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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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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…
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MF Gatecrashers bring new style to Marr Factory
Read more: MF Gatecrashers bring new style to Marr FactoryJess Molina of BLACKLISTED magazine and Naomi Johnston of Naomi Jorge Photography covered the MR Gatecrashers show at Marr Factory for Thread… It’s easy to see why there was an excited buzz around the Marr Factory MF Gatecrashers Show held on Saturday, 23 August. Even at 4:30 in the afternoon, there was already a significant…
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This week with Thread: Episode 2
Read more: This week with Thread: Episode 2Here’s what we’re liking right now in This week with Thread: Episode 2 in pictures. The major, major highlight of the week and indeed the whole year, was having my daughter play a tiny role in Disney on Ice in Auckland. She was invited to let off a lantern and hug Rapunzel on the podium.…
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Taking a long view on supporting NZ fashion industry
Read more: Taking a long view on supporting NZ fashion industryI’ve always liked that John F Kennedy quote, Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” On a similar note, I’ve been thinking about this in the context of taking a long view on supporting NZ fashion industry. When I was younger I was a lot…
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Marr Factory is back at The Golden Dawn
Read more: Marr Factory is back at The Golden DawnShopViva Presents The Marr Factory 17-23 August 2014 In Association with Bombay Sapphire Proudly Supported by Hallertau, Quartz Reef Wines and All Good Organics The popular Stephen Marr ‘Marr Factory’ shows of local, in-season fashion, are back. The great thing about these shows is that they build on the hype of the run up to…
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And so it begins: NZ Fashion Week 2014 list is released
Read more: And so it begins: NZ Fashion Week 2014 list is releasedAnd 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…
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For Every Minute loungewear at Coco Boutique
Read more: For Every Minute loungewear at Coco BoutiqueThread recently attended the launch of the For Every Minute midwinter merino range at Coco Boutique. Coco represents For Every Minute’s largest stockist, so the gorgeous boutique was the perfect space for the evening. The atmosphere was warm and lively. Ruth Armishaw sang beautifully as guests delved into the macaroon mountain by French Cancan, while…
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We’re loving: shopping at Mode.co.nz for fashion online
Read more: We’re loving: shopping at Mode.co.nz for fashion onlineI love buying from local brands. But I also love the convenience, and cost-effectiveness, of shopping online from the couch. The best of both worlds is to be found at this New Zealand-owned boutique fashion website, Mode.co.nz, because it has by far the most NZ labels I’ve seen on a shopping site, all together in…
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Thread edit: Our picks of RUBY Spring/Summer 2014 ‘Diamonds’
Read more: Thread edit: Our picks of RUBY Spring/Summer 2014 ‘Diamonds’If you know me, you’ll know I adore RUBY. It’s actually in my top 5 New Zealand labels (with Cybele, Karen Walker, Highnoontea and Zambesi) for its sheer wearability. It is very high on my personal WTWIE scale (want-to-wear-it-everyday scale.) So, here’s our Thread edit: Our picks of RUBY Spring/Summer 2014 ‘Diamonds’ collection which arrives…