Kate Sylvester Announces Closure

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 31: Models walk the runway during the Kate Sylvester show during New Zealand Fashion Week 23: Kahuria at Viaduct Events Centre‎ on August 31, 2023 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for NZFW)

Auckland-based fashion label Kate Sylvester has announced the closure of the business after 31 years. Sylvester, designer of the eponymous label, said they wanted to go out the way they came in – loving what they do.

They will sell their final collection for Summer 2024 and plan to close completely by mid 2025.

"Since the day we opened the doors on that first store in Kitchener Street we have worked incredibly hard for three decades. And now we need to move on to a new chapter in our lives."