Feroz Ali: NZ Fashion Week Owner on the new event in Christchurch

New Zealand Fashion Week is headed down south. 

A bespoke version of the event is headed to Christchurch this Spring, a three-year partnership bringing Fashion Week to the South Island. 

It’ll be held in November and feature designers from all across the country, but with a focus on Christchurch-based creatives. 

NZFW Owner Feroz Ali told Mike Hosking it shouldn’t bleed any support from the Auckland event, with this being an entirely new event that will make NZ Fashion week financially stable and sustainable in the long term. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
More good news for christ Church New Zealand Fashion Week,
announcing this morning a bespoke version of the event in
November three a deal in for Osali as of course
New Zealand Fashion Week owner, and he's back with us
for os.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Good morning, Good morning, Like, how are you very well?

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Indeed who's the deal with? And how hard was it
to put together?

Speaker 3 (00:19):
Actually wasn't that hard, but it was you know, coming
together off christ which New Zealand and New Zealand Fashion
Week with the purposes of advancing fashion activations across Southailand.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Fantastic. Do you bleed the Auckland support a little bit?
Given I know a lot of people from christ Church
come to Aukland, they don't need to anymore.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
No, I think Auckland has its own place, and we're
very grateful for Katucki Auckland Unlimited for their support. But
this is an entirely second event, something that you know
makes New Zealand Fashion Week financially stable and sustainable for
long term.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
What's your sense of this week in Auckland and so
far you enjoying it?

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Absolutely amazing. We've sold more than four than three hundred tickets.
Mike and the community, the designers, the consumers. They're all
engaging very very well. There's a bit of a you know,
buzz coming around the city.

Speaker 1 (01:18):
Good good to hear it. And congratulations on Christus. Is
there anything Christuch doesn't have now for Ozali? By the way,
the New Zealand Fashion Weekonda Christchurch kind of like a
magnet for everything.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
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