NZFW
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 Day 1 Opening & Harman Grubisa
Read more: NZ Fashion Week 2016 Day 1 Opening & Harman GrubisaWelcome back to NZ Fashion Week for 2016 here onsite at Viaduct Events Centre on Day 1, Monday 22nd August, for the opening night cocktail party, and the week’s first show, Mercedes Benz presents Harman Grubisa. First up… some cool deliveries have been arriving at Threadquarters for fashion week prep. What’s in here? An exciting…
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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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twenty-seven names AW16 show at NZFW ‘Still Life’
Read more: twenty-seven names AW16 show at NZFW ‘Still Life’Twenty-seven names opened NZ Fashion Week with an outdoor show under umbrellas with Auckland Viaduct as a backdrop for their AW16 collection entitled Still Life. “Outdoors? In August. In Auckland. That’s my blowdry gone on the first morning” I overhead people saying as I perched on the bleachers and the rain continued to fall. The…
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Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15
Read more: Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15Zambesi on the runway at Britomart Fashion Sessions AW15 featured their in-season current winter collection. A stand-out was models in blankets with ‘XXXV’, Roman numerals for 35, across their shoulders. I well remember coming to their 30th Anniversary show at NZ Fashion Week half a decade ago. Back then, they did more of a retrospective,…
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SHOWROOM 22 MEDIA OPEN DAY
Read more: SHOWROOM 22 MEDIA OPEN DAYDozens of fashion media gathered in the white concrete space in Showroom22’s carpark for their AW15 Media Open Day on Thursday 6th November. The runway show presented many of their showroom’s labels including Camilla & Marc, Bendon, Staple + Cloth, Cathy Pope Jewellery, Taylor Boutique, moochi, Ingrid Starnes, Levi’s, adidas, Billabong, I Love Ugly, Tigerlily,…
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Pardon My French AW15 show at NZFW
Read more: Pardon My French AW15 show at NZFWNext up in fashion week after Lucy McIntosh, was Lucy Kemp’s label, Pardon My French, with a beatnik-inspired collection entitled ‘The Beat Girl’. I really loved the Parisian styling with the cute berets and winged eyeliner with nude lips and that kind of French attitude stare like they don’t really care but they do know…
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Lucy McIntosh AW15 show at NZFW
Read more: Lucy McIntosh AW15 show at NZFWLucy McIntosh AW15 ‘Archy’ I absolutely loved this show. Both labels in the joint show – where Lucy McIntosh presented before Pardon My French, which was also fantastic – far exceeded my expectations, and I would wear the entire ranges. This Autumn Winter 2015 collection, Archy, is named after British musician King Krule aka Archy…
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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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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…