Get your togs on: LifeStyles Hanmer
It’s swimwear season, and one bathing suit just isn’t going to be enough. Just like other types of clothing, different swimsuits are needed for different situations. For example, if you do a lot of active swimming for exercise, then you need chlorine-resistant swimwear specifically for that. After all, you wouldn’t wear a party […]
Homegrown fashion
Christchurch’s inaugural Spring Fashion Festival just wrapped. It wouldn’t be a fashion week without a trend report, writes Metropol editor Nina Tucker. In its three days of glory, the festival uplevelled our city’s sartorial spirit. If not for the energised street style I witnessed on the ground, it left inspiration for the art […]
Christchurch Spring Fashion Festival
When the city becomes a sartorial spectacle from 7 to 9 November for Christchurch’s first Spring Fashion Festival, will you be seated in the front row? Tickets to the packed three-day schedule are selling fast. Public-facing fashion shows, designer hosted events and inspiring panel talks make up this weekend-long celebration, thanks to a […]
SPRING STYLE
Meet your sartorial colour crush. Spring style in Christchurch extends to the summer season with light, floating fabrics and sweet hues inspired by the garden of colour outside. Lean into elegant shapes and silhouettes, and introduce accessories with texture and pattern for events.
Fashion that’s evergreen
Growth and renewal. Life and harmony. Nature and calm. Stability and security. Wealth and prosperity. Green represents everything we want and nothing we don’t – just like these lavish local finds. In honour of the late Dr. Jane Goodall’s favourite colour, leave it to green for your staple pieces this season.
Cup Week starts here: The Crossing
Meet The Crossing – but not as you know it. Come New Zealand Cup Week, the city’s premier shopping destination blooms with the best for your style and spirit. The sartorial brief this year? Flirty yet refined, with a contemporary edge. It’s the real deal – right down to natural floral headdresses handcrafted […]
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