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Breaking Dawn

Posted 4:04am Monday 9th May 2011 by Siobhan Downes

My first experience of an Anzac Day dawn service was cold, wet, and about the only time I’d ever been up early enough for the McDonald’s breakfast menu. Suffice to say it was the thought of hotcakes rather than heroes of war that had gotten me out of bed that morning. Anzac Day had always seemed Read more...

iD Dunedin Fashion Show

Posted 5:19am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Julia Hollingsworth

After begging the previous two editors for a ticket to iD to no avail, I wasn’t letting go of my seat. Finally, I was in a dream scenario. I was Anna Wintour without the entourage or expensive clothes, armed only with a notebook. I had expected the crowd to be comprised primarily of antipodean Read more...

Size Her Up

Posted 5:09am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Siobhan Downes

“I don’t think you ready for this jelly,” chants Beyonce, waggling her voluptuous hips. Kim Kardashian poses seductively on the red carpet, her ample, orb-like backside splashed across magazine pages. “Real women have curves!” screams the slogan of a marketing campaign. It is the Plus Size Read more...

Men’s fashion...um what?

Posted 5:05am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Rueben Black

What a strange and treacherous place men’s fashion can be. When flannel-loving Al Borland becomes a hipster style-god, you know some weird shit is going down. With a few tweaks, the look has now become suitably pretentious for our beloved self-obsessed Auckland hipsters. So, over summer the shirts Read more...

Rachel Easting of Twenty-Seven Names

Posted 4:59am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Grace Averis

Rachel Easting is one half of Wellington label Twenty-Seven Names, for which she designs with childhood friend Anjali Stewart. Twenty-Seven Names have gained a cult-like following worldwide, drawing praise for their airy carefree aesthetic. Their most recent collection “Fearsome Five”, which showed Read more...

Sara Aspinall of Company of Strangers

Posted 4:51am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Hana Aoake

After working alongside NOM*D designer Margarita Robertson for six years, Sara Aspinall formed Company of Strangers in 2008. Company of Strangers’ third collection, Strangelove, which focuses on the notion of obsessive love, was recently shown at the iD Dunedin fashion show. Aspinall has reworked Read more...

Lela Jacobs of Lela Jacobs

Posted 4:45am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Grace Averis

Lela Jacobs is the brain behind her eponymously named label. Although only 30 years old, Wellington-based Jacobs has become a New Zealand fashion staple, known for her dark, moody looks which focus heavily odetails. Jacobs’ love of quality fabrics, draping and contrast is evident in her most recent Read more...

iD International Emerging Designer Awards

Posted 4:39am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Grace Averis

“LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED”  These were the fabulously cringe-worthy words (courtesy of Her Royal Highness Carol Hirschfeld) that opened this year's International Emerging Designer Awards. For those who are unfamiliar with it, the Emerging Awards show is an annual event run as part of Read more...

5 Iconic Fashion Trend Setters of our Time

Posted 4:34am Tuesday 26th April 2011 by Josh Hercus

5 Iconic Fashion Trend Setters of our Time Lady Gaga: Lady Gaga is a true fashion inspiration. Her style is diverse and difficult to pinpoint, but clearly contains vibrant elements of what 8-year-old girls use to play dress up in, mixed with a heavy dose of Marilyn Manson’s wardrobe. This Read more...

Fake or real?

Posted 6:15am Thursday 14th April 2011 by George Harrison

George Harrison discusses the pros and cons of weed and its legal counterparts Availability and risk   To those of us who have often struggled to find real weed, fake weed of the “puff”, “illusion” and “chronic” varieties have been a revelation. Well, Read more...