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Whitecliffe Fashion Show 2011

There is always a kind of “buzz” at these graduation fashion shows. There are always industry people tucked away waiting to see if something a little magic might happen. Karen Walker, Kate Sylvester and Zambesi all started small...

Trip to Brooklyn Zoo

Brooklyn Zoo designer Joel Williams brought his love of New York City onto the runway at the launch of his summer 2011/12 collection, 'Coney Island the Nickel Empire' held at No.1 High Street on Tuesday...

Fashioning a new skin

Thread spoke to Fo’i Seaso following the Massey University New Blood Graduate about her memorable collection NEUW SKIN, which brought together disparate elements including digital printing, Tatau, and hand dyed leaves...

Bright Young Things

Wellington’s fashion fraternity recently attended Massey University’s New Blood fashion show that featured graduate collections from Design Graduates on campus in the magnificent Great Hall as part of the creative Blow Festival...

Summer at The Department Store

Friday night saw the always popular event, The Department Store fashion show, hit Takapuna featuring spring/summer collections from Karen Walker, Topshop, Black Box and Topman...

Tie me up

Wondering what to wear to the office? Take note from Kate Sylvester's sexy secretaries, in her erotic S&M-meets-The Office collection presented at the newly-revamped Auckland Art Gallery on Tuesday 4th October...

Arty yet wearable

The whole ‘wearable arts’ thing made me feel think of homespun, hand dyed sheep’s wool or something. Or that the costume would be crocheted together with shards of hand thrown pottery from someone’s backyard kiln glued on...

Kermadec Fashion Lunch

Models wearing summer styles from three of New Zealand's top designers - Zambesi, Juliette Hogan and Huffer- walked around tables at Kermadec during the Fashion Show and Designer Lunch held on Friday in the run up to Fashion Week...

Artistic Diversion

If the Diverge exhibition was anything to go by, the future of Christchurch art is in very good hands. While there was not a designated theme for the evening, earthquake damage provided inspiration for a few Design and Arts School students...

Fashionable Winterlude

The University of Canterbury Erksine building, normally dedicated to study, certainly set an electric atmosphere for the evening, complete with a temporary catwalk for a spectacular fashion showcase, the first of its kind, with collections from five of the Institute's designers...

Kaftan Cooper

Everyone was out in their glam Trelise best with lots of gorgeous little coloured silk shifts and sequined dresses at Trelise Cooper’s 2012 Summer Collection launch and the vile weather had everyone throwing a lot of furs on, both faux and real...