NZFW wrap up

Over the past few years, New York fashion week and New Zealand fashion week have had a clashing timetable. Yep, that’s right, New Zealand are taking on the big apple, and their big fashion.

Although NYFW and NZFW are so similar on a search engine that one miss-typed letter could result in equivocal Google search results suggesting a much smaller, sheepish version of New York’s fashion week, NZFW had no reservations in holding their annual fashion forward event at the same time as NY, inviting international fashion heads and bloggers alike.

Some of the NZ designers presented over the week-long event included Anne Geddes enthusiastAnnah Stretton, grunge and punk inspired Stolen Girlfriend’s Club, young-and-upcoming Lela Jacobs, tartan on tartan Trelise Cooper (no seriously, so much tartan it gave Vivienne Westwood a run for her money), young, edgy hipster influenced label UNDERGROUND, and the casual vs. dressy collection bySalasai.

Each designer displayed their own style and influences through juxtaposition between materials, textures, makeup and a lot of over exaggerated hairstyles and hair pieces. If you watch Annah Stretton’s runway show you will know exactly what sort of over exaggerated head gear i’m talking about.

Overall the event encapsulated a theme of folk come punk vibe, with NZFW goers sporting some serious leather, tartan and strangely paired paisley dresses, collared shirts and of course, perfectly knitted woolen jumpers (slightly expected, New Zealanders).

Always, Sometimes, Anytime (one of my favourite, newly discovered fashion and culture online magazines) supplied some seriously great coverage in the form of polaroid greatness. 

STYLE FILE: dots and denim

At the moment I have a serious polka-dot and denim obsession. It's actually getting quite out of hand. Every shop I venture into that has some form of denim dress, I have to try it on... No matter how plump I am feeling or how empty my bank account is, dots and denim draw me in, like some kind of crazy cigarette smitten character would be drawn to a fridge full of cola and iced coffee. A recent mini-vacay to Melbourne didn't really help this either... considering almost every second fashionista is sporting the newest form of denim overalls from their fave retail super mall. Just take one look at my style board on pinterest, and you will realise what I am talking about.

Lately

Wow, where has time gone these past few months? I have no idea in the slightest, that's for sure. Lately my time has been consumed with weekly 21sts, working, uni-ing and finding time in between for everything else, (no wonder my blogging has taken a back-seat). In between the madness, I did find some time to take a little trip to Melbourne however, which was such a good break. Four days of goodness to sooth the soul was seriously perfect. Before Melbourne I feel like my motivation had dwindled considerably compared with a few months prior, although I can now say that - I'm back baby! Motivation for living the healthy lifestyle I am ultimately aiming for is back in full swing, I am writing for a magazine again - we're no longer Luna, but XXIV magazine instead! Re-launched and ready to get myself back into it 100%. My music goals are on track, with a few new covers under the belt and a new appreciation for a few prog rock greats, (thank you university for actually providing an elective that is super-duper awesome), and finally - my motives for living life to the full are stronger than evaaaaah.