Final Day - NZFW

Slightly more low key day today, with Stitch Ministry, Federation, A*Muse, and Huffer; and followed by the long awaited Designer Garage Sale. Wow - a bargain hunters' dream, I picked up some mad and vibrant pieces to costume up my wardrobe.

The gorgeous girls from Oyl gifted me these fabulous mesh charcoal leggings from their yet to be released winter range. Find them in stores early next year.

Everyone loved Sams' sequin pants, including the greasy businessmen slurping Moet outside the cutting room.

Models do read - and in cute World velvet pants too

Hair and makeup from one of the shows

Photography pit at Federation.

Waiting for their show to begin

Passion for Fashion - Day 3 NZFW

A mad busy day - MiroModa, Starfish, Emma Ford, Trix and Dandy, Chapel, Hailwood... but the highlight of the day and week was Stolen Girlfriends Club. Held in a masonic lodge in Newton, the show was so popular that we were jammed in like cattle. There was no room for divas in this show.

What we wore:

The highlight for some was Pammy and her gender confuddled sidekick in their press conference in the Moet lounge. What a giggly and amusing pair. Pity the New Zealand media were too star struck and offended by the celebrity couple to ask any interesting questions. I understand that Richie was very disappointeed. I don't blame him, it was quite embarrasing how closed minded the media were. Lighten up guys. As Richie and Pammy would say, "We just want to have fun and be happy". And yes, Pamela was naked but for a scarf.

Backstage:

At Barbara Lee

Starfish


Cute kids of the day:

Zippy

Vinnie

Great looks at Stolen Girlfriends

Outfit Day 2

We took over Robert from Remixs studio spot in the GHD room and had a bit of fun. Thanks Robert!

Playing dress-ups at Sera Lily - the jacket is made all of moss green sequins. Beautiful.

Sam rocking her slasher leggings

Day Two - the outfits

Me and the "Kimi" necklace (please excuse the squinting, staring into the sun and trying to keep hair off face = rather tricky)

Samantha and her fantastic shoes. MAC even made a lipstick in the same colour - just for her!

Fashion Week - Le Grand Opening

The opening celebration was held at the NZ fashion week sheds at the viaduct in Auckland. Moet and Ned wines were the sponsors of drink, though only Moet seemed to be drunk - it flowed like a river, poured over-excitedly by untrained waiters. Needless to say there were a few Moet drenched Jimmy Choos about. Speaking of shoes, one could have had a great time that night staring only at the floor - the shoes were fabulous and fiercely competitive. And the snobbery rivaled the shoes, with the Auckland "It" crowd residing in one corner of the room only. Woe betide anyone who overstepped their line without the latest SGC piece on. Speaking of pieces, the best piece of the night, and possibly the entire week was seeing this LV leather link necklace in the flesh. After dribbling over images of it on the runway for so long I was quite star-struck to meet it in the flesh. I just wish I could have shook its' hand.

Congratulations to Rachel and Anjali of Twenty-Seven-Names who won the big prize for their Runway to Runway Air New Zealand Entry. The squeal of surprised delight from behind us when they won was immense - what a well-deserved win from the hardest working girls in fashion.

Speaking of Twenty-Seven-Names, I met the famed Rumi of Fashion Toast blog who has been brought over from America to attend NZFW this year. She raves about their collection and tells me she is already wearing their pieces. This can only mean good things for New Zealand Fashion. The fact that she is already a big fan of Stolen Girlfriends tells us we are on the right track, as anything that girl wears becomes the next big thing...make way for New Zealand Designer world domination.

And who can forget the lovely Keisha Castle-Hughes, spotted at Process' showing of Lonely Hearts video installation. I have one thing to say about their upcoming winter collection: Must Buy. Who ever thought of pastels, blues and yellows for winter? Genius.

Behind the scenes of our latest editorial

The Lucire team got together to shoot our swimwear editorial for summer at the luxurious Sanctum apartments in Wellington. With a close knit team of young creatives the shoot ran like a dream, with enough time to spare for a bit of silliness and a few chuckles. The weather was good to us, giving us warm sunshine amid fast moving clouds and only cooling off towards the end of the shoot. A chance encounter and a casting on the street by one of our team found us Ruby, our extraordinary model. She was photographed beautifully by the talented Doug Rimmington, who sadly is leaving us to shake up the London fashion scene.

Our model Ruby, Lizi and her box of magic

Sanctum apartments - location location!

First look of the day

Ruby on a snack break

Huddling for warmth and waiting while Doug checks the lighting

Fashion Week Here We Come!

It will be double trouble in Auckland next week as fashion editor Samantha Hannah and myself take the city by storm. Come and find us amongst the bustle of high heels, It bags, clouds of hairspray and camera flashes; or catch my daily blogs for photos, reviews and picks of the day.