Category Archives: Fashion

The week in textile news

Posted on May 11, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Breaking: huge congratulations to Claire Regnault for winning the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction with Dressed (Te Papa Press). Claire’s award was announced on 11 May at the Ockham Book Awards. Very well-deserved. For a delicious review, … Continue reading →

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Online and onscreen

Posted on May 9, 2022 by karinwarnaar

The planned CTANZ online series is rolling along, with the next installment this week already: Tuesday 10 May 7-8pm, Imogen Stockwell, curator of  Maritza Boutique: Ōamaru – London, will talk about the exhibition at the Forrester Gallery until 3 July. … Continue reading →

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Style from the south

Posted on March 15, 2022 by karinwarnaar

Textile tourism has suffered during the first bit of this year, and many of us are back to the armchair for viewing and reading. So CTANZ is pleased to announce a new initiative bringing textiles to you, with an upcoming … Continue reading →

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Around Aotearoa in March

Posted on March 9, 2022 by karinwarnaar

There seems to be no end to the number of textile and dress exhibitions around at the moment. The biggies – Quant, Eden Hore – are winding down but there’s also a lot that’s in the small /perfectly formed basket … Continue reading →

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The annual Aotearoa summer dress and textile crawl, 2021-2022

Posted on December 19, 2021 by karinwarnaar

It’s just about time for the annual post on what’s on around Aotearoa New Zealand in the CTANZ sphere of interest but it’s quite the season. This is just a starter: look forward to more detailed posts over the next … Continue reading →

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Fashion forward

Posted on October 11, 2020 by karinwarnaar

The New Zealand Fashion Museum turned 10 this year, a milestone that was submerged with all the others as we’ve grappled with the disruptions caused by the pandemic. With NZFM being an online exhibition space, it’s been able to continue … Continue reading →

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More talks about dressing, and art, and men

Posted on December 9, 2019 by karinwarnaar

To round off the year, some more interesting talks in Dunedin and Wellington connected to Massey’s Millennial Masculinities conference (at the College of Creative Arts, 10-11 December). Keynote speakers Professor Christopher Breward and Dr Shaun Cole will speak at Te … Continue reading →

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Indian textiles lecture series at Te Papa 26-29 September

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Claire Regnault

During the 2019 World of Wearable Art season the Friends of Te Papa is hosting three illustrated lectures by Shani Pillai and Joji Jacob on traditional Indian textiles, their history, their connections and their future. Set over 3 one hour sessions Shani and … Continue reading →

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Auckland to Ashburton, via Nelson and Wellington

Posted on August 25, 2019 by karinwarnaar

There are textile/ costume events and exhibitions up the wazoo over the next two months. Most important of these is the CTANZ symposium in Nelson 27-29 September. Register before 1 September and you could win a $25 gift voucher from … Continue reading →

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Calls for papers

Posted on August 13, 2019 by karinwarnaar

Art Association of Australia and NZ, December 2019 A very last minute call for papers for the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) conference to be held at the University of Auckland and Unitec Institute of Technology 3-6 … Continue reading →

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