menswear
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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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Eyewear Streetstyle at Fashion Week
Read more: Eyewear Streetstyle at Fashion WeekWe shot Eyewear Street style on location at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 As well as keeping an eye on fashion trends, we’ve been noticing some amazing glasses around fashion week, especially at the Huffer offsite show, where we photographed these fashion week attendees in their eyewear. Whether is a classic aviator, or a contemporary…
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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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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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Juna menswear launches in Auckland
Read more: Juna menswear launches in Auckland“Shut the Gate” Menswear by Juna launches in Auckland Juna, by designer Julie Stevens, has diversified into the menswear arena after many requests to design a range that was unique yet affordable. Juna made its way in the world as a New Zealand womenswear brand, produced locally here in Auckland, and this is a new…
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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…