Events

Miromoda NZFW 2012 Review

NZFW's annual Maori fashion design showcase opened with an unexpectedly cute poi tribute to the polka dot, starring Rotorua's Marlena Martin.

Phoenix Cosmetics NZFW 2012 Review

Phoenix Cosmetics once again took to the NZFW runway yesterday, with a fluoro-and-hairspray-charged show set to a soundtrack of classic ‘80s hits. Fashion shows that make cosmetics the focus are unusual – Phoenix is the only company to have ever done so at NZFW – but without a traditional format to reference the directive seems simply to be ‘go wild, and have...

Stolen Girlfriends Club NZFW 2012 Runway

Annah Stretton NZFW 2012 Runway

Taylor NZFW 2012 Runway

Charlie Brown NZFW 2012 Runway

Mix magic at NZFW 2012

The music from New Zealand Fashion Week shows can be as good as the garments!  twenty seven names mixes are always standout, and FashioNZ heard a guest say that Ingrid Starnes show mix was the best of the week.  We've uploaded them to our SoundCloud, so you can love them too.

Stolen Girlfriends Club NZFW 2012 Review

I overhead a Stolen Girlfriends’ Club naysayer this week claiming that the label could send a garbage bag down the runway to applause. She might have had a point, but it wasn’t the criticism she intended. To say Marc Moore and Dan Gosling have got the Midas touch sounds too sparkly for a brand that’s built itself on edginess. But there’s no denying it: these guys...

Annah Stretton NZFW 2012 Review

Annah Stretton showcased her Winter 2013 range, ʻCrush On Youʼ, this evening, to a full house of her fans and delegates. 

Taylor NZFW 2012 Review

Designer Vicki Taylor apparently described showing at NZFW as an ode to her ‘vanity’. Taylor doesn’t wholesale, so the show wasn’t about attracting buyers. It was about having her own space, her own voice with a show of her garments the way she wanted them seen. The styling was slick and pared back, no unnecessary teetering heels or extras.

Charlie Brown NZFW 2012 Review

Further evidence that Fashion Weeks are moving their focus to local, rather than international buyers, Charlie Brown crossed the ditch last night to bring her AW 2013 collection, ‘Naughty and Nice’ to NZFW. Brown’s label is synonymous with ‘Australian’ style: sequins, colour, and glamour. In contrast, the New Zealand sartorial archetype is dark, moody, and...

Blak/Blak Luxe NZFW 2012 Review

Blak’s Autumn Winter 2013 collection titled ‘The Black Rose’ gives a good show! It was prim yet edgy, soft and hard, and light meets dark – incorporating lambskin leathers and lace, sheer layers, and large floral printed silks with secret skulls hidden amongst the blooms.

Salasai NZFW 2012 Review

I must admit I had wondered how the move to Perth might have affected Kirscha Whitcher – not in a fashion sense, more in a ‘big upheaval in life that is moving your family to another country’ sense. I’ve seen designers go through all manner of personal change and while for some you’d never know, others – well, you’ve heard of break up albums, right?...

Blak Blak Luxe NZFW 2012 Runway

Salasai NZFW 2012 Runway