Fashion
Fast fashion the latest environmentally unsustainable industry
The fast fashion industry under fire for unsustainable practices. Audio
Story of the Day for 2 September 2019
Move over "dadcore", "Granpa dressing" is the new hit fashion trend. Ali Ventura explains. Audio
40 years of Zambesi
On the Eve of New Zealand Fashion Week, the Zambesi label is preparing to show its latest collection, and celebrating its 40th year in a notoriously volatile industry. Audio
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: Theatre renamed after soprano great
The Aotea Centre is renaming its ASB theatre after our most famous opera singer and first-ever Grammy award winner, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Audio
Catherine van der Meulen: The human cost of 'greedy' fashion industry
Catherine van der Meulen is about to appear on a panel at the New Zealand Fashion Week, where she will outline what she sees as some of the problems with the fast fashion world. Audio
3MM: Dr Betty Ofe-Grant on weight bias in the clothing industry
Three Minutes Max: succinct opinions from a variety of New Zealanders on all sort of topics. Here's Dr Betty Ofe-Grant, a lecturer in management at AUT, on the subject of weight bias in the clothing… Audio
Keeping the Wow factor in WoW
The Australian theatre director in charge of this country's biggest theatrical spectacular - the World of Wearable Art (Wow) - says he's hugely impressed with his Kiwi crew's can-do attitude to any… Audio
NZ designer invited to showcase streetwear to the world
A young Samoan designer from Lower Hutt has been given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to head to the four major international fashion weeks, but there's a hefty price tag attached. Video, Audio
Vagina: A Re-Education
Author and journalist Lynn Enright tells Karyn about her new book Vagina: A Re-Education. Audio
Do you have the WOW factor?
For 30 years the World of WearableArts has wow-ing audiences with its annual design competition. We go behind the scenes with WOW Wardrobe Manager, Leonie Trathen, to talk about the preparations… Audio
Rise of the Y-Front
Jockey launched the Y-Front in the U.S. in 1935 and five years later the product landed on our shores, and it's been a favourite for Kiwi men ever since. In this final episode of RNZ podcast My Heels… Audio
Ahead of her time
From a pair of hand-knitted baby booties to a fully-blown business two-decades on selling not one, but two lifestyle brands, seems a far cry from Peri Drysdale's days as a nurse. In this episode of… Audio
A share of wardrobe
In this episode of My Heels are Killing Me, Belinda Watt Head of Fashion at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, shoe designer Kathryn Wilson and Murray Bevan - the founder of fashion PR agency… Audio
End of fast fashion nears: 'The model isn't going to be viable'
Fast fashion and unethical companies won't be in business in the next five to ten years as the focus shifts on more sustainable options, an industry expert says.
All that sparkles: the life of Queen Henrietta Maria of France
Auckland University associate professor Erin Griffey has become the first woman from New Zealand to be made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London for her work on Queen Henrietta Maria. Audio
Championing change in a volatile marketplace
It might be hard to imagine life without the internet and the ease that technology has brought to our lives.
In this episode of My Heels are Killing Me, Sonia Sly talks to three fashion designers… Audio
Tearfund Ethical Fashion Report : Do customers care?
Some of New Zealand's best known clothing brands have been outed for having poor ethical practices. Do consumers actually care? Audio
Woman told to cover-up bikini at Auckland swimming pool
Yvette Harvie-Salter was at Albany Stadium Pool when she was told her swimwear was causing complaints and if she didn't cover up, she'd have to leave. Now, Auckland Council says staff made the wrong… Audio
INTERVIEW: Billie Eilish warts and all
At only 17 years old, gloomy pop merchant Billie Eilish has just released her long-awaited debut album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Last year, Billie played the Laneway Festival and Yadana… Video, Audio
Refashioning New Zealand's rag trade
New Zealand's fashion industry is an increasingly volatile space.
Sonia Sly joins the Two Cents' Worth team to look at some of the economic pressures facing our fashion industry Audio
