Fashion

New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery

Associate professor in the School of Design at Massey University, and former Curator of History and Textiles at Te Papa. Her new book is a history told through objects and images, Real Modern… Audio

Doris de Pont knows all about woollen bathers and bikinis, swimsuits and sundresses, playsuits and parasols. The New Zealand Fashion Museum and New Zealand Maritime Museum have put together an… Audio, Gallery

Buyer for fashion boutique Scotties who recently returned to Wellington from her second visit this year to Paris for Fashion Week. Audio

Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Audio

Reporter Max Towle went along to the preview night for the World of Wearable Arts. Audio

What are the demands of the hairdressing industry today, and what does it mean to diversify in a highly competitive business that relies on bums on seats? Sonia Sly visits Willis York in Wellington to… Audio

There's a high flying new prize in this year's World of Wearable Art Awards Show. The 2015 Performance Art Costume Award will be presented to an entry that 'could dwell in the spectacular & magical… Audio

What does it take to become a digital influencer and how does one set themselves apart in an environment that is fast becoming oversaturated with blogs and Instagram accounts? Sonia Sly meets… Audio

Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets textile design students at Massey University who are developing innovative new ways with wool. Audio, Gallery

There were big names like Zambesi and Kate Sylvester, and absent big names like WORLD and Karen Walker. But, most importantly, what will we be wearing this year? Sonia Sly gives Wallace Chapman the… Audio

Manager of New Zealand Fashion Week, which is now in its fifteenth year. Audio

It's day four of New Zealand Fashion Week and today we're speaking with expat fashion illustrator and photographer, Kelly Thompson. She's based in Melbourne where she's worked on major international… Audio

New Zealand Fashion Week kicks off in Auckland from 24-30 August, and this year, Jessica Grubiŝa and Madeleine Harman are showing their label, Harman Grubiŝa for the first time. Sonia Sly caught up… Audio, Gallery

Hand weaving is making a comeback, here and overseas, with a whole new generation of young weavers using traditional hand looms but experimenting with new materials and techniques. Many of our more… Audio, Gallery

NZ Fashion week events are happening around Auckland next week, but 2015 is particularly special year for the local accessories label Deadly Ponies - it's been 10 years in the business. Wallace talks… Audio

The heat is on as designers make a push to complete their A/W 16 collections for New Zealand Fashion Week, 2015. But part of their process is also about finding the right talent to showcase their… Audio

This year is the 21st year that Fieldays has hosted the Ag Art Wear competition, where entrants must create wearable art from materials sourced on the farm. The judges this year were fashion designer… Audio, Gallery

New Zealand Fashion Week is only a week and a half away, so in the spirit of the theme, Sonia Sly heads in to the workroom of Wellington's Mandatory Menswear to find out how shopping habits have… Audio, Gallery

When a girl loves dinosaurs and robots and doesn't want to wear a Princess, Frozen or Barbie t-shirt, what are the options? As UK author and Mum Cheryl Rickman found out - not many. In an age when… Audio, Gallery