The 2011 iD Dunedin Fashion show on New Zealand's longest
catwalk, at Dunedin Railway Station. Photo by Linda
Robertson.
A mix of new and established fashion labels will feature
on the runway at the iD Dunedin Fashion Week's signature event,
being held over two nights at the Dunedin Railway Station in
March.
The iD Fashion Shows, on what has been dubbed "New Zealand's
longest catwalk" - the platform of the historic railway
station - will welcome back several of the event's loyal
Dunedin-based labels.
iD Dunedin Fashion Week committee chairwoman Susie Staley
said 18 designers would line up at this year's runway show.
The participating labels had been selected to show their
winter collections and offer a mix of "fresh, new designers
on their way to great things", alongside some of New
Zealand's top fashion labels, Ms Staley said.
The Runway shows at the railway station were always the
"must-see" event of the iD Fashion Week, she said.
Winter collections from homegrown Dunedin fashion houses
Carlson, DADA Vintage, and Vaughan Geeson make their return
to the iD runway, which will also welcome newcomer RUBY to
the event.
New label Liam will also make its iD debut, and Madam Hawke's
Emily Miller Sharma, a runner-up in the emerging designer
awards in 2007, will take her first steps as a fully-fledged
designer.
Established in 1999, the iD Fashion Week was founded to
highlight the best of Dunedin's fashion labels and the
South's local designers.
The Runway shows will also feature five designers as part of
its 2012 capsule collections.
Fashion labels Undone and DEVa'L will make their first
appearances at the iD show, while the "ever-popular" designs
of Cherry Cotton Candy, BurtenShaw and Jane Sutherland
return.
Rounding out the line-up are several graduates from the 2011
Otago Polytechnic school of design programme, Fiona Clements,
Molly Barrington, Grace Averis, Jojo Ross and Phillip
Hawkins.
The group of graduates would show their designs alongside
winners from the emerging designer awards show, another
highlight of the week of fashion fixtures, Ms Staley said.
iD Dunedin
Fashion Week: March 27-April 1
iD runway show: Dunedin Railway Station, March
30-31.
Featured designers: Nom*D, Carlson, Mild Red,
Charmaine Reveley, Company of Strangers, DADA Vintage,
Vaughan Geeson, RUBY and Liam.
Capsule collections labels: Cherry Cotton Candy,
BurtenShaw, Jane Sutherland, Undone, DEVa'L.
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