Who: Renee Peters
Agency: Chadwicks
What’s the last thing you bought? This dress I’m wearing!
What did you have for breakfast this morning? A raw vege juice and some mixed nuts.
What were you doing last night at 9:15pm? Sleeping. I had a 5:00am call time this morning.
Favourite celebrity? Natalia Vodianova.
What’s a trend you hate? Those tiny circle glasses.
Like John Lennon ones? Yeah! Those.
Do you have a party trick? I can do a back bend, does that count?
Manning Cartell’s show was held in a church this evening. When I first entered the premises it quickly became apparent that my photos were going to be more ‘artistic’ than ‘documentary’ (read: you’d get an idea, but seeing the garments in great detail was not going to happen). The place was dark. And smoky – the dry ice was pouring.
Highlights of the show included white on white looks, a tonne of texture, pew seating, a giant houndstooth check, model Ruby Jean Wilson and the best soundtrack of the day (M.I.A and Die Antwoord, anyone?).
See what I saw in that dark, smoky room, below:
Continue reading ‘MBFWA: Things I’ve seen: in a dark, smoky room at Manning Cartell.’
Thanks to a two very kind and generous internet friends, I was able both go backstage and sit front row at the Camilla show today. Running way behind schedule, with over 40 models, the show reminded me of one of New Zealand’s own designers – Trelise Cooper: An established brand, bright, big, prints, showy, amazing goody bags (the front two rows walked away with giant embroidered seat cushions, hairspray, nail polish, earrings, etc) with all the stops pulled. The styling was pretty incredible, pretty out there but amazing to see on the catwalk. Prints on prints on prints was the theme of the day.
Favourite thing? The backpacks. There were some cute and amazing looking backpacks coming down that runway, including a stripey, woven one that I think I could wear with just about anything (see below).
Favourite models? Two New Zealanders made appearances on the catwalk tonight – the first being Ella Drake (you may remember her from such other jobs as being Gucci’s fit model) and the second, Olivia Lefebre (you may remember her from such blogs as MINE). I’ve got to be patriotic and say they were my favourites. Them and the group of kid models that came out at the end (see below) – can’t get much cuter than that.
Here’s what I saw:
Who: Rosemary (Rose) Smith.
Agency: Chic
What did you eat for breakfast today? Nothing – well, I had a some nuts and a muesli bar, but not by choice.
What do you love and hate about fashion week? I love getting to see and hang out with all the girls, I hate having to wake up at 4:00am.
What trend/s do you hate? Hipsters – sorry Isaac [laughs]. Oh wait! I should’ve said chinos!
Pick two – Attractive, emotionally stable, intelligent: Attractive and emotionally stable.
What’s the best thing about Australia? The beach.
What’s the last thing you bought? Food from the grocery store.
Gary Bigeni was my first show of the day – at 12:00pm. I strolled into the Theatre at lunchtime after a morning of chilling out, relaxed as ever and feeling pretty good. If only every fashion week day was like this.
My favourite piece from Spring/Summer 2012-2013? A raglan sleeve, (what looked like) silk shirt with small collar and 3/4 sleeve – reminiscent of your classic baseball tee, the shirt used had a cream front and beige sleeves (see below, paired with striped, panelled skirt).
Favourite model? It’s hard to say because there were so many good girls in the show. Girls of note? Rose Smith – you may remember her from such shows as Chanel, Jemma Baines, Nicole Pollard, Louise Van der Vorst (who recently split from Silverchair frontman, Daniel Johns) and Rachel Rutt.
Overall a pretty good first show for me – wearable, polished, pretty clothes on some pretty damn good girls. Special mention also has to go to the use of ‘Blogger Blue’ in the collection. (If you don’t know what that is, look it up.)
Here’s what I saw:
Esther Cronin, behind the scenes at Untouched World.
Highs:
Low(e)s:
All Screenshots/Supplied.
One year old and New Zealand’s newest and arguably fastest growing model agency, N Model Management, has redesigned their website to celebrate (sneaky peek above and below). Going live at 12pm today, New Zealand time, the site boasts a whole development/new faces board, talent/commercial board with some all too familiar faces on it (…check them out!) and an in-the-works music management section.
Exactly 365 days ago today director and founder, Ngahuia Williams, opened N Model Management for business. Since then, a two man band with 15 girls, the agency now has five staff and represents over 50 models including some of New Zealand’s best working models – Georgia Fowler (above), Penny Pickard, Ngahuia herself, and – hold on – isn’t that face below a little familiar…?!!
Happy Birthday N Model Management!
Seon (Clyne) in Salasai.
On Tuesday night I was at Blue Sky, a small event held at Australis House in Auckland’s downtown Britomart district, created to show three Spring/Summer 2012-2013 collections by Juliette Hogan, Salasai and Alexandra Owen. Pioneered (and named) by Fashion PR company, Showroom 22, Blue Sky intends to be an annual event for buyers and media that showcases Spring/Summer collections (as you may already know, New Zealand Fashion Week shows Autumn/Winter ranges). In future, Showroom 22 hope to grow the event to include various other New Zealand labels.
But to the point. It was Tuesday night, I showed up and immediately I was impressed. The turnout was pretty damn good, there was food (!) and drinks and the place had a really great vibe. It was almost like a fashion reunion – everybody catching up and mingling. I can’t even think of any fashion media that weren’t there. You know what else was great? The models. My god we’ve got some great new girls at the moment. Kendell? Amazing. Dasha? Hello! Kelvin? Not a New Zealand but she’s here at the moment so let’s claim it. I can’t even mention them all, everyone looked great, the clothes looked great, everything was great.
Here’s what I saw:
Gabby Carter.
Name: Gabby Carter
Agency: Red 11
Age: 18
Height: 5’10″
How long have you been modelling? How did you get into it?
I started just before I turned 15, so three years ago. To be completely honest, I think I was a little bit too young at the start. A friend introduced me to Red 11. I’ve been modelling ever since.
Continue reading ‘Models I met and liked: Gabrielle Carter.’
Neverblack on the runway.
It seems as though the show producers heard us on Thursday night, because Friday night’s show (in terms of production) was a lot more together. The models walked at the pace I like (quick) and were sent out at more regular intervals, making for an overall punchier show – evident in the audiences faces – everyone was much more engaged. Fantastic.
Here are some of the things I saw:
Continue reading ‘Things I’ve seen: Wellington Fashion Week, Day 2.’
Hey guys, so I’m still getting used to working my way around this new(ish) backend of my blog so posting has been a bit sporadic. Apologies, apologies. Anyhow, I think I’m getting the hang of it (just in time for Australian Fashion Week!) – let me know if anything appears a bit weird on your browsers.
On Thursday night after the first group show of Wellington Fashion Week, I trotted off to Willis York. The Julian Danger show was being held there and I wasn’t really sure what to expect, not knowing the brand that well and not knowing anything about the salon.
Up a few flights of stairs and upon entry, the good vibes were evident. The drinks were flowing, there was a loud buzz and chatter and people seemed to be having a good time. There was a DJ booth, fairy lights and flowers mapped out the catwalk like airport runway lights, the walls were exposed bricks and there was a tonne of art the place. It soon became apparent that this was the place the cool kids come to hang out.
Here are a few shots from backstage:
Rosie Herdman.
How did you get into modelling and how long have you been doing it for?
I was scouted in Wellington by the illustrator, Kelly Thompson. I was around 15 or 16 years old. I never really pursued it at the start but moved to Auckland and have been doing it over since.
Ariel Urlich.
If you’re good at the internet, you’ll know where I’m going already by reading the title of this post. If not, get with the programme! Long story short, a good few weeks back I saw the original parody of Carly Rae Jepsen’s music video for her single, ‘Call Me Maybe’ (starring tween heart-throbs Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale) and I was immediately obsessed. Then and there I vowed to make a parody video of the parody video.
I promised myself I would remake the video as part of promotion for Isaac and my ‘Thugged Out Since Cub Scouts‘ tees back in February, but life got in the way and it didn’t get done in time. Nevertheless, a solid month later I did manage to truck on with the project and finally last Thursday night (and Friday night, and Saturday night) I (and a whole host of friends and models*) got together to create what I like to think is nothing short of a masterpiece.
I do realise there are a lot of people who won’t appreciate this at all, but screw them, it was ridiculously fun to make (aside from the 20 hours of editing using iMovie when I don’t know how to operate it). I mean, how often do you ever get to just let loose and act like a 15 year old girl and have it all documented? Exactly! Hardly ever. It was the best time I’ve had in a long time. So with all that in mind, I hope you enjoy.
Happy Easter Monday folks. We up in here.
Continue reading ‘Hey I don't know you and this is crazy but I made this video – watch it, maybe?’
Esther Cronin.
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