News round-up: the latest from Lovable, Pleasure State, GHD, OPI, Ray-Ban and Wella
Lovable is introducing its latest collection, Besties. Its new range that mixes bright and bold prints with colours that pop, which is designed to be fun and instantly cheer you up, just like a best friend would. Lovable has designed two bra shapes, a Boost Bra and a wire free bra that can be paired […]
The Westpac Young Fashion Designer Competition is on again for 2012
Westpac will run its Young Fashion Designer Competition again this year, for its third outing, at New Zealand Fashion Week. Now established on the fashion calendar, it claims to be the country’s most prestigious award for emerging designers. Top prize includes NZ$5,000, mentoring from a New Zealand designer, and dedicated banking advice. Three […]
Deryn Schmidt recalls the 1940s in autumn–winter 2012 collection
Hot on the heels of her début at New Zealand Fashion Week last year, Deryn Schmidt has become a household name synonymous with feminine fashion. Having showed as part of the new generations show at Fashion Week, her collection was one of the most sought after and highly praised by both local and international media […]
Stolen Girlfriends’ Club shows stunning campaign shots for autumn–winter ’12
Derek Henderson Marc Moore, creative director for Stolen Girlfriends’ Club, has emailed us with photographs from the brand’s autumn–winter 2012 range, Here Lies the Bones. Photographed by Derek Henderson and modelled by Georgia Fowler, Moore says that Stolen Girlfriends is ‘extremely proud of this campaign’. He thanked Henderson for ‘taking such great photos (and […]
Our congratulations, as Mister turns five
Dean MacKenzie Above Mickey Lin and Ra Thomson, the couple behind Mister. The business of fashion is often a cruel mistress and many labels will come and go. However, to survive five years in the fashion industry, and through a recession, is an achievement. Not only has Christchurch-based label Mister had to endure […]
Jewellery designer Nga Waiata receives greater acclaim as range expands
Top Smoky quartz with black maire wood pendant and hand-stitched antique brass chain. Above Fluorite and silver earrings, part of the Atanga (join, adorn and beautify) range from Nga Waiata. From the department stores of Barney’s in New York to the boutiques of Paul Smith in London, to the hands and necks of New Zealand’s […]
Miromoda show offers first-come, first-served specials
Top Dmonic Intent. Above Aroha Tapsell. The Miromoda designers will show at Wellington, New Zealand’s TSB Arena as part of the Real New Zealand Festival on September 30. As a first-come, first-served special, the tickets are now available from Ticketek at a two-for-one special price of NZ$70 for general admission, or a discounted price of […]
Getting the Huffer autumn–winter 2012 hair look
Huffer’s autumn–winter 2012 collection revisited the glory days of communist Russia. Hair director Greg Murrell of Ryder for KMS California created a look at New Zealand Fashion Week that truly embodied the collection. While staying true to the label’s ‘heritage of functionality’, the collection referred to the military style in an earthy palette of […]
World brings it all together as New Zealand Fashion Week concludes
After a jam-packed week and with New Zealand Fashion Week 2011 nearing to a close, World put on a highly anticipated extravaganza to top it all off. As expected of World, it was not your usual run-of-the-mill catwalk show, which opened with three fabulous gold sequin-wearing drag queens lip-synching to Fergie’s ‘Glamorous’. TV3 audiences awaited […]
The New Zealand Weddings Bridal Collection: glittering, glamorous
This season’s New Zealand Weddings Bridal Collection started off with opulent and highly decorative bridal wear designed by Auckland couturier John Zimmermann. Plentiful sprays of Swarovski crystal appliqué made each piece glisten under the bright lights and come alive. The first piece, a long-sleeved scoop-necked form-fitting full-length number complete with dazzling crystals and topped with […]
