The celebrated style of top Kiwi designers Kate Sylvester and Juliette Hogan will again grace the fashion week runway after several years' absence.
However, fashion heavy hitters Karen Walker and World remain noticeably missing from the provisional designer line-up for New Zealand Fashion Week in August, unveiled on Tuesday.
Organisers are positive about the strength of this year's line-up, saying they're excited to present such a long list of talented designers so far out from the event.
"Every year the NZFW line-up changes as designers evaluate their marketing strategies and how showing at NZFW fits with their business objectives, so it's great to have some of the better-known designers back," event director Dame Pieter Stewart said.
"It shows the industry is strong and united and that's the sense we're getting this year, a renewed confidence from designers and the industry as a whole."
