Kirstie Clements: Inside the Fashion Juggernaut: The good, the bad and the really ugly

In May 2012 Kirstie Clements was sacked after more than a decade in the editor’s chair at Vogue Australia. In her new book The Vogue Factor (and today’s Lunchbox/Soapbox) Clements tells the story behind the headlines, and takes us behind the scenes of the fast-changing fashion industry. She tells the truth about starving models (do they really eat tissues?), the realities for plus-size models, the glitz and glamour of the business, and the impact of the online world on magazine publishing.

Lunchbox/Soapbox

Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a good rant. Every Thursday, the Wheeler Centre hosts an old-fashioned Speaker’s Corner in the middle of the city, where writers and thinkers can have their say on the topics that won’t let them sleep at night.

Featuring some of the most compelling voices across just about every sector of human endeavour you can imagine, the themes dominating Lunchbox/Soapbox are proudly idiosyncratic. BYO lunch. Ideas provided.