2014
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Lela Jacobs AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Lela Jacobs AW15 at NZFWThis is one of those collections that grows on you. You might be forgiven for thinking at first glance that this brand is similar to some of the androgynous and deconstructed labels you see around, but you’d be mistaken. At first impression, the clothes seem deceptively shapeless but there are hidden treasures I keep noticing.…
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Stolen Girlfriends Club at Western Springs Speedway
Read more: Stolen Girlfriends Club at Western Springs SpeedwayStolen Girlfriends Club THE GUILTY ONES AW14 NZ Fashion Week show at Western Springs Speedway The last show of day 1 of New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 was Stolen Girlfriends Club, who true-to-form put on a spectacle of a show in both context and content. They are one of the few labels who really go…
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NOMd brings the NOISE at NZFW 2014
Read more: NOMd brings the NOISE at NZFW 2014NOMd kicked off the first day at New Zealand Fashion Week with the coolest show. They had the guests stand on one side of the runway and a row of 7 drumkits and drummers in balaclavas with teeshirts on down the opposite wall. Models walked with my favourite hair of the day: ironed flat flax-leaf…
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Top Emmy’s fashion of all time
Read more: Top Emmy’s fashion of all timeWith great timing – smack bang in the middle of New Zealand Fashion Week – here come the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. This makes it the perfect excuse for me to combine the two and talk about my top Emmy’s fashion of all time. I’ll be watching the red carpet on E! which is now…
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Fashion Week’s Fashion Warnings – the legal side of fashion
Read more: Fashion Week’s Fashion Warnings – the legal side of fashionAs fashion’s faces gather in Auckland for Fashion Week 2014, Simpson Grierson’s Claire Foggo and Janelle Cooke consider recent fashion disputes and their lessons for fashionistas. • Clear your brands first Taylor Swift’s affiliation with 13 (her lucky number) is well known and spawned her range of “Lucky 13” merchandise. However, Californian clothing company Blue…
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Fall in lust with A Novel Romance by MAC
Read more: Fall in lust with A Novel Romance by MACI honestly smiled when I opened the press release for ‘A Novel Romance’, the lust-worthy colour collection from MAC that plays on trashy romantic fiction covers ala Fabio. It was under embargo when it arrived so now I can finally share how fabulous the visual campaign really is. Makeup brands can take themselves very seriously…
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Elizabeth Arden Flawless Future customer makeovers
Read more: Elizabeth Arden Flawless Future customer makeoversThis just in: Elizabeth Arden releases Flawless Future this month, and is letting you all know about its benefits by doing counter makeovers for the public at Elizabeth Arden counters. Scientific studies have shown that high stress can accelerate aging by up to 10 years. Have you ever looked in the mirror and, to your…
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The hot new Smashbox colab with artist Santigold
Read more: The hot new Smashbox colab with artist SantigoldHow incredible is the new Smashbox colab with artist Santigold featuring her collages on packaging and snake eyeshadow! Blues, greens and Incan golds. Dance/Electronic musician and artist Santi White, better known as Santigold, has created these creative collages to appear on the packaging and compacts in the brands new colour collection from Smashbox Cosmetics. Wearable…
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I’m loving: OSMOSIS skincare
Read more: I’m loving: OSMOSIS skincareI’m loving these divine products by medical skincare company OSMOSIS Skincare, particularly with a focus on the eyes. This week we’re looking at their Age Defying Treatment Concealer, the Refresh PM Eye Repair Serum, the Long Wear Liquid Eye Definer, and Catalyst Plus+ Zinc Finger Restoration Serum. Osmosis skincare is cruelty-free, vegan, recyclable, and made…
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This week on Thread: Episode 3
Read more: This week on Thread: Episode 3This week on Thread: Episode 3 is fairly dominated by the Marr Factory week of fashion show held at Stephen Marr’s bar, Golden Dawn, with nightly shows each featuring in-season clothes by New Zealand designers Karen Walker, Zambesi, NOMd, WORKSHOP Helen Cherry, Kate Sylvester, and an up-and-coming designers group show entitled MF Gatecrashers. Marr Factory…