Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorAug 12, 2026 – 5.00amWhen Lee Mathews opened her first store in Newport, on the northern beaches of Sydney, in 2000, she stocked her own label, obviously – but she found she had gaps to fill. “We didn’t make knits then, so I looked around to see where we could find things like that, the clothes we didn’t make.” She found them at Jac + Jack, which launched in 2004.This week, the two Australian labels – which both trade in elevated but relaxed clothing, with a focus on premium fabrics like cashmere, organic cotton and silk – will join forces officially, with Lee Mathews taking up residency at Jac + Jack’s Claremont, Perth boutique, and Jac + Jack joining the Lee Mathews store in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Lauren SamsFin editor, deputy editor AFR Magazine and fashion editorLauren Sams is the editor of Fin Magazine, The Australian Financial Review’s luxury quarterly edition. She is also the deputy editor at The Australian Financial Review Magazine and the fashion editor. She writes about the business of fashion and beauty.Fetching latest articles