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  • We meet: Designer Lucilla Gray

    We meet: Designer Lucilla Gray

    We meet iD Dunedin fashion designer Lucilla Gray and she chats with Connie McDonald about a few of her favourite things, including a love of tea, and Harry Potter.

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  • Day 2 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 2 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 2 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2014 on location with Thread’s Photographer Sam Lee and Writer Dana Lee. Here are our impressions of collections by Aurelio Costarella, Bec and Bridge, NLP, Gail Sorronda, Alex Perry, Karla Spetic and Strateas Carlucci. The Aurelio Costarella Spring 2014/15 opened at Carriageworks as the first show of the…

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  • Day 1 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 1 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 1 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2014 on location with Thread’s Photographer Sam Lee and Writer Dana Lee. Here’s day one… We have touchdown! We arrived in Sydney and checked out the venue for fashion week, the historic brick building known as Carriageworks. Below: An elevator selfie of part of the fashion team NZ…

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  • iDXV – iD Dunedin 2014

    iDXV – iD Dunedin 2014

    Thread headed to the deep south for the 15th iD fashion week, to see the Emerging Awards, Railway Station show, the store openings, the fashion, and quite a lot of coffee. I have to say, I go to quite a few fashion events, and this one holds a special place in my heart. It’s the…

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  • We meet Aliana McD at iD

    We meet Aliana McD at iD

    Thread is backstage at iD Dunedin Emerging Designers Show 2014 with Photographer, Connie McDonald, to ask iD model agency head, Aliana McD, about some of her favourite things, including the fashion, the people, and drama, that goes on at fashion shows. Ali is a very busy woman, as not only is she head of make-up…

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  • We meet: iD’s Margo Barton

    We meet: iD’s Margo Barton

    Thread is backstage at iD Dunedin Emerging Designers Show 2014 with Photographer, Connie McDonald, to ask iD’s Margo Barton about some of her favourite things. One of the key people at iD Dunedin Fashion Week, Margo Barton is Academic Leader and Principal Lecturer in Fashion at the Department of Design, Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin New…

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  • Day 5 part II: NY Fashion Week Fall ’14

    Day 5 part II: NY Fashion Week Fall ’14

    While there was some disappointment of fewer shows this year, it was nice to have a bit of time to savour the moment of the Karen Walker show. I was behind the scenes…

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  • Karen Walker’s Suffragettes at New York Fashion Week

    Karen Walker’s Suffragettes at New York Fashion Week

    A league of women marched on New York today. But it wasn’t your regular protest; this was Karen Walker’s ‘The League’, inspired by strong women and suffragettes. The right to vote movement holds particular meaning for Walker’s home country, as New Zealand was first to give women the right, in 1893. Now, these feminine feminists…

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  • Day 1: NY Fashion Week Fall ’14

    Day 1: NY Fashion Week Fall ’14

    Day 1 from New York Fashion Week Fall ’14 from ThreadNZ’s reporter Iris Chan on location at NYC to bring us daily highlights, streetstyle, and backstage reports… NYFW 1 – Diary Soundtrack for the Day: Flume “Deluxe Edition” The sun wasn’t going to appear for another three hours as I queued for airport security. My…

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  • BEST OF 2010: THE YEAR’S HIGHLIGHTS IN PHOTOS

    BEST OF 2010: THE YEAR’S HIGHLIGHTS IN PHOTOS

    What were the best in fashion, music, lifestyle and retail events this year? Thread takes a retrospective look back at the highlights of the the parties and events of 2010 and brings you a glimpse of the best of 2010 from January through December…

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