Luxury brand Donna Karan has recently launched her hosiery collection in our fair country. One of the common questions I was asked when unpacking and checking out my new DK tights that arrived a few weeks back was – why spend more than ten bucks on a pair of black opaques ? which I thought...

Check out Chaos & Harmony’s  AW12 “Common Confessions” collection. Designer Rebecca told me she was inspired by the idea of simple yet strong photography with bold silouhettes. Hair and make up was inspired by old world images of Louise Brooks. Common Confessions embodies the concept of objects of desires, with shoes worthy of display on...

Check out the awesome new season Sass & Bide preview 2012 range which is just about to be released. The range is a hint of what is to come from Sass & Bide for Summer 2012. The collection will be available in-stores by mid-February. And there’s (almost) nothing better than a new pair of sunglasses...

Stolen Girlfriend’s Club brand spanking new campaign shots for winter arrived in my inbox this afternoon. The collection, which we saw at last year’s NZ Fashion Week is called, Here Lies The Bones and will be dropping into store from the 1st of February. Credits for this beautiful campaign go to – Photographer – Derek...

Katie Battersby’s 2012 High Summer collection Roma pays homage to Italy on Film. Influenced by iconic movies which explore themes like fantasy in Fellini’s Roma, love in Rossellini’s Voyage to Italy, adventure in Roman Holiday, romance in Room with a View, and passion and mortality in I Am Love. Roma reflects the essence of these...

For the third year running, the team behind New Zealand Fashion Week is pleased to announce the 2012 dates for the highly anticipated New Zealand Fashion Festival. New Zealand Fashion Festival will run from Friday 24th February – Sunday 4th March 2012  – dates that need to be in every diary! In 2012 the New...

The 1940s silhouette is under the spotlight in Carlson’s take on AW 2012 – a collection that speaks of refined glamour mixed with a generous measure of gently simmering sex appeal. Designer Tanya Carlson’s deft tailoring takes centre stage with a suiting story in midnight, garnet and black. The cinched, collegiate style jacket and garcon...

Whitecliffe student Madeleine Harman showed her graduate collection at the Whitecliffe show on Saturday, showcasing a bag that she designed in partnership with Saben. Selected as winner of the Saben/Whitecliffe Design Collaboration, Madeleine brought forward her collection and ideas working with Roanne and Sherna from Saben to design a piece that resonated with her collection...

Wow – I’m super-impressed by Number One Shoes latest collections for summer – I’ve selected my picks from the Summer Ever After collection, which includes pretty pastels and floral prints (love the heeled Hepburn and Twiggy loafers) 70′s Hit Parade with its selection of safari-inspired wedges, leather hippy flats and a newish shape to emerge...

I Love Ugly has grown over the last few years taking on different shapes and fashion sensibilites. Growing, changing, dissecting and re-examining; they now think that they have come closer than ever before to creating a true I Love Ugly range for high summer 11/12. The brand has carefully crafted a selection of clothing that combines simple, classic...

Mary-Ellen Prendergast’s debut collection for Shen is 40 pieces of meticulously designed fashion championing quality, style and detail. Influenced by Asian aesthetics and European sophistication, Mary-Ellen has spent the last year preparing her debut collection, refining her vision, business model and skills to launch a range of garments that are neither trend-driven nor disposable. Working...

Hawkes Bay-based designer Kirsha Whitcher from fashion label Salasai will be re-locating to Perth, Australia as of December 1st 2011. Her decision to re-locate the Salasai base comes at a time where the label has evolved and grown into its own, particularly with its re-branding as a unisex line from its Summer 2010 ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’...