It was a nerve-racking flurry of fittings and last-second adjustments yesterday as the finalists of the iD International Emerging Designers Awards presented their collections for judgement.
A gold medal-winning Dunedin athlete says she is excited about a new challenge, trading her javelin for the catwalk as part of the iD Dunedin Fashion Week.
After a long day looking over more than 100 entries from designers all around the world, the iD Dunedin Fashion Show judges have selected the emerging designer finalists.
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.
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.
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.
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.