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Street Chic at Parachute '12
There has been a definite lack of good guy fashion. Luckily we got two for this post to help save the day! ZU is a rapper, and the sharpest-dressed guy at Parachute. Both his shirt and pants are from I Love Ugly...
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Do Not Disturb – NOM*d
Do Not Disturb is not a collection to be kept behind closed doors, despite its distinct NOM*d bite. However behind closed doors is precisely where the infamous Dunedin brand has gone for their Autumn/Winter 2012 range, 'Do Not Disturb'...
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Handle on Design
Are you the type of person who goes shopping and thinks, "I could design as well as this?" Then you will love Handbag Designer 101, a how-to hardbook on the practical and marketing aspects of bag design and merchandising...
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The underbelly of fashion PR
Despite saying the characters are fictitious, one can't help wondering if the author of Strictly Confidential, a look inside the racy world of fashion PR in Sydney, hasn't experienced more than a few of these dramas herself...
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Parachute Festival Street Style 2012
Here are my favourite picks from today at Parachute Festival for Thread.co.nz Street Style. I was lucky enough to catch up with Jane de Jong (AKA Ruby Frost) in a fabulous silver sequin mini...
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Street Style at Parachute 2012
Madeleine is at Parachute Music Festival shooting the best outfits for Street Style at Parachute 2012. These are some of the lovely people I have seen today - everyone has been so nice and stopped for photos...
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Designer profile: GUS
Three skater friends without fashion backgrounds have teamed up to create new New Zealand menswear label GUS, launching with 'At Home', a capsule collection for AW12 featuring familiar silhouettes reinvented in surprising fabrics...
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Fashion Festival 2012 on K'Rd
Here are all the details for the 2012 NZ Fashion Festival happening on K'Rd with plenty of free events including industry experts panel Fashion Speed Dating, wearable arts event Paper Dolls, and the First Thursdays events to boot...
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Designer Profile: Lisani Lennox
No stranger to the fashion industry, Lisani gained valuable insight and experience, and, following the birth of her second child and wanting to do someting creative, she began fabric designing for clients and created her own line...
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Grammar Rules OK
For those whose job requires them to have a better level of grammar than tthey ever received at school, this book is a godsend. Written by a British officer with a 25-year military career, Grammar Rules is a lively way to learn the rules...
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A look at NZ Fashion Festival
NZFF, conceptually, is the antithesis of New Zeaalnd Fashion Week, which, despite the excitement and hoopla, is, at heart, a trade fair – a place for designers to preview collections to fashion media and buyers...
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Boho gypsy
Hair and make-up artist and stylist Rachel White used vintage clothes - owned by model Anneka’s Grandmother - to dress two of the girls at her South Island home for the shoot at a quaint stream in Picton, photographed by Jody Percy...
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