HORSEPOWER. Curated by Nina Tucker
Take a risk. That’s what the Year of the Fire Horse means for fashion – bold, fiery, and adventurous sartorial choices that show the world you mean business. Fuse the stallion’s power with fire’s intense, passionate spirit to create sharp silhouettes, expressively style accessories and channel red energy.
Styled seasonally: Maxwell Fashion
Summer is passing by, and the winter months are coming fast. Finding fashion that looks stylish but also keeps you warm can be a challenge. Your home for winter pieces this season, Maxwell Fashion in Halswell introduces its 2026 winter collection. Specialising in high-quality ladies’ fashion, the new season collection features premium merinos […]
Be mine! Curated by Nina Tucker
However you spend Valentine’s Day – at one of Canterbury’s award-winning restaurants, poolside on holiday, or strictly in bed – we’ve got your style (and scent) sorted.
CLOUD DANCER. Curated by Nina Tucker
A classic, wardrobe-essential hue, Pantone’s colour of the year, Cloud Dancer, materialises in boundless range for your 2026 fashion wishlist. Let it be a blank canvas – one that encourages a fresh era of self-expressive dressing.
Sky high shade
Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year asks the question (colour lovers, brace yourselves): is minimalism here to stay? P antone’s 2026 colour of the year, Cloud Dancer is “a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection”. Following its 2025 predecessor Mocha […]
Bonjour, broderie
Broderie anglaise, French for English embroidery, is the answer to your summer fashion woes. Airy, lightweight, dreamy, and effortless (very Cloud Dancer-esque), broderie brings wearability and femininity to the summer wardrobe rotation, perfect for looming Valentine’s and ‘Galentine’s’ Day dates – and warm weather in general. A timeless needlework technique dating back to […]
What defined fashion in 2025
Metropol editor Nina Tucker recaps the year that was, sartorially of course. I t’s been penned the ‘year of musical chairs’ – 2025 has been hard to keep up with for those designing at luxury fashion houses. With more than 20 leading brands changing creative hands, some directorships lasting just one season (think […]
BEACH BABE – by Nina Tucker
Who needs a Euro summer when you can dress the part? These breezy seaside staples will have you feeling beach-babe-beautiful for days on the boat, at the bach, in the sand or on the sea. SHORE-BOUND STYLE Don’t sleep on accessories this summer – from sandals, sarongs, straw hats and sunscreen to a […]
The future of fashion
Christchurch’s budding fashion designers and students of Ara Fashion School presented their 2025 collections to a sold-out crowd at PROSPECT in November. The three-hour student-led show was a runway into the effervescent, inspired sartorial minds of Ōtautahi – and a glimpse down the barrel of the city’s fashion future.
