Who are the top New Zealand fashion designers, and how do they describe themselves?
• Andrea Moore – confident, 1950s-inspired with a hint of sly raciness. Signature colour of red. • Annah Stretton – romantic, sensual and often oriental in flavour and colour. • Barbara Lee – best known for her 14 year reign as designer of the Air New Zealand flight attendant uniforms, this label reached a turning point in the new millennium with a change to monochromatic haute couture for the high flying woman. • Carlson – Hand painted fabrics, hand beading, unexpected construction. Intricate and structured designs. • Caroline Moore – leather designs made from the finest New Zealand lambskins, defined by their comfort and cut. • Trelise Cooper – luxurious, colourful and avante garde, even ethereal. • Karen Walker – “high casual”, one foot in tailoring, the other in street style – think the anti ‘it-girl’: Annie Hall or Amelia Earhart. • Kate Sylvester – ironic and feminine, made for those with a sense of humor about dressing up. • NomD – dark, intellectual and wittily sombre. Communic
