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Beauty travels of a middle aged Fashion Editor

Are you a budding Teen Stylist?

Come along to our School Holiday Programme for Teen Stylists to learn all the tricks of the trade...

Sun’s out for Specsavers

Sparkling sunshine mingled with blue skies and seas on an unusual Auckland spring day could only be enhanced by the launch of Specsaver’s four new collections of designer prescription sunglasses: Vintage, Glamour, Sporty and Classic. 

Winning paper dress design set to go to the highest bidder, re-made in cloth

After winning the title of New Zealand’s favourite little-white-paper-dress, Kapi Fonua’s Kleenex Cottonelle paper dress design is now being offered on Trade Me. The dress will be re-made in fabric by the team at NZ Fashion Tech in the winning bidder’s choice of colour and dress size.

You're so Beautiful...

Meet model Cait Kneller - a 19 year old Auckland Fine Arts student who for four months has also been a model with Clyne. 

NZ Fashion Tech Industry Report 2012

After the glitz and the glamour of Fashion Week - An insight into the health and needs of the industry.

Wellington Student Wins Big at NZ Fashion Week

Wellington fashion student, Jack Hill, has banked this year’s big award at New Zealand Fashion Week. At last night’s Westpac RED COLLECTION show, the young men’s wear designer was announced as the winner of the annual Westpac Young Fashion Designer Competition.

Sunshine after the Storm with new season’s brights

Storm bursts into summer with sunshine yellows and fierce super nova golds, in block colours and unique prints. For a soft wash of skin-warming shades, watercolour pastels paint a pretty picture.

Summer of Colour at Number One Shoes

Number One Shoes seems to have gone all out in capturing this season’s colour trends with its latest offerings.

ROC Eyewear summer 2012: Tough Love

ROC Eyewear is off to a stellar season with the launch of their "Tough Love” spring/summer 2012 collection, which was showcased in Sydney earlier this month.

The Marr Factory Presents: Kate Sylvester

Some had been surprised at the first Marr Factory show when ShowRoom 22’s Murray Bevan moved them aside to form a makeshift runway. At Kate Sylvester’s ‘All My Heart’ showing last night though, people knew the drill. By ten to nine (and with little direction from Bevan) a long space had already been cleared and people were squeezed firmly in place, cameras at the...

The Marr Factory Presents: Nom*D

It’s true that Nom*D’s clothing falls on the ‘challenging’ end of the aesthetic spectrum. Even defining what the garments are can be difficult. At last night’s show for example, what looked like a vest turned out to be part of a dress. Pinafores merged into shirts, and peaked caps were actually snoods that draped around the neck and back.

The Marr Factory Presents: Workshop & Helen Cherry

The Marr Factory Presents: Zambesi

For a label that steers away from overt themes, it was easy to imagine a back story for the models wandering the runway at last night’s Zambesi show. The leather lace-ups triggered it, and then the uniform vibe was everywhere – socks and sandals, low slung satchels, gym slips, and plenty of short-sleeved shirts. If Zambesi’s focus is on a way of dressing, then SS 12/13...

The Marr Factory Presents: Karen Walker

Former Nylon fashion editor Aya T Kanai once declared, “If I could be any girl, I would be a Karen Walker girl”. Judging by the crowd at tonight’s show, she wouldn’t be the only one. Of the five Marr Factory shows being held at Golden Dawn this week, Walker’s was the first to sell out, and her signature styling was evident off the runway as much as on. This...