Height of FASHION

JESSICA DE GOUW on welcoming us to a department store stocked with couture clothing and conflict

- LISA MILES CLARE HUGHES

The smart university student works part-time at Goodes. She dreams of becoming a journalist, but a family tragedy and financial insecurity derail her plans.

'Lisa has a lot going on at home and is desperately trying to get her articles published in the student newspaper,' shares Ten Pound Poms actor Clare. 'She's a dreamer and is discovering boys and drinking!'

VIRGINIA AMBROSE

MIRANDA OTTO

Having bid farewell to her life in England to join the Goodes team, the buttoned-up new head of Model Gowns finds her passion for tradition clashing with modern Magda. 'Mrs Ambrose is ready to put her stamp on Goodes from an angle of class, discretion and taste,' reveals The Lord of the Rings star Miranda. 'But then you discover there's a lot more to her...'

MAGDA SZOMBATHELYI

DEBI MAZAR

The classy fashionista's plans to open a boutique are left in tatters when her husband Stefan (Russell Dykstra) makes a risky investment.

'Magda dreams of having her own shop but, as a woman, she can't have her own bank account or sign a lease,' explains Entourage's Debi. 'And her vision of altering the way women's fashion is seen in Australia causes a power struggle with Mrs Ambrose.' Baga front-row seat as a luxury department store opens its doors to explore the lives of five very different women in U's glossy new 1960s-set saga Ladies in Black.