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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…
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COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014
Read more: COOP AW15 at NZFW 2014COOP AW15 at New Zealand Fashion Week 2014 Kiss Me The highlight of COOP, Trelise Cooper’s more youthful line, was the Roy Lichenstein pop art-style prints on garments. In fact, she wore a skirt in the COOP finale with “Kiss me” emblazoned on her behind – perhaps a retort to detractors over the feather headdress…
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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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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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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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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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This week with Thread: Episode 2
Read more: This week with Thread: Episode 2Here’s what we’re liking right now in This week with Thread: Episode 2 in pictures. The major, major highlight of the week and indeed the whole year, was having my daughter play a tiny role in Disney on Ice in Auckland. She was invited to let off a lantern and hug Rapunzel on the podium.…
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I had a Molemap and found I had melanoma
Read more: I had a Molemap and found I had melanomaI had a routine molecheck last month and found I had melanoma, and think you should get checked, too. I want to share my story so that will encourage others to get their skin checked out as New Zealand and Australia have very high skin cancer rates. Routine checkup It all started when on 1st…