This year, the annual Miromoda Fashion Design competition opened a month earlier than usual due to a high level of interest. Miromoda founder Ata Te Kanawa says this is the first time organisers have been inundated with early enquiries.
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Exploring the Te Matatini catwalk
For some supporters, wearing their colours on their sleeve isn't only important, it's the height of fashion. The Online news team hit the crowds today and discovered the Te Matatini catwalk.
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Native Affairs Summer Series- 'Browning up' world fashion
Put off by a lack of Māori and other indigenous faces in fashion, one woman has decided she’s had enough. Tina Waru is helping open up doors around the world for indigenous beauty, fashion and talent. And she’s making an immediate and positive impact.
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Is NZ fashion ready for nude male models?
A video of naked men armed with purses strutting a Madrid fashion runway has resurfaced online, and with full-frontal male nude fashion featuring recently on overseas catwalks, it raises questions if the trend will make its way to New Zealand. Māori fashion powerhouse Miromoda co-founder Ata Te Kanawa shares her thoughts with Te Kāea.
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Forward pack tackles clothing ideals
James Rātana is on a mission to create the best clothing brand in New Zealand. Forward Pack, born out of a movement, is challenging popular streetwear labels and mainstream market ideals of acceptable clothing sizes are on a large scale.
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Tiki Āhua catwalk ignites fashion fire
Flames of contemporary fashion fused with Māori culture flickered brightly in Te Puia in Rotorua last night at the inaugural Tiki Āhua - Kā Mura: Set Alight event, as fashion designers, performers and artists ignited the runway inspired by the Maori goddesses of fire through avant-garde.
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Highlights from NZ Fashion Week
2016 has marked another successful year for fashion in New Zealand. And as we draw close to the end of the event in Auckland we reflect on the week that has given many Māori fashion enthusiasts a chance to have a bit of fun.
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Wharawhara MAC’s latest make-up artist
A 24-year old up-and-coming Māori makeup artist is living one of her lifelong dreams working for MAC at this year's New Zealand Fashion Week. Maia Wharawhara is excelling at her craft and takes us behind the catwalk of the biggest event so far in her career.
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Fashion week – Salasai launches more than just event
To kick-start this year's New Zealand Fashion Week, the official launch saw Māori and Pasifika created label Salasai first to take the runway. After two seasons off the catwalk, owners Kirsha Whitcher and Kelly Watson wanted to bring something new for spectators. Today their collection debuted with a number of firsts and never seen before standout features.
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Fashion week – Fashion Fairness
A fashion designer from Palmerston North is about to make headlines at the Miromoda show this Thursday. Her collection is based on Māori identity and she's raising questions around her experience as a fair-skinned Māori.
