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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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Girlbosses: 7 tips for corporate dressing
Read more: Girlbosses: 7 tips for corporate dressingImage Credit: Trelise Cooper Boardroom With the number of women rising on the corporate scene, it has become evident that women are a force to reckon with. Armed with degrees, exuding confidence and strutting around the office in style in her heels – that’s how one would picture the modern working woman. And yes, she’s…
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NOM*d Spring Summer collection, NO*SENSE, at Marr Factory
Read more: NOM*d Spring Summer collection, NO*SENSE, at Marr FactoryNOMd showed their Spring Summer collection at Marr Factory at Golden Dawn in Ponsonby on 19th August to a full house of fashion fans, VIP customers, and media. As well as their signature cool and edgy clothes, a highlight was the plaited hair, and white mask-like face makeup. In the finale, UV lights came on,…
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moochi brings ‘A Taste of Spring’ to Ostro in Britomart
Read more: moochi brings ‘A Taste of Spring’ to Ostro in BritomartMoochi showcased its spring collection ‘A Taste of Spring’ to a room packed with VIPs, customers and media last week in Ostro in Britomart. I was smiling that all the wait staff gathered in the kitchen to watch the show. The food they made was so divine; healthy yet delicious. I am already planning my…
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Elizabeth Arden goes on a nautical Summer Escape
Read more: Elizabeth Arden goes on a nautical Summer EscapeElizabeth Arden goes on a nautical Summer Escape with this limited edition makeup collection in marine-inspired packaging, and colours of summer bronzed skin, pink lips, and navy eyes. I think makeup in summer should be fresh and radiant – and this ticks all the boxes. It has a stunning bronzer for sun-flushed skin, a rosy…
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Eyewear trends at Sunglass Hut
Read more: Eyewear trends at Sunglass HutWe headed into Mantells on the Water to see this Summer’s eyewear trends at Sunglass Hut today. Every season, we look forward to this glimpse into the coming summer’s key looks, from prestige brands including Prada, Miumiu, Burberry, Versace and Vogue Eyewear, as well as the latest in prescription eyewear trends from OSPM. Eyewear can…
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Highnoontea’s Brave New World
Read more: Highnoontea’s Brave New WorldIf this is the future – I want to live there. I saw Highnoontea’s Spring Summer 2014/15 collection, Brave New World, at an intimate showcase today at Wellington Fashion Week. The collection is named for the 1931 novel by Aldous Huxley, and glimpses of this are seen in the shadow print of grey trees on a…