Silly hats
Silly hats: because everybody needs a bit more fun in their lives sometimes! What better means of supplying some essential silliness than with one of our happy-making hats?
fashion
Making the most of summer
The seasons are starting to turn even if the leaves aren’t yet. We’re determined to enjoy the summer weather while it lasts though, so we went looking for some of our newer makers of gorgeous fashion who feel the same way…
Gifts for style fiends and fashionistas
From unique accessories to handmade haute couture, Felt is a goldmine for style leaders and the fashion conscious. So if you’ve got a serious style fiend or fabulous fashionista to buy for this Christmas, you’re in the right place!
Spring looks
Spring has come to fashion on Felt, with a fresh range of gorgeous handmade New Zealand womenswear.
Steampunk at the library
Steampunk Runway, 7pm, Saturday 2 August, Christchurch
Christchurch’s South Library has gone steampunk, with a great range of themed events, displays, a market – and of course books. Drop in and see a gorgeous array of crafts and creations of the Victorian Future – from corsets to rayguns, jewellery to rocketships! The highlight will be their Steampunk Runway evening, a fashion extravaganza showcasing the imaginative entries in their steampunk competition.
Winter style
There’s no need to sacrifice style for warmth with these great winter fashion offerings. Practical and flattering, the pieces in our handmade clothing and accessories pages include something for everyone.
Autumn accessorising
Autumn may have seemed like a brief afterthought between summer and winter this year, but it doesn’t mean we’re not thinking about accessories that are just a little bit more… snuggly.
Home Sewn: a Kiwi design story
Home Sewn
By the New Zealand Fashion
Museum · Reviewed by Jo Drysdall
I still remember the thrill of being allowed to look through my mother’s wardrobe of home-sewn clothes when I was a little girl. As a fashionable young woman, my mother had sewn most of her own outfits: party frocks with fitted bodices and flared, flirty skirts, neat little shift dresses, and tailored, timeless Chanel-style suits. Home Sewn begins with a brief historical overview that places these homemade treasures in their Kiwi context…
Future’s so bright I gotta wear shades…
When it comes to colour fashion, New Zealand is in an odd position – that position being, well, the southern hemisphere. What’s odd about living on the flip side, you say? Well, it has to do with the mysterious art of colour forecasting – and living neither in the future nor in the past…
Orange you fond of tangerine?
Who knew? There’s a Colour of the Year and this year it’s orange. To be more precise it’s Tangerine Tango – so says Pantone, who chose the colour as part of their fashion forecasting.