Kleenex Cottonelle Paper Dress Challenge

As part of my course we were set an amazing challenge to create beautiful couture cocktail dresses out of Kleenex Cottonelle toilet tissue with an emphasis on showing the softness and luxury of the brand. While this may bring to mind images of models wrapped up mummy-like in toilet paper, make no mistake - the standard was extremely high. Here are the three finalists - Tanya Jeffrey, Kapi Fonua & Kei Ho with the winner in the centre:

The three finalists went on to have their dresses shown at New Zealand Fashion Week where the winner was announced. In this video Tagata Pasifika talk to the winner Kapi Fonua about his journey.

The project was massive and the learning experience was incredible and best explained in our school video diaries. See the full list here (with a video of me explaining how the tissue was made into fabric) and the judging day here. I think the videos truly show how much passion and talent went into the dresses and I expect big things from our final collections at the end of this year!

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The Marr Factory

I had the pleasure of being involved with The Marr Factory which ran from 26th - 30th August. This is a slightly late post but I was also tied up with New Zealand Fashion Week last week (post about that to come too!). Below I have posted about Karen Walker and NOM*d but you can see videos and photos of all the shows here.

Karen Walker

The first night of the Marr Factory was Karen Walker and I got to work back stage which was extremely fun and everyone was lovely. Because I was working (and forgot my camera) I didn't take any photos but here is one from Stephen Marr (click for more), and here is a video of the show from Remix Magazine

The prints are all amazing as we have come to expect from Karen Walker, with gorgeous Beau Coops to match - see!
My favourite and most coveted items though were the sunglasses! they come in a number of different styles and in either gold or black filigree here is a selection or you can view the whole collection here

 NOM*d

The last night of the Marr Factory was NOM*d, whom are by far my favourite New Zealand label so I was pretty excited to see the show. The best part of it being that it was at Golden Dawn which is a cosy venue which made everyone feel like they were front row. This time I did remember my camera so I'm thrilled to present my photos of the show. I have to say I truly loved it, NOM*d have done it yet again with layering of textures, interesting silhouettes and some truly great prints. The best print was the beige "NOM*d - Land" with iconic New Zealand imagery inspired by Margi Robertson's collection of souvenir scarves. It's lovely to see some kiwiana get a cool makeover.To view the whole collection in closer detail "A Raven's Tale" click here

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