ratings of course), but she composts and does her bit for the environment, perhaps she grows a few veges. Was this your first runway show? Not my first, but it’s been a long long time. Runway shows are really expensive to produce and so I’ve only ever done group shows. I guess my last one was the Modus Operandi Fashion Awards in Wellington back in 2003 How does doing runway shows help your collections develop? Runway is really the beautiful end point to a collection - an idea that started months before hand expressed in a few short minutes. Generally however, I design ‘from the gut’ and I piece together a look based on fabrics and colours - as I go a mood or theme makes itself known and its then a process of sampling and paring it back to get to the essence of the idea or theme. When I’ve finished the looks and edited it together then I start to consider styling, accessories, etc. This collection was a little different, as elements such as silhouette fabrication and even styling
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