Student Life
Emerging Designers | George Park
George Park graduated top of the class back in 2022 at Otago Polytechnic with a Bachelor of Design. He now hopes to eventually return…
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Student Designer | Ollie Schefer
From a young age, Ollie Schefer has fond memories of sketching and creating designs for his hometown football team. From there, he began to…
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18-Year-Old Scores Epic Fashion Internship At New Zealand Brand
Ella Cook, an 18-year-old student from North Shore, Auckland, scored an epic fashion internship at renowned New Zealand womenswear label, LEO+BE. Cook is someone…
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Dariah Anderson, AUT
Dariah Anderson has always been an avid op shopper and has worked in second-hand clothing stores for most of her adult life. She loves…
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Daisy Jiang, AUT
Daisy (Caihong) Jiang was born in Inner Mongolia and immigrated to New Zealand ten years ago after studying English and International Trade in China….
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Sophia Barrell, AUT
Sophia Barrell grew up in Auckland and was heavily involved with sports her whole life. Even though she focused a lot of her high…
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Fiona Bongartz, AUT
Fiona Bongartz moved to New Zealand from Germany when she was 13. She feels very connected to Germany and the family she has there,…
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Dawei Guo, AUT
Dawei Guo came to New Zealand to study from China when he was 14. Life as an international student in New Zealand has been…
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Milly McHardie, AUT
Milly McHardie is a fashion design graduate from AUT. She grew up in Hamilton but is now in Auckland with her family. During her…
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Ophelia Kingdon, Whitecliffe
From Auckland, New Zealand, Ophelia Kingdon found herself in fashion by accident. Fashion has always been something Kingdon wanted to do, but for a…
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Yalin Sun, Whitecliffe
Yalin Sun is currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree majoring in Fashion Design and Sustainability at Whitecliffe. Her…
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