Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalists: Designers' names left to right: Jordan Grant, Claudia Osner and Nisi Sumuletu.
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalists: Designers' names left to right: Jordan Grant, Claudia Osner and Nisi Sumuletu.
Forget the bleak greys and browns of winter outside — 17 eye-catching works of silk will usher in hottest in-season paint colours this Fashion Week.
NZ Fashion Tech students were given a fashion paint colour from Resene, and within four weeks 35 intricately detailed looks were woven, smocked, crushed, quilted,embroidered, draped, pleated and bunched into works of silk.
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalist: Phibae Sein.
The top 17 were chosen by judges to show on the Resene Designer Runway during Fashion Week in August — judges selected two more works than planned, because the standard was so high.
Students looked around the world for inspiration citing muses as diverse as a Mediterranean shellfish, a neon sign in Times Square, the Paris glitterati and Louis XIV.
Terry Krause, 20, used pleats in his tailored shorts and blouse combo to reflect the rays of the Tokyo sun and the "constriction of cities".
But Nooroa Taulagaua, 20, found inspiration a lot closer to home in a comfy green couch, making use of quilting techniques and gold domed buttons for her creation.
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalist: Jordan Grant.
The winner of Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 will be announced at Fashion Week.
Amber Sterritt 21 Tessa Gould 19 Nisi Sumuletu 20 Terry Krause 20 Phibae Sein 20 Carol Hingano 20 Nooroa Taulagaua 20 Claudia Osner 22 Makyla Ata 21 Jordan Grant 21
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalist: Carol Hingano.
Wellington
Anastasia Leuluai 20 Michael Mells 19 Mia Williams 19 Louisa Gibson 27 Elisabeth Clink 32 Jessy Lewis 20 Jo Shierlaw 22
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalists: Designers' names left to right: Jo Shierlaw (from NZFT in Wellington - others are from NZFT in Auckland), Tessa Gould and Nooroa Taulagaua.
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalists: Amber Sterritt of NZFT.
Resene NZ Fashion Tech Colour of Fashion 2018 finalist: Terry Krause from NZFT.
