And so it begins again for 2014: the New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 provisional list of participating designers has been released today, ending the speculation and gossip about who would show.
Back again after a hiatus: NOM*d and Kate Sylvester
We miss you: WORLD, Ruby and Liam, Cybele, Twenty-seven names, Salasai, NYNE.
Keystone labels who show EVERY fashion week since ever: Trelise Cooper, Zambesi.
New labels to me (possibly some are new designers in New Gen shows?) include: Tasmyn Roach, Kharl Williams Wirepa, Frances Jerard, Charmaine Moke, Sly Guild; Sofia Aroha, Jojo Max, Inhale Apparel, Nomsa Botshiwe, Kylie Mangan, Chris Duncan; Clothing by Desiree
Surprise addition: lululemon athletica
Two jewellery brands and a shoe brand: Meadowlark; Nick von K, Kathryn Wilson. (What will models wear?!)
The full provisional list:
Adrienne Whitewood; Alma Wong; Amber Whitecliffe; Andrea Moore; Annah Stretton; Barkers; BLAK; Celine Rita; Charmaine Moke; Chris Duncan; Clothing by Desiree; Company of Strangers; Coop; Cooper By Trelise; Crane Brothers; Frances Jerard; Hailwood; Hera; Hohepa Thompson; Huffer; Inhale Apparel; Jimmy D; John Zimmerman; Jojo Max; Juliette Hogan; Kate Sylvester; Kathryn Wilson; Kharl Williams Wirepa; Kowtow; Kylie Mangan; Lela Jacobs; Lucy McIntosh; lululemon athletica; Maree McLean; Massey Williams; Meadowlark; Nick von K; NOM*d; Nomsa Botshiwe; Pardon My French; Pia Boutique; SHEN; Sly Guild; Sofia Aroha; Stolen Girlfriends Club; Storm; Tasmyn Roach; Taylor; TK Store; Trelise Cooper; Trelise Cooper Boardroom; Trish Peng, Vinka Bridal; Wilson Trollope; Yvonne Bennetti; and Zambesi.
Dates: New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 is earlier this year, on August 25 to 29. At the end of the week, NZ Fashion Weekend is open to the public to purchase tickets to designer selection shows.
Megan Robinson
22 July 2014
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