister act Nicky and Simone Zimmermann trekked all the way from Sydney to spend a weekend out East. Known for its sexy swimsuits, their label, Zimmermann, is showing ready-to-wear in New York for the first time this fall. They took a break from the pool to give us the lowdown.
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Nicole Kidman is a vision in a strapless embroidered dress in crepe from Erdem’s Spring 2013 collection. This look will probably go down a wee better than Sienna Miller’s recent Erdem dress from the Golden Globes. (We still maintain it wasn’t that bad!) Nic was in Sydney today to attend the AACTA Awards. That’s essentially the Golden Globes of Australia honoring the best in Oz TV and film.