Kiwi designer Emilia Wickstead showcases Kiwi trailblazers in new collection

Emilia Wickstead is drawing on her Kiwi heritage for her latest collection. Photo / Getty

New Zealand-born fashion designer Emilia Wickstead is shining a light on some of New Zealand's most inspirational women, enlisting a variety of trailblazing Kiwi women to model her latest collection in British Vogue.

From Olympic medallist Dame Valerie Adams to former Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright, the photo shoot features 12 "ordinary yet extraordinary" women, including the first female president of Federated Farmers, Katie Milne.

Poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh also features in the campaign, as does Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the first Māori woman to earn a doctorate.

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