Viva creative director Dan Ahwa has been working closely with former designer Doris de Pont — the founder of the NZ Fashion Museum — for the past 18 months to curate the exciting new exhibition Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa Now. From King Kapisi's Overstayer label to a Karen Walker tivaevae gown shown at Buckingham Palace, the exhibition explores how Maori and Pasifika design has woven its way into our fashion vernacular and, more importantly, into our sense of identity.
In the latest Viva Talks podcast, the pair chat to Viva deputy editor Johanna Thornton about Aotearoa style and how we dress today.
Listen here.
