On Thursday night Black Magazine launched The Art of Denim in collaboration with Neuw, Lee and Wrangler at Service Newmarket. It was a sweet affair to precede the online auction which runs from this Friday, March 1 through to Friday March 8 on Trade Me. All of the pieces exhibited at Service will be auctioned plus a few more that are being created this week, with all proceeds going to Mental Health New Zealand. Thanks to all of the sponsors for the event: Neuw, Lee, Wrangler, Service, Invivo wines, Grolsch beer, Thomson Whisky, L&P, Pump, Friends of Design and Play Studio. We will publish the look book of all garments in the auction here on Friday, thanks to everyone who came along and especially the artists and designers who gave so freely of their time and talent. A few party pics here from the early part of a fun evening by Yasmine Ganley.
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| Jessica Grubisa, Thistle Brown and Georgia |
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| Mint Kitchen's Daniel and Maurice |
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| Black Magazine Art Director Ian Ferguson and Mathew Thomson of Thomson Whisky |
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| Black Magazine Creative Director Rachael Churchward and Dan Buckley designer of Thing Thing |
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| Threebyone's Richard Bond, Dan Buckley and friend enjoying Grolsch |
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| Snazzy couple |
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| New Zealand's finest tipple |
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| Four Eye's Chin and Danny with Vincent Paunovic and partner |
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| Whakarongotai and Damien Nikora, designer Blair Hetet and George |
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| Artists/models Christopher Landon and Dan Vient |
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| 1 AM Magazine's Glenn Hunt and Dave Charles of Threebyone NZ |
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| Scout Model's Huia Ngapo and Red 11's Conor McCafferty |
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| Footwear Five! |
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| 62 Models groovers |
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| Showroom 22's Murray Bevan and Emma Gleason |
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| Georgie and friend from Invivo Wines |
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| Emma Gleason, Elliot Rawson, Eric Nauta and Laura Allard-Fleischl |
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| Invivo, quality wines with a strong links to fashion and art |
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| Black Magazine Editor-In-Chief Grant Fell with Threebyone Australia's Richard Bell talking to Glenn Hunt |
