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Aldous Harding reveals new song and announces upcoming album
Two years after the release of Party, Aldous Harding has released a new single and video, 'Barrel', and announced her new album Designer will be out in April. Video
Benny Castles: Carving out a career in high end fashion
Benny Castles from WORLD addresses the changes in the New Zealand fashion industry and the challenges of local production and more in this episode of My Heels Are Killing Me recorded live at iD… Audio
Defusing fashion's ticking time bomb
Today there are a multitude of pressures placed on designers in the fashion industry as consumers increasingly demand transparency in the manufacturing process. But there are many ways to approach… Audio
Fashion’s inclusive new mood
Fashion is often a signal of a change in the air, reflecting societal norms and values. On RNZ podcast My Heels Are Killing Me Sonia Sly meets designer Jason Lingard who says being gay and growing up… Audio
Bridalwear chilled to perfection
Trish Peng is a designer who creates show-stopping wedding gowns. At last year's NZ Fashion Week her 25-metre long train broke a world record and this year she created a dress that had to be kept in… Audio
Pebbles Hooper opens up about social media wars
Former columnist Pebbles Hooper opens up about social media wars, growing up in the fashion industry, a fondness for goats and a portrait that she's terrified of destroying. Audio
Young visionaries and the future of fashion
If you want to know what the future of fashion looks like it pays to keep an eye on emerging designers who create without boundaries. Sonia Sly meets emerging designers from around the world to find… Audio
Making the modern gentleman
What does it take to make the modern gentleman? With a love of art and design New Zealand menswear label, French 83, provides a twist on classic suiting for the young professional. Add a dash of our… Audio
Swanndri scrubs up well at iD Dunedin Fashion Week
Gumboots met 'tranny boots' at last weekend's iD Dunedin Fashion Week, writes Sonia Sly. Gallery
Celebrating Young designers
Auckland-based designer, Sherylene Chan. She was named second in the world, at The Rookies Graphic Designer of the Year. Audio
From the runway to the great outdoors
Headhunted to work for Tom Ford's eponymous label just as it was getting off the ground was like watching history in the making, according to designer Quentin Hart who worked with Ford for 3 years… Audio
Wynn Hamlyn: striving for perfection
Wynn Hamlyn Crawshaw is a young designer who moved from a career in construction to developing his own womenswear label. Audio, Gallery
Jimmy D: There's more to life than fashion
Auckland-based designer James Dobson talks about life before the internet, meeting the needs of a clientele that range from 15-60, and why he has to remind himself that there is more to life than… Audio, Gallery
Pearly Wong's International Minimalism
Pearly Wong is a fashion designer based between Malaysia and Berlin. She talks to Sonia Sly about catering to an international market place and the realities of the industry for Malaysian designers. Audio, Gallery
Catwalk comeback with a bang!
The return of WORLD to NZ Fashion Week was all about show-stopping, otherworldly looks, writes Sonia Sly. Gallery
WORLD returns to New Zealand Fashion Week with New York Twang
Well-established and new names sit side-by-side in the line-up at New Zealand Fashion Week 2016, while more of the familiar designers plan to show during the public weekend shows, rather than the… Audio
Kate Sylvester talks career, inspiration and making mistakes
At iD Fashion Week 2016 New Zealand designer Kate Sylvester showed her AW16 collection 'A Muse' inspired by the work of Picasso. She also presented a talk at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery about her… Audio
Tamsin Cooper - The Art of Accessories
If you've ever admired a colourful, fabric brooch on someone's blouse - it might just be a Tamsin Cooper creation. Tamsin Cooper celebrates 10 years of design this year, and in that time her business… Audio