fashionweek
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Kate Sylvester “a Muse” at NZ Fashion Week 2015
Read more: Kate Sylvester “a Muse” at NZ Fashion Week 2015The Mercedes-Benz Presents Kate Sylvester show “a Muse” at NZ Fashion Week 2015 ended the first amazing day at this year’s fashion week with her AW16 collection against a stage set of abstract art depicting the three muses. Kate Sylvester is always one of the leading labels I get excited about seeing each year. Last year, her…
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Choose Wool at NZ Fashion Week 2015
Read more: Choose Wool at NZ Fashion Week 2015The wool industry is obviously such a huge part of New Zealand’s history and present with exports as well as local production, and it’s clear it has a strong future, with the beautiful garments in the group runway show ‘Choose Wool’ at NZ Fashion Week 2015. They have a website for this NZ initiative to…
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Kronenbourg 1664 – a fashionable drop
Read more: Kronenbourg 1664 – a fashionable dropMerci, Kronenbourg 1664, for this incredible hamper to celebrate being the official beer of NZ Fashion Week! Not only that, the French premium beer is also a partner of one of my favourite New Zealand fashion labels, Stolen Girlfriends Club, who are showing their AW16 collection in the St James Theatre this year and it…
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MAC makeup at Kate Sylvester at Marr Factory 2015
Read more: MAC makeup at Kate Sylvester at Marr Factory 2015Makeup and fashion go hand-in-hand like a model carrying a smoke wand. Like WHAT?!” you ask – well that was what happened at Sunday night’s Marr Factory show fro Kate Sylvester’s in-sseaon SS15/16 collection down at Golden Dawn. Models bearing pink smoke wands strode the runway in the standing room only bar with Nineties neo-grunge…
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INDUSTRY NEWS August 2015
Read more: INDUSTRY NEWS August 2015This is the week between Marr Factory and NZ Fashion Week. It’s basically the equivalent of the days between Christmas and New year; you’ve had fun, you’re waiting for more fun, and it’s like time stands still in this no-mans-land. Okay it’s not quite the same, but nevertheless this week’s industry news column is all…
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Kate Sylvester smokin’ hot at Marr Factory 2015
Read more: Kate Sylvester smokin’ hot at Marr Factory 2015Kate Sylvester showed a (literally) smokin’ hot show at Marr Factory 2015 tonight with smoke wand-bearing models styled by Katherine Lowe of KatherineIsAwesome blog, sporting “just kissed Johnny Depp” hair by Matt Benns of Stephen Marr and makeup by MAC artist Kiekie Stanners. Pink smoke filled the Golden Dawn pub on Ponsonby Road for the last…
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The Week on Thread: Episode 18
Read more: The Week on Thread: Episode 18The week on Thread Episode 18 covers highlights of my week in photos, including fashion and food. If you’d like to follow me up-to-the-minute on Instagram, it’s at @ThreadNZ First up, I thought I’d share with you what my workstation looks like. It always has tea and I’m trying to drink more water everyday from my…
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MAC makeup looks at Karen Walker at Marr Factory 2015
Read more: MAC makeup looks at Karen Walker at Marr Factory 2015Following on from the feminist icons of the suffragettes from last collection, Karen Walker again nods to strong women with a collection inspired by actress Joanna Lumley in Sapphire and Steel. Designer Karen Walker says as a young girl she “watched in awe” the 1970s time-travelling crime-fighting detective series, and realised that “functional and strong…
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MAC makeup looks at the Nom*D show at Marr Factory 2015
Read more: MAC makeup looks at the Nom*D show at Marr Factory 2015Check out the stunning beauty by MAC and the incredibly clever key artist Kiekie Stanner’s facechart from last night’s Nom*D show at Marr Factory. DESIGNER: Nom*D KEY MAKEUP ARTIST: Kiekie Stanners, M.A.C Senior Artist INSPIRATION: Music icon Nico from the Velvet Underground’s slept in eye makeup. KEY PRODUCTS: Face: M.A.C Face and Body Foundation with M.A.C…
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INDUSTRY NEWS August 2015
Read more: INDUSTRY NEWS August 2015News in the New Zealand fashion and beauty industry in our latest INDUSTRY NEWS column, for August 2015, featuring KILT, Glassons and Otago Polytechnic, Elizabeth Arden, ObjectSpace, NZ Fashion Week, Marr Factory, and Heroes and Villains jewellery… KILT opens New Zealand factory NZ fashion brand Kilt (www.kilt.co.nz) is opening their own NZ made factory! That’s right…