So, another example of Kiwi cool that just can’t be cringed at!

Air New Zealand Fashion Week is an annual event, now confident and unabashedly proud in its seventh year. The event showcases the best of contemporary Kiwi couture from both emerging and established designers. We may be all the way downunder (far from the catwalks of Paris and Milan), but it turns out we do know a thing or two about style, glitz and glamour.

Creativity, amazing talent, celebrities, beautiful fabrics, edgy designs, trend-setting garments - NZ Fashion Week has it all. Buyers and media come from throughout New Zealand and around the world to see what’s on offer. My picks for what to watch?

• Cybele - a conceptually focused brand with a range characterised by unconstrained imagination.
  
• Juliette Hogan - just think simplicity, style, practicality, sophistication and femininity, all rolled into one.
• Deadly Ponies - apart from the cool name, these two designers are making waves with their innovative artisan accessories.
• Elusiv - and one for the men (so often left out in the cold, fashion-wise); this Dunedin label creates clothes that are “decisive, strong and assuredly masculine.”

And there’s much more where that came from. Check out other hot New Zealand fashion.