Category Archives: New Zealand

November update – textile stories on air and in print

Posted on November 25, 2018 by karinwarnaar

Lots of recent coverage of textile events and people involved in CTANZ, including our members, our symposium speakers and attendees and subjects, offering up a rabbit warren of links. For starters, coming up on Choice TV this week (Monday 26 … Continue reading →

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Land Girls and Lifesavers, painting by Sally Spicer

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Angela Dawn

In Land Girls and Lifesavers, Sally Spicer has created paintings and prints that observe the varied lives and contributions of New Zealand women during World War II. Sally, who specialises in portraiture, worked from black and white photos from the … Continue reading →

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CTANZ Symposium 2017 is only a month away!

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Angela Lassig

THERE’S NO TIME LIKE NOW TO REGISTER for HIGHLIGHTS! Three Keynote Speakers! Doris de Pont needs no introduction to CTANZ members: the founder of the New Zealand Fashion Museum will talk about how her ongoing exploration of the ways clothing … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile in Auckland….

Posted on March 19, 2017 by karinwarnaar

March is definitively New Zealand’s fashion month, with iD down in Dunedin, and Auckland’s Four Days of Fashion in the City, including films, seasonal previews and other special activities. The four days specifically are 29 March – 1 April, but … Continue reading →

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New Magazine for Textile Lovers

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Angela Lassig

“Connecting makers, collectors & lovers of textile craft arts” For those of you who missed it, in September last year, a brand spanking new textile magazine – Fabricate – was launched.  And the 2nd issue (Summer 2016) isn’t long published. A celebration of … Continue reading →

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Call for papers: Metamorphosis, March 2017, Dunedin

Posted on October 24, 2016 by karinwarnaar

Otago Polytechnic and iD 2017 are calling for papers for a fashion symposium on Friday 24 March 2017 in Dunedin, hosted by the School of Design, Otago Polytechnic, in conjunction with iD Dunedin Fashion Week. The traditional fashion system has … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming! A beautiful new NZ-based online journal devoted to WOOL

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Angela Lassig

The Wool Lover is soon-to-be-launched digital journal featuring fresh and contemporary stories across culture, fashion, film, design and so on, all with wool at their heart. ‘A VISUAL, LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDY DEVOTED TO A CELEBRATION OF THE WONDER FIBRE … Continue reading →

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Fashion for intellectuals

Posted on October 16, 2016 by karinwarnaar

Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland   8 October – 5 November 2016 Saturdays 12-4pm, Tuesday to Friday 10am-5pm, free entry The latest exhibition from the New Zealand Fashion Museum revisits, with Blikfang Gallery, a 1959 exhibition by artist June Black that … Continue reading →

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Upcoming events at Te Papa

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Claire Regnault

Te Papa has a great line up of costume and textile based events over the next three months, including a public lecture by leading fashion historian, Dr Valerie Steele. Dressing for Splendour, Sunday 2 October 2pm Enjoy an illustrated talk about the … Continue reading →

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Conference: The End of Fashion registrations open

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Claire Regnault

The End of Fashion An international conference and exhibition | 8-9 Dec 2016 | College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington Registrations are now open. Early bird rates apply until 16 October. When designer Yves Saint Laurent departed from the … Continue reading →

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