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Benson And Hedges Fashion Design Awards
Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards was a New Zealand fashion competition that ran from 1964 to 1998. It was the country's major competitive fashion event during this period. The Awards' open entry format offered an opportunity for new fashion designers and manufacturers to showcase their work on a national platform. Prominent New Zealand fashion designers showcased their works at this event including Annie Bonza, Trish Gregory, Denise L'Estrange-Corbet and Isabelle Harris. History The first awards ceremony was held on 29 July 1964 during Wellington's Majestic Cabaret. It was originally called the Wills Gold Rose Awards but became the Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Awards after a change in sponsor. Jeannie Gandar, president of the New Zealand Modelling Association, organised the first event which was hosted by Graham Kerr. The first two award categories were High Fashion Day wear and Formal Evening wear, but these categories later expanded as the event increased in size. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Bonza
Annie Bonza (née Cole, born 17 March 1940) is a New Zealand fashion designer and a pioneer of boutique fashion. Her signature 'doodle' style consists of braiding, ribbon, beading, embroidery and hand painting clothing with Māori and Polynesia influences. Her work has been exhibited at Te Papa and has won awards at the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards in 1971 and 1989. Early life Annie Bonza was born Annie Cole in Te Kūiti, New Zealand. At age 16, she moved to Auckland where she began a cutting and design apprenticeship at Chadwick and Bray, a large clothing manufacturer. In her time there she was exposed to pre-war patterns of Corneli lace which would go on to inspire her later work. Career Her first design job was at Pour Vous, a company which stocked department stores throughout New Zealand. Her designs gained her a high commendation at the British Golden Shears Awards. In 1964 she moved to Sydney to work at the salon of Robert White. The salon produced afterno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trish Gregory
Trish Gregory is a New Zealand fashion designer and businesswoman, who achieved widespread recognition as one of New Zealand's leading and innovative designers in a career spanning half a century. Early life Gregory was born Patricia Pearl Lattimer in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and educated at New Plymouth Girls' High School. Career After travelling internationally for several years working as a secretary and architectural draftswoman, Gregory returned to New Zealand joining the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) as a copywriter. In 1968 an NZBC posting took her to Timaru in the South Island and a year later she opened a fashion boutique named "The Fig Leaf" on Caroline Bay Hill. In 1970 Gregory entered the New Zealand Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Awards for the first time, winning the Merit Award in the Evening Wear category. Gregory, displaying "a flair for inventiveness" designed "Splatadashes" and in 1971 was described as having "put Timaru on the map as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise L'Estrange-Corbet
Dame Denise Ann L'Estrange-Corbet (born ) is a New Zealand fashion designer and businesswoman. She founded WORLD, a fashion label, in 1989 with her then husband, Francis Hooper. Personal life L'Estrange-Corbet published her autobiography, ''All That Glitters'', in 2008, in which she discussed her childhood in London and her history of depression. At the age of 3 her mother took her and her sister to England to escape an abusive alcoholic father, and she was raised in London. She appeared in a Ministry of Health (New Zealand), Ministry of Health campaign aimed at reducing the stigma of suffering from depression. L'Estrange-Corbet and Francis Hooper are the parents of gossip columnist Pebbles Hooper. Honours and awards In 1995 WORLD's designs won the Avant Garde category at the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Award, a $5000 prize. In the 2002 Birthday Honours (New Zealand), 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, L'Estrange-Corbet was appointed a New Zealand Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
