Education New Zealand (ENZ) and Fashion Design Council of India hosted the ‘Runway to New Zealand’, culminated a month-long journey with Yoshino Maruyama from Massey University and Megha Sharma from Pearl Academy; the second pair – Claire Nicholson from AUT University and Aishwarya Jain fromPearl Academy, won a two-week internship at the participating New Zealand fashion school.
The showcase saw an amalgamation of creative impetus and ingenuity and independent thinking,it encouraged team work as participants from New Zealand and India came together to curate ensembles. The ‘Think New’ collection by 12 students from New Zealand (Massey University and AUT University) and Indian institutions (National Institute of Fashion Technology and the Pearl Academy) using indigenous sustainable fabrics to craft new-age garments based on the theme ‘’Future World Connection”.
The competition was judged by an esteemed jury which included prominent names from the style galaxy: Amit Aggarwal, Rina Dhaka, Rohit Bal and Varun Bahl.
Other designers also seen at the event included Reynu Taandon, Rahul Mishra, Hemant Lalwani, Gaurav Jai Gupta and many more.
