Flaunt Your Fashion

Posted 1:50pm Monday 15th September 2025 by Gemella Reynolds-Hatem (Ngāi Tahu: Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāti Waewae, Ngāti Hāteatea)

Open my whakapapa and you won’t find a tidy capsule collection, but a wardrobe crowded with pieces that refuse a singular aesthetic. Among the Jordans, arab silks sit beside pounamu pieces; between the stacks of NFL jerseys, a hijab folds next to Māori-made designer. It’s messy and Read more...

Romanticising Getting Dressed

Posted 9:00pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Grace Hards

Every morning I look at myself in the mirror and ask the world’s most terrifying question: Who do I want to be today? It’s not just about putting on pants one leg at a time. It’s a full-blown existential crisis, performed in front of a bathroom mirror, under fluorescent Read more...

Debatable: Is it appropriate to wear pajamas to campus?

Posted 9:02pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Molly Liddell

For There’s something deeply liberating about the idea of rolling out of bed, chucking on your Oodie and stumbling into a brisk 9am lecture. The cosy feel of your soft cotton PJs brushing against your skin, the faint scent of last night's Mi Goreng noodles still lingering, and the Read more...

Editorial: It’s All Political

Posted 9:09pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Nina Brown

“It’s all political.” That’s what Chlöe Swarbrick told me when I said to her that we’d focus on the ‘Politics’ section of the Critic census in our interview. Two weeks later, the words were ringing in my ears as I edited the fashion issue. Fashion is Read more...

Local Produce: Bespoke Ōtepoti

Posted 9:19pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Jonathan McCabe

If there’s a will, there's a way. When George Street doesn't provide it, this pack of student fashionistas certainly will. Critic Te Ārohi has reached out to three local entrepreneurs to see what they get up to in between lectures. From beauticians to lending out curated Read more...

The Art of Dressing for Resistance: What to Wear to a Protest

Posted 9:58pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Grace Hards

What you wear to a protest isn’t just about looking cool for the ‘gram. In reality, the clothes you wear to a protest are an intersection between fashion choices and politics: whether you’re marching for trans rights, chanting for Palestine, or standing silently in black on a Read more...

Get the look — lecturer edition

Posted 10:08pm Sunday 10th August 2025 by Stella Weston

Disclaimer: I mean no offence, please don’t fail me. Nothing but respect for academics <3 Law Starting strong, law lecturers have known who they are from a young age. Law school was such a war for them that they have harboured that pain within them – determined to take it out on Read more...

Static Age: For the Love of Vintage

Posted 9:04pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Phoebe Lea

The world is burning, Shein sweatshops are churning, your Glassons mesh top is falling apart at the seams; suddenly two months out of style, and the last thing you want (unlike your first-year self) is to show up to a party and see someone wearing the same fit. A grey Butter hoodie? For Pint Night? Read more...

Quiz: What’s Your Fashion Aesthetic?

Posted 8:53pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet

1. Sitting in a lecture, your mind begins to wander. What are you thinking about? When your next Afterpay payment is due   Planning your New Year’s trip If Madeleine McCann’s family did it Whether your degree will get you a job or you’ll be an overqualified Read more...

Club Couture: All Docs, No Crocs

Posted 5:30pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Jordan Irvine

Upon hearing that Critic staff member Sam Soppett was denied from clubs for wearing jandals and had to spend the rest of his night drinking at The Craic (could be worse), I wanted to push the boundaries of Dunedin town’s unspoken dress code. What are the limits, and why? But more importantly: Read more...