New Zealand fashion

This guide aims to help you find information on New Zealand fashion and designers – in books, magazines, and online.

Explore our fashion resources

Search the catalogue for books on New Zealand design and designers:

Costume and fashion images from the Christchurch City Libraries collection.

Fashion: Resources for the dedicated follower of fashion – books, magazines and web sites on the elements of style.
Wearable arts, costume & fashion design: Our page on wearable arts helps you find information about designing and making clothes, costumes and wearable arts.

Fashion and beauty: The New Zealand Herald fashion section includes local and international news, and interviews with fashion identities.
Fashion and design news: Stuff’s fashion section. The Life section in Wednesday's issue of Christchurch newspaper The Press has fashion information.
New Zealand fashion quarterly: New Zealand’s major fashion magazine. Available in print, and in eMagazine format from RBdigital magazines and PressReader.
Papers Past: Search for historical examples of local fashions. Try changing the date to cover a particular period. For images, try selecting advertisements or illustrated captions.

A selection of web resources with a New Zealand fashion focus.