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New Zealand Fashion Week, also known as NZ Fashion Week or NZFW, is an annual Fashion Week held in New Zealand.
| New Zealand Fashion Week Kahuria | |
|---|---|
| |
| Genre | Clothing and fashion exhibitions |
| Begins | 29 August |
| Ends | 2 September |
| Frequency | Yearly |
| Venue | Viaduct Events Centre |
| Location(s) | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Established | 2001 |
| Founder | Pieter Stewart |
| Organised by | Aligroup |
| People | Yasmin Farry (general manager) |
| Sponsors | |
| Website | nzfashionweek |
New Zealand Fashion Week held its first show on 23 October 2001, opened by the prime minister at the time, Helen Clark. It was held at the Auckland Town Hall and sponsored by L'Oreal (the event was called L'Oreal New Zealand Fashion Week until 2004).[1]
In 2004, Air New Zealand replaced L'Oreal as the naming rights sponsor of the event and the new main venue was moved to the Alinghi and Team New Zealand sheds at the Viaduct Harbour in Auckland.[1]
In 2009, Air New Zealand dropped its naming rights sponsorship for the show.[2]
In 2014, the event moved to the Viaduct Events Centre.[1]
In 2019, NZFW moved back to the original venue at the Auckland Town Hall.[3]
Dame Pieter Stewart, founder of the event, sold it to Faroz Ali in May 2021.[4][5]
The 2020, 2021 & 2022 fashion weeks were all cancelled. In 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and postponed until 2021, which was later cancelled. The 2022 show was also cancelled.[4]
For the return of NZFW in 2023, Kate Sylvester will display her new collection at the show, and the show will also focus on Māoritanga, sustainably and consumers.[6][7][8][9]
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