In response to high demand from New Zealand’s discerning fashion public, opportunities have been created for the public to become part of Fashion Week.   Go to our Consumer Options page for full details of public access opportunities.

In addition, a limited number of corporate hospitality packages including tickets to a selection of individual designer shows will be available, please visit our Consumer Options/Hosting page for more information.

Allocated Seating for Individual Shows is at the discretion of the designer/s, not NZFW management. Seating is limited and highly sought after.

To attend an Individual Show you must register your interest directly to the designer and wait for confirmation of your seats from each designer. The sooner you register, the greater your chance of being invited to attend the Individual Shows.

Who will be invited as guests of New Zealand and New Zealand Fashion Week?
Key international media and buyers are invited to attend each year, focusing on those who will either generate significant sales or enhance the profile of the event internationally. These guests will be announced nearer the event.

Now in its 10th successful year, New Zealand Fashion Week has grown considerably since its inception.

The number of delegates attending since the event began in 2001 has grown by around 20%, with the total number of guests growing by almost 50%. The greatest growth has been in the number of photographers and TV crews which has tripled since 2001, a sure sign that New Zealand fashion looks good anywhere in the world.

A selection of images from all collections will be available on the website after each show. You can access the images by going to the photo gallery section on this website.

The images in the gallery are sufficient resolution (300 dpi) for magazine reproduction. They will be copyright free for editorial use on attribution to ' New Zealand Fashion Week/Michael Ng'.

While sales figures naturally remain the business of the designers, feedback to the organisers has been overwhelmingly positive with labels taking orders well in excess of previous years. Anecdotal evidence points growth of up to 300% for some designers.

Media coverage and exposure for our designers is also huge. Now in its 10th year, New Zealand Fashion Week has established itself as one of the country’s best known and financially viable brands – generating $64million in media coverage for the year to date (plus online coverage), more than twice that of previous years and proof of its status as a key event on the New Zealand calendar.

Since 2001, the event has also resulted in:

Record sales figures at retail fashion outlets in Auckland and around the country Huge employment opportunities both in the lead up to and during the event and as a result of the sales generated An exciting buzz created throughout Auckland particularly during and in the lead-up to the event.

Source: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise/World Trade Atlas

NB: By comparison, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, Australia exported $289 million in apparel in the 12 months to December 2004.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 2005.

Australia is New Zealand's key market for apparel exports, taking 71% of our total apparel exports to the world. Total apparel exports to Australia for the year to June 2005 totalled NZ$225.4 million, up from NZ$224.6 million in 2004.

Other key apparel export markets are the USA (9.2%), UK (6.9%), Hong Kong (2%) and Japan (1.9%).

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