NZ Fashion Week
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SHEN AW15 show at Fashion Week 2014
Read more: SHEN AW15 show at Fashion Week 2014SHEN AW15 show at Fashion Week 2014 I love SHEN, the label by Mary-Ellen Prendergast. This is the perfect example of a very nice collection that would be ideal for women with busy, varied lives, who need clothes to carry them from work, to home, to out, or dinner at friends without changing more than…
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Juliette Hogan AW15 at Fashion Week 2014
Read more: Juliette Hogan AW15 at Fashion Week 2014Juliette Hogan AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 There’s nothing wrong with waiting for a lady – and this was the longest wait so far – and it was soon apparent why. The stage was turned on its side in theatre-style, with guests along one wall, and a black curtain along the other. The…
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Andrea Moore WINK WINK and Curious Cat AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Andrea Moore WINK WINK and Curious Cat AW15 at NZFWAndrea Moore AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 This show was quite moving for me. I found it quite emotional having the fabulous local singer-songwriter Ginny Blackmore take to the stage and perform and the start and finish of the show. It can go either way when fashion shows bring out performers; it can…
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Salasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFW
Read more: Salasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFWSalasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFW It’s always a real highlight to hear that Salasai is on the schedule at fashion week. The New Zealand brand by Kirsha Whitcher and Kelly Watson- now based in Australia – showed its AW15 collection entitled Self-Portrait at NZFW 2014 this week. The self-portrait refers to the painterly…
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Kate Sylvester AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Kate Sylvester AW15 at NZFWKate Sylvester is clearly a woman who does not rest on her laurels. She has an internationally-successful company, raises three boys – whom we saw at her show – and is well-read. We know this last fact as she bases her collections on smart well-dressed women from literature, and this most recent collection is no…
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Hailwood AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Hailwood AW15 at NZFWHailwood AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 As the only show that gave us a toy car in the goodybag from sponsor Citroen, this show has a special place in my son’s heart! We watched a short film from Citroen at the start, and then the show began – with a glitzy, glam cast…
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COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014
Read more: COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014COOP AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 Kiss Me The highlight of COOP, Trelise Cooper’s more youthful line, was the Roy Lichenstein pop art-style prints on garments. In fact, she wore a skirt in the COOP finale with “Kiss me” emblazoned on her behind – perhaps a retort to detractors over the feather headdress…
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Day 3 at NZ Fashion Week 2014
Read more: Day 3 at NZ Fashion Week 2014Day 3 at NZ Fashion Week 2014 Thursday 28th August started off well with an invite to the fashion week official charity – and a cause close to Pieter Stewart’s heart – the Endometriosis Breakfast presented by Vogel’s and NZFW. I was moved by hearing about Pieter and daughter Myken’s journeys with Endometriosis and also…
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Zambesi 35th Anniversary fashion week show
Read more: Zambesi 35th Anniversary fashion week showFlash! A-ah Saviour of the Universe Flash a-ah He’ll save every one of us The doors parted, light shone out like Flash Gordon’s spacecraft landing, and the show began. When a label is celebrating 35 years in business, you don’t mind that it’s an hour and half late. Zambesi draped models in blankets with ‘XXXV’,…
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Day 2 at NZ Fashion Week 2014
Read more: Day 2 at NZ Fashion Week 2014Aim by Huffer Day 2 at NZ Fashion Week 2014 began with a relaxed start with coffee and muesli yoghurt cups down at Huffer Basement in an offsite installationto reveal their new dressed-up womenwear collection, Aim. You will of course know and love Huffer for its street wear clothing, but what do its devotees wear…