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  • Highlights from Wellington Fashion Week 2014

    Highlights from Wellington Fashion Week 2014

    Highlights from Wellington Fashion Week 2014 by Simonne Walmsley on location for Threadnz at the 3rd annual WFW, held in Shed 6, on the Wellington waterfront. Marco The first of the day’s events for me was the AW ’14 Designer Selection, showing a range of New Zealand designer labels stocked in Greytown’s Marco Boutique –…

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  • Backstage Polaroids at RUBY and Liam

    Backstage Polaroids at RUBY and Liam

    Backstage 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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  • Backstage at Moochi at Wellington Fashion Week

    Backstage at Moochi at Wellington Fashion Week

    Backstage at Moochi at Wellington Fashion Week, with hair by Redken and makeup by MAC. Read our review of moochi Collection on Thread here. Photography Izzie Austin 9th April 2014

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  • Day 4 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 4 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 4 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia MBFWA 2014 on location with Thread’s Photographer Sam Lee and Writer Dana Lee. Here are our impressions of collections by Jayson Brunsdon, Lan Yu, Suboo, Dion Lee II, and Haryono Setiadi. Haryono Setiadi S/S15 Active The first show for Day 4 was Haryono Setiadi. The beautiful fresh translucent dresses…

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  • Day 3 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 3 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 3 at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia MBFWA 2014 on location with Thread’s Photographer Sam Lee and Writer Dana Lee. Here are our impressions of collections by Ginger and Smart, Leroy Nguyen, Cameo, and Maticevski. Day three began with Ginger and Smart. The collection was very modern and feminine, with sleeveless tops with long pencil skirts both in white…

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  • Moochi Collection at Wellington Fashion Week

    Moochi Collection at Wellington Fashion Week

    I arrived at the moochi show tickets for the week in-hand fresh from the box office.  The 17 piece, Winter 2014 Collection, drawing inspiration from nature and the Orient – with paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling at Shed 6 – was a strong collection for moochi and a very successful opener to Wellington Fashion…

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  • We meet: Designer Lucilla Gray

    We meet: Designer Lucilla Gray

    We meet iD Dunedin fashion designer Lucilla Gray and she chats with Connie McDonald about a few of her favourite things, including a love of tea, and Harry Potter.

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  • Day 2 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 2 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 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

    Day 1 at MBFWA 2014

    Day 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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  • Eveningwear trends 2014

    Eveningwear trends 2014

    An exciting assortment of women’s eveningwear has already been seen on the runways. From exotic motifs to elegant embellishments, Fall 2014’s eveningwear trends are anything but simple. Gown lengths are going to plummet on the floor and the most preferred length will show a hint of the knee, or all of it. Beading, sequins and…

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