Ruby & Liam will make their debut at iD Dunedin 2012 along with Nom*D, Carlson, Mild Red, Charmaine Reveley, and Company of Strangers, and the debut shows of two new labels, Undone and DEVa’L on the iD runway in March…
Ruby & Liam will make their debut at iD Dunedin 2012 along with Nom*D, Carlson, Mild Red, Charmaine Reveley, and Company of Strangers, and the debut shows of two new labels, Undone and DEVa’L on the iD runway in March.
RUBY and Liam – the new label from Madame Hawke’s Emily Miller-Sharma – will show at iD for the first time. Emily Miller-Sharma won second place in the iD Emerging Designer Awards in 2007.
This year’s 13th annual show will see two catwalk shows held on the Southern Hemisphere’s longest catwalk at Dunedin’s historic railway station on Friday 30 March and Saturday 31 March 2012. The two shows follow a week-long celebration of fashion events in the city.
The eighteen participating labels show in-season AW12 collections aimed at the fashion customer about to buy their winter wardrobes. Labels include many of Dunedin’s much-loved designers – including Nom*D, Carlson, Mild Red, Cherry Cotton Candy, BurtenShaw (Cheryl Burtenshaw) and Jane Sutherland – alongside younger New Zealand labels.
DADA Vintage and Vaughan Geeson will also return to this year’s line-up.
Read our review of Liam AW12 from NZ Fashion Week here: Liam on Thread.
Dan Ahwa, fashion editor of Canvas Magazine, The New Zealand Herald says it’s good to see what an event such as iD Dunedin has done for a number of designers over the years, helping them develop their aesthetic, particularly the evolution of designers such as Marie Strauss of DADA Vintage and Sara Aspinall of Company of Strangers.
“Their entries showcased strong collections that are cohesive and can make that much needed impact on that very long catwalk at the Dunedin Railway Station. I’m also looking forward to seeing Ruby & Liam make their debut at iD Dunedin. Having a high calibre special guest such as Hilary Alexander attend the event is the icing on the cake to what will be a bigger and better event in 2012," says Dan.
Two new labels, Undone and DEVa’L, will make their debut on the iD runway with capsule collections. Undone was recently launched by Otago Polytechnic graduates Rachel Webb and Elise Barnes, who showed as graduates in 2011, while DEVa’L, a sophisticated label by Debbie Lawson, will show at iD following her relocation to Dunedin from Christchurch.
Read our review of UNDONE here on Thread.
The best of the 2011 Otago Polytechnic School of Design graduates: Fiona Clements, Molly Barrington, Grace Averis, Jojo Ross and Phillip Hawkins, will show their designs alongside the winners from the 2012 iD International Emerging Designer Awards show.
Photography Megan Robinson
8 January 2012
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