My Heels Are Killing Me
New Zealand's foremost fashion podcast where Sonia Sly goes behind the scenes of the fashion industry to find out what exists beyond its glamorous façade.
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A Fashionable Ambition
Caitlan Mitchell is the editor for one of the longest running industry magazines in the country. She speaks to Sonia Sly about ambition, modelling, fashion photography and the relevance of print in… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Prop styling in New York
18 Apr 2017New York-based Kiwi Rachel Stickley knows all about styling props. When she's on the job her art tools are at the ready and she could be doing anything from sourcing furniture to melting lipsticks and… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Young visionaries and the future of fashion
If you want to know what the future of fashion looks like it pays to keep an eye on emerging designers who create without boundaries. Sonia Sly meets emerging designers from around the world to find… Read more Audio
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Making the modern gentleman
4 Apr 2017What does it take to make the modern gentleman? With a love of art and design New Zealand menswear label, French 83, provides a twist on classic suiting for the young professional. Add a dash of our… Read more Audio
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Creating a career in the Big Apple
29 Mar 2017When Jonathan Thai moved from New Zealand to New York to get his dance career moving, he never would have imagined that be styling editorial shoots for Vogue and working with the cream of the… Read more Audio
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From the runway to the great outdoors
Headhunted to work for Tom Ford's eponymous label just as it was getting off the ground was like watching history in the making, according to designer Quentin Hart who worked with Ford for 3 years… Read more Audio
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Yu Mei: East meets West
Jessie Wong, 23, is taking the fashion industry by storm with her luxury leather accessories brand, Yu Mei. She explains why a good bag should weather its journey with you. Read more Audio, Gallery
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'I try to mix it up a wee bit'
Anabela Rea talks trends, landing a job in fashion and the importance of promoting cultural diversity and clothing that works for all types of women. Read more Audio
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Growing a brand in a fickle digital world
Kelly Thompson is the ultimate multi-tasker. The former Wellington makeup artist and photographer is based in Melbourne and is best known for her beautiful fashion illustrations and personal style. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Wynn Hamlyn: striving for perfection
Wynn Hamlyn Crawshaw is a young designer who moved from a career in construction to developing his own womenswear label. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Importance of Well Made Clothes
9 Nov 2016Courtney Sanders is a Melbourne-based Kiwi and co-founder of Well Made Clothes. She talks to Sonia Sly about setting up an online ethical clothing business and a movement towards slow fashion. Read more Audio
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Jimmy D: There's more to life than fashion
Auckland-based designer James Dobson talks about life before the internet, meeting the needs of a clientele that range from 15-60, and why he has to remind himself that there is more to life than… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Pearly Wong's International Minimalism
Pearly Wong is a fashion designer based between Malaysia and Berlin. She talks to Sonia Sly about catering to an international market place and the realities of the industry for Malaysian designers. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Model Talk
19 Oct 2016Sonia Sly meets two New Zealand models to talk about life on and off the runway. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Catwalk comeback with a bang!
29 Aug 2016The return of WORLD to NZ Fashion Week was all about show-stopping, otherworldly looks, writes Sonia Sly. Read more Gallery
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 - Day Five
26 Aug 2016What lies behind the facade of Instagram and outfit shots? Fashion blogger Alison Gordan chats about her website Modesto and keeping up appearances while being a country girl at heart. Read more Audio
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 - Day Four
25 Aug 2016Day Four was all about the group shows, with a side of racy swimwear... Sonia Sly catches up with Assia Benmedjdoub, editor of Australian publication, Ragtrader. Read more Audio, Gallery
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 - Day Three
24 Aug 2016Sonia Sly and Simply You editor Naomi Larkin discovers the secrets to blending music with storytelling on the runway and finds out why coats made of carpet may be your ticket to AW17 style. Read more Audio, Gallery
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 - Day Two
23 Aug 2016Sonia Sly and fashion blogger Vlad Tichen dissect the good, the bad and the "mind -blowing" from day two of NZ Fashion Week. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Poetry and drama at NZ Fashion Week
Sonia Sly finds a touch of drama and artistic vision setting the designers apart at NZ Fashion Week, including live poetry and a surprise catwalk appearance by a television presenter. Read more Gallery
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NZ Fashion Week 2016 - It's really about business
23 Aug 2016Cocktails, decadent canapés and handmade chocolates flowed at the exclusive launch of New Zealand Fashion Week 2016 on Monday night. Read more
My Heels Are Killing Me
"Clothing allows us to transform and shape an identity." - Sonia Sly
In My Heels Are Killing Me, award-winning producer Sonia Sly looks candidly and analytically at the business of fashion and brings light to the context of what we wear, while addressing the social and economic implications of an industry that operates under the pressures of a shifting landscape.
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