At Large in Sydney

New Zealand is well represented at this month’s Australian Fashion Week with thirteen fashion designers joining together to create a formidable showroom line-up. These include Kate Sylvester, Cybele, Lonely Hearts and Stitch Ministry. Sylvester opted for a more unusual invitation this year, sending Australian editors small ceramic printed teacups. She returns to the runway with a solo show. Sylvester is winner of the recent NZI National SME Emerging Sustainable Business Awards and told the Dominion Post she is not a green campaigner who started the business to promote a cause. “What we are trying to do is bring sustainable practices on board as part of how we run our business.”