Anything but Boring: Fashionable mix-ups
This coming spring and summer, if your clothes are a bit rad, you’re instantly in fashion. Think out-there shapes and cool mix-ups of items worn together. For instance, who said that scruffy and loose frayed jeans shouldn’t be donned with a gorgeous tailored-waist, satin jacket? Herein lies the glory of getting dressed. Designers […]
Bold Beauty: Add colour to your ‘robe
Life doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom when it comes to catering to the cold. With some of our most beloved designers plating up a course of statement shades this season, it’s time to embrace colour. So we’ve put together our top tips to put your brightest foot forward in this […]
Fashion on the Fringe: Fringing sashays its way back into sartorial consciousness
The ‘70s are in full swing – both figuratively and literally – as fringing sashays its way back into sartorial consciousness. A fun detailing that adds both drama and femininity to any look, this season we’re seeing it in every way, shape and form. From micro-mini fringe trimmings to luscious, long strips of […]
Good as gold: Exploring golden fashion
Dress to impress is generally a figurative instructive to describe the art of dressing up. But injecting gold into your wardrobe is one way to pay a more literal homage to this sentiment, with our affections for this illustrious hue. The golden child of fashion has been putting the Midas touch on […]
Style Notes: HOLIDAY S.O.S
Headed off on a much-needed winter break? Try these tips to help steer you towards a stress-free packing experience. Take one light suitcase Samsonite make the best ones. Weighing in around 2kg, you can get more in it without over-stepping the 23kg luggage limit of local airlines. Ditch the white White clothing […]
New Zealand’s next top designer?
As part of its annual fashion week, Ballantynes Department Store’s new competition will give one emerging designer a valuable start in the fashion world. Judged by Karen Walker, fashion label twenty-seven names, Remix Magazine, fashion photographer Dave Richards and Ballantynes’ Head of Buying Megan McKee, the winner of the Ballantynes Emerging Designers Competition […]
Diagonal dressing: The puzzling new trend
Some things in life are all about keeping on the straight and narrow. But this season, the beauty is in the asymmetry. Designers are stepping outside of the sartorial box, working dramatic asymmetry into their creations and it’s not just about high-low dresses and diagonal hemlines.This year it’s all about hems that go […]
Looking sharp for work & play: Cutler & Co’s new flagship store offers stylish and quality menswear
Christchurch’s own menswear brand, Cutler & Co, has a new flagship store. On the Colombo street-side ground floor of The Crossing, it’s offering a warm, heritage-infused winter range. Having expanded out well beyond Canterbury’s borders to premium retail stores throughout Australasia, Cutler’s clothes combine tactile, quality materials with sophisticated ease of wear. European […]
A TAD classy: Pegasus and Papanui boast upmarket duo of boutique fashion destinations
The best designer clothing is supremely comfortable, toasty, and addictive. Ditto with accessories. This describes the wares at TAD. Even the wallets, key-rings and cuffs here have feel-good factor. For real feather handbags sharing display space with fine sterling silver necklaces, cuddly merino ponchos and wholly desirable LTB denim and Black Orchid jeans, […]
Caped crusader: layer it up with one of the coolest ways to stay warm and get yourself a cape
If fashion is searching for its seasonal superhero, this may just be it. Capes are one of the coolest cover ups on the catwalk and now their cool cred has filtered down to street level. Milan and London offered numerous takes on this sleek silhouette in their autumn/winter 2018 showing, taking the form […]
