Museum turns fashion show runway
A new venue has helped bring together vintage cars and wowfactor fashion at the Fibreoctave wearable art and music show.
The show was held at Bill Richardson’s Transport World for the first time last night.
About 700 people were expected to attend the event that showcases designers work from throughout Southland, Wanaka, Timaru and Christchurch.
Fibreoctave marketing manager Sandra D’Arcy said the vin- tage cars and designs would give guests a treat on the night. ‘‘It’s the coolest thing I’ve seen.’’ ‘‘There’s cars and fashion. The two together is really cool,’’ D’Arcy said.
The museum’s collection of cars were displayed around the catwalk. ‘‘Fashion around these treasures is a wonderful form of art on its own,’’ she said.
The show moved to the new venue because it had outgrown its old location at the Ascot Park Hotel.
There were 58 costumes featured in the show with models walking down the longest catwalk in the southern region, D’Arcy said.
Models aged between 13 and late 20s wore garments made from tin, copper and knitted wool.
This year, hats and shoes were prominent features with intricate details being a stand out, D’Arcy said.
Designers put in a lot of hours to create their designs that were ‘‘as good as wow’’, including entries from students at Limehills School, she said.
It was good to see the children getting to be part of the show as volunteers, she said.
The show was about wearable arts, creating and gaining confidence to take up future opportunities, D’Arcy said.