Industry News: March 2014 for the latest updates in the local fashion and beauty industry to cross our desk…
Industry News: March 2014 for the latest updates in the local fashion and beauty industry to cross our desk…
Intro image; Stolen Girlfriends Club and Redken colab hero image. Photographer: Zara Mirkin. Model: Zoe N Model Management.
Stolen Girlfriends Club and Redken NZ
Stolen Girlfriends Club announced a partnership with Redken NZ which will see the fashion and hair brands work together to create their looks at catwalk shows, installations, campaign-shoots and lookbooks, with collaborative efforts on other “top secret projects in the works”. We are always very careful about who we align with,” says Marc Moore. “We must really love a brand to work with it and have a mutual respect. It also needs to be long-term. Hair is hugely important to a person’s overall look – it’s the finishing touch, it frames the face and it completes the outfit. It needs to work with the look by complementing it – not competing against it for attention.”
Below: Dan Gosling and Marc Moore. Photo Izzie Austin for Thread.
Cybele Pop-Up
Cybele is popping up in Ponsonby Road 7-16th March with current and previous seasons, samples, seconds, and even one-off pieces. “It’s going to be fun popping back up in Ponsonby after a break from the world of retail!” Cybele Wiren told Thread. Her label is a personal favourite of Thread’s, so we can’t wait to check it out. The sale store will be located at 54 Ponsonby Rd, open daily 10am – 6pm from Friday March 7th to Sunday March 16th 2014.
Amber Whitecliffe Boutique in Parnell
Young fashion designer Amber Whitecliffe has just opened a store in Parnell at 323 Parnell Road, Auckland.See her website at amberwhitecliffe.com
Emma Burton launches Woodward
You may well recall NZ designer Emma Burton’s beautiful swimwear line, Emma Ford, and now she has a brand new project. Emma has just launched her new womenswear label, Woodward. She is aiming at high quality, lasting pieces that you will hang onto for years, rather than fast, disposable fashion. The collection is entirely made in New Zealand, with NZ farmed deer leather from Timaru alongside quality fabrics. Her website is coming shortly, and right now you can view the collection on her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/woodwardclothing
Wellington Fashion Week
Wellington Fashion Week is coming up on 9th -13th April 2014 and tickets are on sale now to the public, including Group Shows. Buy tickets online for $39 – $49 here http://www.wellingtonfashionweek.co.nz/show/group-collections-showcase/
Below: Highnoontea, on the WFW runway in 2013, are returning in 2014 with a solo showing of their Spring Summer 2014/15 collection on 10th April.
Boohoo Plus
Ths is bound to be popular: Boohoo have launch a plus size label for sizes 16-24 called Boohoo Plus, with prices starting from $25. It is on trend and has the free shipping in NZ over $35 that Boohoo offers. It is very youthful in flavour, filling a gap in the market for plus size women who don’t want to wear baggy tunics and waterfall cardies – instead, it’s jumpsuits,acid-wash denim, and pops of neon brights.
The Darnell Collection Presents: BRIGHT, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL
Dunedin’s Golden Centre Mall, Proud Major Sponsor of the iD Dunedin Fashion Week, is proud to be hosting ‘The Darnell Collection: BRIGHT, BOLD, BEAUTIFUL’ – a display of previously unseen priceless pieces of the Darnell Collection. Presented by Author (Dreaming of Chanel and Dreaming of Dior) and Curator of the Darnell Collection, the ever popular Charlotte Smith, international guest of the 2011 iD Dunedin Fashion Week and host of ‘Darnell Renewed’ (iD 2012) and ‘Black Tie of the Darnell Collection’ (iD 2013) is returning to Dunedin for the fourth time and an event that is sure to sell out. Vintage garments will be on the catwalk with commentary on their amazing stories from the Curator herself with opportunities for questions and answers as well as prizes and goodie bags. In association with Quartz Reef, official sparkling wine sponsor of the iD Dunedin Fashion week, this is sure to be an evening of entertainment and fine fashion and be in the presence of priceless fashion treasures spanning decades.
Date: Wednesday 2 April
Time: Doors Open at 6.30pm – Show Commences 7.30pm
Venue: Dunedin’s Golden Centre Mall, 251 George Street
Cost: $50 plus booking fees (including Quartz Reef and Canapés on entry)
Tickets: TicketDirect & the Regent Theatre, Dunedin
Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is a conference in April that will bring 60 of the world’s most influential fashion and textile designers to Auckland for a 6-day conference and workshop series. Over three days discussions will centre around the ever-changing nature of fashion, speculations on how the future of fashion and textiles could be transformed internationally and in New Zealand, and the conference theme, fashion and textile design’s relation to the ability of an organism to change its shape into another form of being. With 50 presenters and exhibitors, 250 attendees will hear from six major international guest speakers, including Gareth Pugh and Nick Cave. See http://www.shapeshifting.aut.ac.nz/ for more info and tickets.
A Little Shop’s Ponsonby Pop-Up
A Little Shop is at Ponsonby with a new label and fabulous goodies until 24 March. They stock a wide variety of beautiful women’s and men’s fashion brands at a range of prices. For more info see www.alittleshop.co.nz/blog/latest-news/pop-up-shop-a-little-shop-ponsonby
Megan Robinson
7 March 2014
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