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Born in Melbourne, Australia, Amy Starr (née Amira Starr) never intended to enter fashion. In fact, she was halfway through a law degree at the University of Sydney when a part-time job at a local boutique altered her trajectory. “I was good at arguing,” she once joked in a rare 2015 interview with The Financial Times . “But I realized I wanted to argue about hemlines, not habeas corpus.”

When asked by a rare interviewer why she doesn’t expand, Starr replied: “I’m not building an empire. I’m building an argument. Once you win the argument, you can stop talking.” amy starr

For me, that book is The Last Goodbye . And the woman behind it is . Born in Melbourne, Australia, Amy Starr (née Amira

She has also launched a small, unlabeled clothing line called “Test/Retest.” The collection consists of only five items: a white T-shirt, a pair of black trousers, a denim jacket, a cashmere beanie, and leather boots. The gimmick? Every item comes with a signed guarantee that it will last 20 years, plus a prepaid envelope to return the item for free repair at any point. The T-shirt costs $300. It sells out in seconds. “But I realized I wanted to argue about