We have NEW shirting on the website. The worlds finest Egyptian cotton shirting. This high quality fabric has a beautiful luster and handle that will compliment your tailored shirts or other tailored garments. We put together the above images for some inspiration.
Can you believe it is nearing the end of January already! So many things in the fashion world have been happening, that time has just flown by. Hawes & Freer have yet to check out the recently launched COOP container store (the new Trelise Cooper label) in Britomart, Auckland City. Have you seen it? We would love to hear your thoughts, it looks amazing. The video above captures the pop up parade they hosted, featuring their Summer range- which by the way is on SALE! You can have a peek online at the collection.
On a side note, hope you are enjoying this great sunshine :)
Our new friend, guilty pleasure, time-waster, inspiration and creative outlet... pinterest. For those of you who don't know about it, it's like Tumblr (blogging with pictures only). The best way to accumulate and store the coolest things you've found on the web - whether it's recipes, photos, craft ideas, wardrobe wishlists, style ideas, home decor, inspirational quotes, ideas for work, or anything else you're (p)interested in. All of us at Hawes & Freer spend way too much time on it! Here are a few great things we 'pinned' this week. Enjoy!!
Auckland University of Technology: Vihanga Mahesa Sontam. Massey University: Luka Mues; Samantha Murray and Andie Ye Ji. Otago Polytechnic: Grace Averis; Phillip Hawkins and Jojo Ross. Whitecliffe College of Art and Design: Sally Huang and Yun Shin Do.
As well as 19 entrants are international students from; Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Israel and Switzerland.
One of the finalists in particular caught our eye....
CREDITS-Designer: Samantha Murray, Garment names in order: berry pink, passion fruit purple, peachy orange and lemon chiffon pie. Photographer: Amelia Gill, Model: Gracie Ridley-Smith (Kirsty Bunny Management), Make-up: Matt Dunbar
Fruit scented, gummy lollie inspired garments have won Wellington Massey University fashion graduate Samantha Murray, a place in finals of the iD Dunedin 2012 Awards. The event is an internationally esteemed show for emerging designers. Her innovative collection, Sweet Suspension is guaranteed to intrigue the judges. These amazing garments are made from liquid Fiberform – which involved pouring a solution into a plastic mould, creating a lightweight structure formed without using a single thread or stitch!! During the development process she added fruit scents to the liquid. The garments are also incredibly light, each weighing no more than a kilo. The 23 year old describes her collection as an exercise in rethinking garment construction. “I’m really interested in sustainable fashion. My idea with using liquid is you don’t create any waste. You are only pouring exactly what is necessary,” Samantha Murray says. “I’m calling it a prototype system. It’s not perfectly refined but it’s something I’d like to look at more in the future.”
It took Samantha six months to develop the technique, and then make the garments. Each shape is carved out of polystyrene and then vacuum formed.She began by researching spray-on fabric, Fabrican, and developed her own “low tech version” spending a lot of time in the lab doing small scale trials before making the garments. The difference being her garments hold its own shape on a hanger. “You are creating an external shape that exists independently of the body,” she says. Afterwards Murray hopes to return to London where she worked for a year between her third and fourth year at Massey in Wellington. She has applied to do her masters in textile futures at St Martin’s where she hopes, if she is accepted, to develop the idea. During her gap year she worked for London based designersd; eight months for Christopher Kane and two months for Joanna Sykes. The latter experience saw her embark on a 24-hour London, Milan, London mission for Sykes. “It was just before London Fashion Week and they hadn’t received the shoes from the factory in Milan so they flew me over. It was like The Amazing Race; I had 24 hours before the presentation began at London Fashion Week. It was a crazy trying to get there and back in time” she says.
Hawes & Freer want to wish her and all the designers the very best in the final preperatins for iD Dunedin Fashion Week 2012.
New Zealand Fashion Festival is back for the third year running, the team behind New Zealand Fashion Week is pleased to announce the 2012 highly anticipated 10 day event will run from Friday 24th February – Sunday 4th March.
Located at Auckland’s Shed 10, Viaduct. With five completely different group shows as well as individual shows and daily hair, beauty and style seminars to help you keep your look fresh there is something for every one- and that is the best part; everyone and anyone can attend! AND the ever popularDesigner Garage Sale will be running on site on weekend at the end (Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of March) as well. Different from Fashion Week, the clothes you see on the catwalk will be available in store, so you can get inspired then shop up a storm on recent collections you have just seen-Perfect!!
So go to the website, buy tickets and make the most of what Auckland’s Big Little City has to offer.
Also for your interest here is a list of all the confirmed designers and retailers involed: Andrea Moore, Annah Stretton, Blak Luxe, Celine Rita, COOP, Farmers, Hailwood, Huffer, Ingrid Starnes, Jimmy D, Juliette Hogan, Kimberley’s, Lonely Hearts, Max, MisteR, Neverblack, Ruby, Sabatini, Sable & Minx, Salasai, Starfish, Stolen Girlfriends Club, Taylor, Trelise Cooper, Whiri, Workshop, WORLD, Zambesi, Zambesi Man.
In continuation of celebrating New Zealand fashion, we found these fun street style shots on Four Eyes Blog. We think that New Zealanders have an incredibly diverse and funky fashion sense. We enjoy people watching (such a great past time) and checking street style blogs. Some of our other favourite street style blogs are; The World At Your Feet, Auckland Street Style and Street and City Photos. If you know of any other great ones, please let us know! Next time you are out, have a closer look at what individuals are wearing and how they have styled items together. H & F
