Fashion Business meetings inaugural conference on the measurement

  Well shod heels industry luminaries at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, Wednesday mounted in the luxury and fashion in France, Britain, China, the United States and Australia, to celebrate Bespoke inaugural conference of The Australian Financial Review Magazine.

To be held at a summit to examine at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday Bespoke the role of Australia in the luxury industry, a booming industry that only a handful of Australian brands have managed to penetrate. This is the first time a conference took place on the luxury industry in Australia.

A major objective will be to China's use of near Australia, already the world's largest luxury goods market by McKinsey & Company, contributing one-third of all luxury spending in 2015.

Speakers at the summit, and at a dinner on Wednesday, Crown Resorts include James Packer, Jeremy Langmead online fashion emporium Mr. Porter.com, Hong Kong and Shanghai-based marketing expert Lisa Chang and Regina Lam and remarkable designer Nicky Zimmerman Fashion, Karen Walker, Josh Goot and Sarah-Jane Clark and Heidi Middleton Sass & Bide.

Business and Government at the dinner David Jones CEO Paul Zahra, ASX Limited boss Elmer Funke Kupper, co-chief executive Steven Lowy Westfield Group and Greg Hywood, head of Fairfax Media (publisher of The Australian Financial Review.)

Brett Clegg, director of media business in Fairfax said the line-up of talent all over the world who came to speak on Thursday at the summit was excellent and the inaugural conference on the luxury industry marked one days exciting for the AFR.

"AFR Magazine reports on pioneering luxury brands in Australia and is an observer of the trend at the beginning, a topic that continues to this day under the leadership of its esteemed editor Jeni Porter," he said.

Run the 110 guests at the MCA were chefs Neil Perry and Guillaume Brahimi. The couple was recently appointed as directors to culinary Crown Resorts.