NZ Fashion Week

Taranaki-based label Whiri used tribal and traditional prints exclusively designed by the label strongly throughout the collection which had a clean monochromatic palette with hints of warm orange and soft charcoal greys…

A stunningly bright fuchsia wide lapel coat cut a striking opening for Liz Mitchell’s Scent of Peony collection at Fashion Week but the suiting and separates were standard fare in muted greys, easily confused with the Air NZ staffers on hand…

Mena opened their section of The Mini Group Show with a true bright star in the form of television presenter Miriama Kamo. However the remainder seemed to be a lacklustre series of standard cuts in brightly printed kiwiana themed fabrics…

Turet Knuefermann’s collection was the jewel in the crown of the Mini Group show at NZ Fashion Week. The scene-stealing nude superbly draped sheath had a strong Lanvin feel and will be added to my growing TK Store shopping list…

Here are the images from fashion week’s weekend shoot with Lucy Lawless (Spartacus), Keisha Castle Hughes, and America’s Next Top Model winner Krista White all wearing top American fashion label Nicole Miller….

And that seemed to be the case this year with the collection by Stolen Girlfriend’s Club, ‘Last Night’s Party’. Anything goes. A mish-mash of ruffles, faux fur, turtle necks, bell sleeves, lace, polos, studded chokers and maroon leather were seen…

Guns a-blazing, urban cowgirl Annah Stretton showed her winter 2011 collection entitled ‘Calamity – A Life Less Ordinary’ at fashion week with corsets, ruffled skirts and enough cowhide to furnish a mid-western rodeo…

There was no feeling of naughty school girl here at twenty-seven names. Modest knee length skirts, high necked dresses, cropped trousers and ‘put on something warm or you’ll catch a cold’ layered wool coats showed a refreshing new direction…

Kimberley Crossman in full showgirl regalia of a nude bra and g-string and a pink feather boa tail that would make a flamingo proud opened the Phoenix House of Makeup show at NZ Fashion Weekend. Claire Hahn tells us about being a model…

Trelise Cooper AW11 welcomed instant applause with the unveiling of a backdrop of “The Three Graces” stained glass window which announced the ecclesiastical influence and nod to Elizabethan and Medieval styling that blessed the show…