Inside the home of photographer Toaki Okano

When the Okano family grew to six, it was time to add an extension to their 1930s Auckland bungalow. The well-thought-out addition incorporates contemporary elements with the original.

When the Okano family grew to six, it was time to add an extension to their 1930s Auckland bungalow. The well-thought-out addition incorporates contemporary elements with the original. On the day they decided to give up the search for their dream home, photographer Toaki Okano and his wife Pieta found their perfect, newly renovated property […]

This fashion designer’s home hits the perfect work-life balance

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Fashion designer Jenny Drury’s modern Milford home is perfectly designed to provide a place to live and work. At the end of a busy workday, Jenny Drury draws the curtains, shuts the door to her office and heads upstairs to the living room. Unlike many Aucklanders who sit in traffic for an average of five […]

Why a bar cart is the ultimate way add sophistication to your home

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Old-fashioned entertaining takes on a modern twist when styled to your taste. Here’s how to create your own bar cart at home. Just like fashion, interior trends are cyclical. One item that slowly seems to be making its way back into our homes is the trusty drinks trolley or bar cart. With in-home entertaining on […]

Inside the home (and wardrobe) of creative dynamo Mimi Gilmour

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Mimi Gilmour is a creative dynamo who’s on her way to building a hospitality empire, and Jaguar New Zealand has just named her its official ambassador. She talks to FQ about food, fashion and life in the fast lane. “I never really understood being a car person before,” says Mimi Gilmour, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and proud owner […]

Style icon Iris Apfel launches her own homeware range

It’s as vibrant as you would expect. At 96 years old, Iris Apfel reigns as one of fashion and interior design’s most famous style icons — and she’s not slowing down anytime soon. Over the years Iris has completed redesign work in the White House for presidents such as Kennedy and Reagan, managed a textiles […]

Home is where the heart is for fashion designer Karen Walker and here’s why

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Fashion is about change and reinvention. Everything else – including people – Karen Walker likes to keep for years. It’s 6.05am in Ponsonby, and Karen Walker is up and out of bed. New Zealand’s biggest fashion designer is early to bed, early to rise, with a regular weekday countdown to 7.30am when daughter Valentina needs […]

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