menswear
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Where I shop online for cool stuff
Read more: Where I shop online for cool stuffThe shopping site that I have bought the most things from, isn’t ASOS or even the not-so-glamorous nappies online – or a supermarket website- but in fact is the New Zealand-owned designer sale site, ONCEit.co.nz. I was quite an early adopter for once (no pun intended) and have been buying things for my home and…
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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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Men Exchange at Number One Shoes launch
Read more: Men Exchange at Number One Shoes launchWhat would you think of if you were invited to a Men Exchange? The mind boggles. The ‘Men Exchange’ I attended this week, though, was of an entirely fashionable nature. It saw fashion media swapping old shoes for new leather men’s shoes, at the Number One Shoes leather styles launch. The event at Starseed PR…
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A visual feast at the Zambesi Summer 2014/15 Launch
Read more: A visual feast at the Zambesi Summer 2014/15 LaunchBeautiful models ate cake today at a decadent feast laid out at the Zambesi Summer 2014/15 Launch. The tableau of the heavenly picnic on clear plastic clouds saw The Caker Jordan Rondel feeding layer cream cake and a table of food and wine as models lounged in the upcoming SS14/15 collection. The summer range is…
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INDUSTRY NEWS April 2014
Read more: INDUSTRY NEWS April 2014In this latest INDUSTRY NEWS column for April 2014 we look at recent happenings in the New Zealand fashion industry. THE BODY Elle Macpherson Intimates Back in front of the camera at age 50 is Elle herself, shot in New York by Regan Cameron. Elle Macpherson says, “I wanted to address everyday bras at accessible…
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Fashion in the Park
Read more: Fashion in the ParkThis was a show like no other – a theatrical presentation of Autumn Winter fashion modelled by dancers from The Human Agency in the carpark at Sylvia Park to a standing-room-only crowd. The in-season and free to the public catwalk show took a different approach to the standard runway fashion show, instead setting themed performances…
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Backstage Polaroids at RUBY and Liam
Read more: Backstage Polaroids at RUBY and LiamBackstage Polaroids of models by Threadnz’s Photographer Izzie Austin at the Winter 2014 RUBY and Liam show, held on 10th April in the new Prefab cafe during Wellington Fashion Week. The hall was literally packed to the rafters with the only floor space I could see being that which the models were walking on. Photographers, as well as…
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Day 2 at MBFWA 2014
Read more: Day 2 at MBFWA 2014Day 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
Read more: Day 1 at MBFWA 2014Day 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
Read more: iDXV – iD Dunedin 2014Thread 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…