Fashion Acts generated funds by the sale of photographs donated by talents from across the industry, including Helmut Newton and Linda McCartney.
Yves Saint Laurent refused to be interviewed for the hour-long documentary about him, although close associates, including Pierre Berge, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso, and Betty Catroux, did speak on his behalf.
Her profiles included Patsy from Ab Fab, aka Joanna Lumley,[2] Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Fabien Baron, and the photographers Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh.
[3] A review of a Chanel show entitled "No Way to treat a Lady" started a feud with Karl Lagerfeld, with Hume praised for "not being part of the 'conspiracy of silence'; for her professionalism, her integrity and her independence".
The same year, she was the writer and associate producer of The South Bank Show special on John Galliano (season 20, episode 12, 1997)[5] directed by Nigel Wattis and hosted by Melvyn Bragg.
Hume served as International Fashion Editor for the Australian Financial Review for 14 years during which the magazine won best in class at Australia’s media awards seven times.
She served with the United Nations Foundation designing a fund generator using contemporary art by Jeff Koons which raised over US$6 million in a single night for health programs for the under-5s.