Fashion

People involved in a vast range of creative endeavours, here and overseas, will be in Hamilton this week talking about what makes them tick. It's for Wintec's annual Spark international festival of… Audio

Gillian Armstrong is one of Australia's finest film directors. Her work includes My Brilliant Career, Little Women and Oscar and Lucinda. She speaks to Wallace about her latest offering - a… Audio

Lucilla Gray is tipped as hot new talent at New Zealand Fashion Week 2015, but she has already shown a collection at this year's London Fashion Week, with an invitation on the table for Paris. She… Audio, Gallery

Rebecca Rasool, 24, is the co-owner and designer of a fledgling lingerie label called Her Apparel Intimates. She's busy designing and sewing a collection in her flat in Brooklyn, Wellington, after a… Audio

From fashion to costume design; filmmaking, art installation, music videos, and more. The Design for Stage and Screen course at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is now in its tenth year and producing an… Audio, Gallery

Interior designer who came to prominence in 1950s New York, when she and her husband founded a company specialising in hand-woven historic textiles, and furnished nine White Houses. Now a 93-year-old… Video, Audio

An Auckland art project is trying to change our thinking about fashion, by encouraging us to create zero waste garments. For Make/Use a design team based at the Objectspace gallery are designing… Audio, Gallery

It seems that Wellington entrepreneur Jack Yan will never give up his dream to be our capital city's next mayor. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the man to find out what's driving this dream and what he's… Audio

The dangers of hipster jeans have been vividly demonstrated by an Adelaide woman left lying for hours unable to move when the circulation to her legs was cut off. Audio

A battle between a plus-size model and a weight loss guru. Audio

Art meets fashion in exhibitions in Wellington and Dunedin. Audio

New Zealand photographer who has created series re-creating of the last meals of Death Row criminals, backstage rider requests of rock musicians, and the food of doomsday preppers. Audio

Amelia Nurse talking with Juli Hunter who designs eco-friendly clothes and does alterations all from her home studio in Waikanae. Audio

In 1977 Louis Vitton, a French fashion house founded in 1854, only had two stores - in Nice and in Paris. A small group of family owned businesses dominated the luxury fashion industry. Fast forward… Audio

Claire Gormly and Rose Jackson don't just dress up in vintage clothes, they live things vintage. They've collected clothing, jewellery, hats, and handbags from the Victorian era to the 1970s, in fact… Audio

Former Fashion and Beauty Editor, Michal McKay. Dr Tanisha C. Ford is an assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Popular radio and… Audio

Avant garde shoe designer and footwear artist of Belarus origin who studied in London with fashion creators Alexander McQueen and Nicholas Kirkwood. Audio

24-year-old Liam Houlahan is coming to the rescue of the sartorially challenged. Liam has set up a new website to help out men who suffer from a lack of shopping confidence. The website is called Wear… Audio

Simon Smuts-Kennedy of Hills Hats. The business has been making head furniture for 140 years. Audio

The age of the flared trousers is our retro theme today. Archival audio supplied by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision. Audio