Feroz Ali: NZ Fashion Week Owner on the new partnership with Giltrap, this year's event

Some good news for the New Zealand fashion industry. 

The once troubled NZ Fashion Week has secured a three-year partnership deal with Giltrap, ensuring its future for the next few years. 

It comes after the event was cancelled in 2024 due to economic uncertainty. 

Owner Feroz Ali told Mike Hosking it’s going to be an amazing show this year. 

He says they have a packed schedule for the five day event, with emerging designers, new designers, and designers that probably haven’t shown for 15 years all returning to the runway. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good news for New Zealand and New Zealand Fashion Week
is back. Canceled of course last year because of economic uncertainty.
They having day three year deal with guild Trap as
in the car People. Parrazali is New Zealand Fashion Week's
owner and he's back with us.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
For is morning, Good morning, Mike, How are you very well?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Thank you? Congratulations on putting this thing together given last year,
how shaky was it?

Speaker 2 (00:23):
It was very shaky, But I took your words as
inspiration of whether we'll return back this year, and we
have and we are very proud of having Giltrap as
our presenting partner and for its continued support over the
next three years.

Speaker 1 (00:40):
Fantastic. What level of enthusiasm is there within the fashion industry?
Are you back the way you were before? Is it
scale down? What's it looked like?

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Exponential is the word I'll use. We have a very packed,
full schedule for five days. You will see emerging designs,
new designers, designers that have probably not shown for fifteen
years returning back to the runway and the event. And

(01:10):
the credit goes out to Liam and Dan and Murray
and their whole team for pulling what I would call
is going to be an amazing show this year.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Who do you aim it at? Is it a public thing?
Is it an industry thing? Is it both?

Speaker 2 (01:27):
You know what, it's a celebration of fashion, fashion industry
in New Zealand and it's actually this year is going
to be a bit of a hybrid. There is a
consumer facing element driving traffic to the designer's stores and
the online platforms, and a trade element to it, showcasing
the New Zealand brands to delegates that will be traveling
from abroad that'll be able to scale their businesses and

(01:49):
take their products outside New Zealand.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well, I'm super excited for you. Well well done for
hanging in there, and they're well done the guild traps
for putting it together and helping out. And so New
Zealand Fashion Weeks lives for at least another three years. Firozali,
who is the owner of New Zealand Fashion Weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
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