Interior designer Kirsten Ford represents New Zealand at international Salone del Mobile competition
Hanson & Daughters The 58th Salone del Mobile Milano—better known to Anglophones as the Milan furniture fair—has a Kiwi representative this year, with Kirsten Ford from Auckland’s North Shore flying the flag for New Zealand as part of a global design competition. The fair, held this year from April 9 to 14, is one […]
Auckland kicks off racing season with Newmarket Style Spotter fashion competition
Alanah Brown Above: Alexandra Jones and Dion Herdson won the fashion competition at Ellerslie. It’s not just Melbournians who have a fun Cup Day, all over Australia and New Zealand plenty get into the spirit of the day. At Ellerslie Racecourse, in Auckland, New Zealand, 5,500 guests dressed up for the occasion. The Auckland […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s The Nutcracker gets into a festive mood
Stephen A’Court Top image: Nicholas Schultz as Herr Drosselmeier and Katherine Minor as Marie Stahlbaum. Above, from top: Fabio Lo Giudice as the Nutcracker Prince, before he wins his fight against the Mouse King. Katherine Minor and Fabio Lo Giuduce. The waltz of the flowers. Almost to the day eight years ago, we reviewed the […]
News of comfortable shoes: Alterre shows at Norwood Club; Allbirds celebrates Bird of the Year
Harmony Pilobello and Shilpa Iyengar founded Alterre for wearers who love glamorous designs as well as comfort. With different looks, accessories and a range of straps, Alterre offers 500 different combinations, so the wearer can choose just the look that works for them to match their outfit. Alterre’s new collection, Flying Circus, inspired by […]
Saben collaborates with floral designers to celebrate spring releases
The New Zealand handbag and accessories’ brand teams up with four floral designers to celebrate the start of spring and its Exhale collection […]
Good hosts New Zealand Fashion Week’s first sustainable style show
Jyoti Morningstar’s We-ar is among the labels at Good’s Sustainable Style Show at New Zealand Fashion Week. Lucire is UN Environment’s first fashion industry partner. As Lucire published the first international sustainable style editorial in the 2000s, it’s our pleasure to note that our friends at Good magazine will present its Sustainable Style Show at […]
Estelle Curd crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2018
Alan Raga Estelle Curd, a CRM, HR and H&S manager from Auckland, has been crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2018 in front of a live audience at Skycity Theatre, watched by a local network TV audience on Bravo TV New Zealand and around the world on a live stream. The 27-year-old master’s degree holder […]
Aēsop opens Wellington, New Zealand store; H&M confirms Commercial Bay, Auckland, for August 30
Bottom image: Wellington City Council Archives Aēsop, the Australian skin care company, has launched its Wellington concept store at the corner of Featherston Street and Brandon Street. New Zealand may be its neighbour, but the Australian company has been opening locations in some of the biggest cities in the world—London, Paris, New York and […]
Ten weeks ago, I received an Instagram message from Lorraine Downes, whom most Kiwis will know as our only winner at Miss Universe (in 1983). I knew she had been working on a memoir, and before she could even tell me what it was about, I wrote back to say I would love a copy […]
Living Nature’s new Ultimate Day Oil invigorates Miss Universe New Zealand semifinalists’ skin care
Among the goodies at Miss Universe New Zealand 2018’s Stiletto Camp over the weekend—the first step for semifinalists to become finalists—was Living Nature’s certified natural Ultimate Day Oil. It’s newly launched, and appears in a 30 ml premium red bottle. And the oil itself contains the nutrients skin needs to achieve and stay healthy: […]
