New Zealand Fashion Week 2012
We are delighted to announce that New Zealand Fashion Week 2012 will be held from Monday September 3rd to Sunday September 9th at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.
Founded in 2001 by Managing Director Pieter Stewart to aid the burgeoning local fashion industry, New Zealand Fashion Week continues to act as a platform for New Zealand designers to promote their collections to the world and assist in the growth of their brand.
New Zealand Fashion Week will once again be inviting buyers and media from around the globe, giving particular attention to those from the developing Asian and U.S. markets. As much as possible, we want to ensure that our invited delegates are exposed to New Zealand’s innovative and exciting fashion talent and our on-schedule designers are given every opportunity to make inroads into these lucrative emerging markets.
This year we will continue to develop relationships already established, and foster new ones, offering designers with broader opportunities and exposure through the presence of key media and buyers.
In 2012 New Zealand Fashion Week will continue its philosophy of showcasing designers of the highest quality through a combination of Individual Collection shows, Group Collection shows, New Generation shows, and off-site Individual Collection shows.
As an established designer, producing a regular collection and export-ready if not already exporting, you are able to express your interest to show on the New Zealand Fashion Week Schedule. In doing so, you will be provided with a Designer Prospectus and your application reviewed through a selection process. To express your interest please contact New Zealand Fashion Week’s Communications Coordinator, Damon Woolf, at damon@nzfashionweek.com
NZFW 2012 New Generation
New Zealand Fashion Week’s New Generation Show, a Group Collection Show consisting of emerging designers selected by a panel of industry experts, is always highly anticipated by international delegates who are eager to view the collections of the selected designers.
New Zealand Fashion Week considers the fostering of new talent an exceptionally important component of the event, as we look to assist designers in establishing themselves in the industry. This philosophy sees NZFW significantly subsidise the costs of the show and take significant involvement in a NewGen Designer’s experience with Fashion Week by providing a boot-camp to the selected designers. This workshop offers informative talks by leading local experts on exporting and the business side of fashion, public relations, sponsorship and brand management, approaching media and buyers, and the styling of a show. Further to this workshop, an assigned producer will assist in assembling your show, production meetings will be held to liaise with production crew and your hair and make-up team, and frequent communication with Fashion Week’s management team will ensure that your involvement is one which is positive and rewarding.
As an emerging designer you are able to apply to be involved with New Zealand Fashion Week’s New Generation Show. To express interest in your involvement and to receive a Designer Prospectus, please contact New Zealand Fashion Week’s Communications Coordinator, Damon Woolf, at damon@nzfashionweek.com
Best wishes,
The New Zealand Fashion Week team