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Under a fashion cloud
The long white cloud on Auckland's waterfront constructed for the Rugby World Cup will play host to a showcase of New Zealand’s in-season and upcoming fashion from over 50 of the country’s top designers...
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Knight of Fashion
Ethan Knight, contributor / photographer from the NY Times, is over here to cover the Rugby World Cup and attended NZ Fashion Week and has allowed Thread to publish the stunning photographs he shot backstage...
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Backstage at WORLD
We take you behind the scenes at the WORLD show at Fashion Week where the season finale of NZ Next top Model was being filmed live. Here are exclusive backstage photos by Jessica Higueras...
A model bride
The Weddings Show at NZ Fashion Week brought us a totally mixed bunch of styles for all brides to be, a few really nice options of suits for the grooms, and an interesting palette for the bridal party...
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I was a Fashion Week Volunteer
Ever wondered what it's like volunteering at NZ Fashion Week? Diana Russell shares her experience, working 10 and 13 hour days and saying she didn't even blink but had so much fun it could hardly be classed as 'work'...
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The Next Generation
New Gen shows are always a pick n' mix box of chocolates, and like Forrest Gump says, you never know what you're gonna get. At NZ Fashion Week 2011 New Generation Show, we got the zany, the colourful, and the wearable...
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Prairie Chic
The New Gen show at Fashion Week highlight was Katie-Maree Cole's show, quite.contrary, influenced by ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and harks back to simpler times...
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Racedays at Fashion Week
Pretty hats from Natalie Chan millinery graced the catwalk, complemented by brightly coloured dresses that would photograph beautifully next to the winning horse...
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Kick up your heels
Lingerie + models + shoes = a good time, in anyone's books, and Kathryn Wilson's show was one of the crowd pleasers of Fashion Week for both girls and their guys, with hot models wearing beautiful shoes and nothing but luxe corsets...
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Helen's Ville
“I imagined a very well-dressed, well-bred woman who had run off with the band, circa 1975,” says Helen Cherry. “I wanted a sense of refinement and elegance but with an attitude that was more rock ‘n’ roll cool than classic conservative.”
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Zambesi's bright sparks
We should have known something was up the minute the first model came down the catwalk. It was transparently Zambesi - a heavy fisherman's knit jersey - but it is teamed with neon yellow ski pants with a simple zip on the ankle...
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