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Tag Archives: fashion
Ataahua Mahi – Beautiful Work
Fashion fans can see Simone Montgomery’s millinery on Display for Dunedin Fashion ID week. See her work on display from 30 April – 6th May in two venues: Mayer Shoes in Wall St Mall Dunedin – with thanks, Glen and Poppy Fashion … Continue reading
The Costume Designer: Edith Head and Hollywood at Bendigo Art Gallery
Wall of costume design sketches, Image; supplied While planning my dream trip to see the House of Dior exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria I discovered that Bendigo Art Gallery had an Edith Head exhibition on at the same time. I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Collections, Exhibitions, Film, Heritage, History, International, Movies, Uncategorized
Tagged Bendigo Art Gallery, Costume, Edith Head, exhibition, fashion, Film and fashion, films
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Land Girls and Lifesavers, painting by Sally Spicer
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
Posted in Fashion, New Zealand, Whangarei
Tagged art, art/fashion, events, exhibitions, fashion, New Zealand women, Northland, openings, paintings, Whangarei, women in clothes, women's work
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Free fashion lecture this Saturday 22 April – 3pm – Auckland Museum
Amy Johnson, c.1930 (Public Domain image) CTANZ, in association with the Auckland Museum Institute & with thanks to the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, is delighted to present High Flown Fashion: Women Pilots and the Selling of Aviation … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Dunedin, Fashion, History, lecture series, Lectures & Talks, Local events, Textiles, Uncategorized, Wellington
Tagged Auckland Museum, aviation, CTANZ, CTANZ lecture, CTANZ lecture series, fashion, lecture, Madelyn Shaw, Smithsonian Institute, special event, visiting curator
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Forthcoming! A beautiful new NZ-based online journal devoted to WOOL
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
Posted in Education, Fashion, History, New Zealand, Publications, Reading, Research resources, Textiles, Websites, wool
Tagged fashion, fibre, Kirsty Cameron, New Zealand, online journal, textiles, Vivienne Stone, wool
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Wearable Technologies & Smart Textiles Symposium – AK – 14/10/15
WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND SMART TEXTILES SYMPOSIUM WED 14 OCTOBER 2015 AUT University’s Textile and Design Lab is hosting New Zealand’s first public symposium on Wearable Technologies and Smart Textiles, also referred to as e-Textiles. Keynote speakers are Dr Oscar Tomico … Continue reading
Posted in Auckland, Fashion, Lectures & Talks, Local events, Students, Symposium, Workshops
Tagged AUT, E-textiles, fashion, smart textiles, TDL, wearable technologies
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Missed IRIS at the NZIFF? Well it’s coming back on the 17th Sept and we have free tickets to give away!
“I’m not pretty, and I’ll never be pretty, but it doesn’t matter. I have something much better. I have style.” – IRIS APFEL Veteran documentary maestro Albert Maysles’ Iris is a captivating salute to a proud flag-bearer of the vanishing … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, Fashion, Favourite things, Movies, Uncategorized
Tagged competitions, costume jewellery, fashion, films, Iris, movies, Trigger Marketing
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Fashionable listening
Although Radio NZ has long been the best local broadcast medium for arts coverage, it’s only recently that fashion has become a more regular topic. There have been some fascinating interviews across many of RNZ’s programmes, both weekday and weekend, … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Media, Websites
Tagged fashion, interviews, radio, Radio New Zealand
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March talks at Toitu, Dunedin
Sunday 22 March, 2pm: Fashion Flashback: The Fifties Revisited Veteran fashion writer Cecilie Geary will read excerpts relating to the 1950s from her new book Being There: Memoirs of a Fashion and Beauty Writer 1956 – 2006. Cecilie will be … Continue reading
Posted in Dunedin, Fashion, Local events, Museums
Tagged 1950s, Being There, fashion, printing, silk, Toitu
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