Pop-up exhibition showcases customized Dr Martens shoes by Jimmy D and other creatives
A pop-up exhibition for Dr Martens opens today at Westfield Newmarket in Auckland, New Zealand, and will run to May 30. Lochie Stonehouse, Jimmy D, Portia Prince and Miro have each customized a pair of Dr Martens’ 1461 shoe, commemorating 60 years of the design. Their customized shoes are being displayed at level 1 of […]
Double WOW: Rinaldy Yunardi wins World of Wearable Art Supreme Award for the second time
Stephen A’Court Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Above: Rinaldy Yunardi’s The Lady Warrior nets the designer his second Supreme Award at WOW. Indonesian designer Rinaldy Yunardi becomes the third person—after last year’s sisters Natasha English and Tatyanna Meharry—to win the Supreme Award at the World of Wearable Art awards (WOW) in Wellington tonight. In the 32-year […]
New Zealand Fashion Week autumn–winter 2015, day one: Nom D to Stolen Girlfriends’ Club
New Zealand Fashion Week’s autumn–winter 2015 shows, now shifted to August, kicked off strongly with Nom D. Fashion editor Sopheak Seng was there, with Matthew Beveridge in amongst the photographers. Nom D Vibe: Rock concert glam. Standing-only “seating” made it feel like you were more at the concert rather than a fashion show. Along […]
New Zealand Fashion Week autumn–winter 2014, day two: tying the knot to underground magic
Deryn Schmidt Matthew Beveridge/Matthew Beveridge Photography Opening day two of NZFW was Wellington designer Deryn Schmidt. A photograph that her daughter Millicent took of her son Lars’s mobile originally inspired her winter collection, entitled Capture This. This image was later developed into the first exclusive textile print for Schmidt, adapted by textile designer Andrea Stark. […]
New Zealand Fashion Week: rocking the runway, day 2
Stolen Girlfriends The eternally cool kids at Stolen Girlfriends know how to put on a show. The masters of spectacle this year had the fashionistas waiting out in the cold and rain for the beginning of their show with not a grumble in ear shot—a hard achievement by no mean feat. The revving of the […]
Jimmy D shows Until the Light Takes Us in Wellington as collection hits stores
Sopheak Seng To celebrate the release of Jimmy D’s much acclaimed autumn–winter 2011 collection, Until the Light Takes Us, in stores, guests were invited to the house of cool—the Service Depot in Wellington—to view a mini-film by Oliver Rose. Rose, who beautifully captured the Jimmy D collection at New Zealand Fashion Week, was so […]
New Zealand Fashion Museum to hold black-themed events
The New Zealand Fashion Museum is holding two events with the Black on Fashion exhibition theme, one in Auckland and the other in Wellington. The Auckland event is hosted by Hotel de Brett on March 15 and features designers Elisabeth Findlay (Zambesi), Beth Ellery, Teresa Hodges (Blak), and Black Magazine founders Grant Fell and […]
