A Strong Statement on Style and Sustainability
The Dominion Post – Carolyn Enting
Wellington labels STARFISH and LAURIE FOON returned to the catwalk at Fashion Week with a strong statement on style and sustainability. It has been four years since Laurie Foon and co-designer Carleen Schollum last showed at Fashion Week. Their winter 09 collection – HEIRLOOM – was partly inspired by the Rita Angus: Life and Vision exhibition at Te Papa and Angus’ desire to create something unique and lasting.
The pair doubled their workload sourcing fabrics from New Zealand suppliers. 65% of the garments in the show were made from locally produced and sustainable fabrics, including fine gauge merino grown and milled in the South Island and woven in Timaru; merino silk possum scarves knitted in the Manawatu; and knits from the Bay of Plenty.
But now it is all over, Foon and Schollum are understandably a little anxious. They needn’t be. The collection is effortlessly wearable and fashionable. My picks are the superbly cut, killer LAURIE FOON ‘Socialite’ pants and the STARFISH organic denim ‘Dowry’ coat and high waist skirt.
Sustainable and gorgeous.