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Fashion's future: iD award winners

Some of the winning designs by Sara Kickmayer. Photo: Supplied

Fashion's future: iD award winners revealed

The winners of this year’s iD International Emerging Designer Awards have been announced in Dunedin and the future of fashion is in good hands, head judge Tanya Carlson says.

Fashion norms disrupted for students’ display

Showing off the designs of third-year Otago Polytechnic fashion student Lotte Bailey at the...

Fashion norms disrupted for students’ display

Most clothes do not feature corsets and ruffles, but those showcased in Dunedin last night were not most clothes.

Live models better than mannequins

Gearing up for this weekend’s iD International Emerging Designer Awards are (from left) designer...

Live models better than mannequins

Gisella Candi will be spending her 23rd birthday in a flurry of high fashion preparation today.

Passion for fashion

Touch, emotion and the space between tangible and intangible are explored in Taylor Pumphrey’s...

Passion for fashion

Katie Day delves into the background and discovers the inspiration of two iD International Emerging Designer Awards finalists for 2021.

Students hard at work for shows

Preparing for the iD International Emerging Designer Awards at the Otago Museum yesterday are ...

Students hard at work for shows

Otago Polytechnic interns are working around the clock to prepare for this weekend’s sold-out iD Fashion Week shows.

Young designer’s zeal rewarded

Lorna Ryan could not contain her excitement when she found out she was a iD International Emerging Designer Awards 2021 finalist.

iD Fashion’s long history showcased

Otago Museum honorary curator dress collection and co-curator of ‘‘Fashion FWD >>...

iD Fashion’s long history showcased

"Fashion FWD >> Disruption through Design", Otago Museum’s latest exhibition, is now open to the public.

iD winners absent in pandemic

Models show off outfits designed by iD International Emerging Design Award finalists at the...

iD winners absent in pandemic

It was one for the history books. For the first time in the 16-year history of the iD International Emerging Design Awards, the winners were named at a show they were unable to attend.

iD finalist has freedom to enjoy colour

Dunedin student Vera Kalugina models a garment from her entry in the iD International Emerging...

iD finalist has freedom to enjoy colour

An Otago Polytechnic student from Russia who is a fashion design competition finalist has felt more freedom to embrace colour since arriving in New Zealand.

Father inspired fashion

Ruby Van der Zanden, of Dunedin, holds a piece from her collection, a jacket with a photo of her...

Father inspired fashion

The death of a young Dunedin woman’s father was the inspiration behind her fashion collection, which has been selected as a finalist in the iD International Emerging Designer Awards.

iD breaking new ground

The iD International Emerging Designer Awards drew an abundance of applications. Photos: supplied

iD breaking new ground

The iD International Emerging Designer Awards Show is breaking new ground by hosting an online fashion show. Fashion writer Katie Day goes behind the scenes of the 2020 virtual event.

Celebrating fashion

Ready to strut their stuff at the iD Fashion Emerging Designer Awards are Barbara Brinsley (81), and Cassidy Senior (22), of Dunedin.

Fashion in absentia: iD award winners announced

Two of Stina Randestad's designs from her winning collection Hybrid. Photos: Supplied

Fashion in absentia: iD award winners announced

It was one for the history books. For the first time in the 16 year history of the iD International Emerging Design Awards, the winners were named at a show they were unable to attend.

iD goes digital to deal with ‘uncertainty’

Garments from iD Fashion International Emerging Designer Awards winner Phoebe Lee are displayed...

iD goes digital to deal with ‘uncertainty’

The iD Fashion International Emerging Designer Awards will be moved online in the wake of Covid-19.

Emerging designer contest goes digital in wake of virus

Co-winners were Phoebe Lee, from Otago Polytechnic, and her five models (facing the camera), and...

Emerging designer contest goes digital in wake of virus

The iD Fashion International Emerging Designer Awards are facing an unprecedented change in format due to concerns over the global coronavirus outbreak.