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Juliette Hogan AW15 at Fashion Week 2014
Read more: Juliette Hogan AW15 at Fashion Week 2014Juliette Hogan AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 There’s nothing wrong with waiting for a lady – and this was the longest wait so far – and it was soon apparent why. The stage was turned on its side in theatre-style, with guests along one wall, and a black curtain along the other. The…
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Andrea Moore WINK WINK and Curious Cat AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Andrea Moore WINK WINK and Curious Cat AW15 at NZFWAndrea Moore AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 This show was quite moving for me. I found it quite emotional having the fabulous local singer-songwriter Ginny Blackmore take to the stage and perform and the start and finish of the show. It can go either way when fashion shows bring out performers; it can…
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Salasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFW
Read more: Salasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFWSalasai AW15 ‘Self Portrait’ show at NZFW It’s always a real highlight to hear that Salasai is on the schedule at fashion week. The New Zealand brand by Kirsha Whitcher and Kelly Watson- now based in Australia – showed its AW15 collection entitled Self-Portrait at NZFW 2014 this week. The self-portrait refers to the painterly…
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Kate Sylvester AW15 at NZFW
Read more: Kate Sylvester AW15 at NZFWKate Sylvester is clearly a woman who does not rest on her laurels. She has an internationally-successful company, raises three boys – whom we saw at her show – and is well-read. We know this last fact as she bases her collections on smart well-dressed women from literature, and this most recent collection is no…
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COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014
Read more: COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014COOP AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 Kiss Me The highlight of COOP, Trelise Cooper’s more youthful line, was the Roy Lichenstein pop art-style prints on garments. In fact, she wore a skirt in the COOP finale with “Kiss me” emblazoned on her behind – perhaps a retort to detractors over the feather headdress…
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Zambesi 35th Anniversary fashion week show
Read more: Zambesi 35th Anniversary fashion week showFlash! A-ah Saviour of the Universe Flash a-ah He’ll save every one of us The doors parted, light shone out like Flash Gordon’s spacecraft landing, and the show began. When a label is celebrating 35 years in business, you don’t mind that it’s an hour and half late. Zambesi draped models in blankets with ‘XXXV’,…
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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…