03 Magazine: December 08, 2023
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40 <strong>Magazine</strong> | Feature<br />
Designer holidays<br />
We check in with some of New Zealand’s most-loved designers on their<br />
oh-so-stylish holiday plans, what they’ll be wearing and what their customers (including<br />
here in the south) are looking to now for the long Kiwi summer.<br />
INTERVIEWS JOSIE STEENHART<br />
“In my own backyard and on<br />
Aotea I go very simple – various<br />
cotton items on high repeat.”<br />
KAREN<br />
WALKER<br />
Summer <strong>2023</strong>/2024 is my usual holiday<br />
plan: a week of recovery from the year in<br />
my backyard – napping, reading, swimming,<br />
pottering; a week at the ASB Classic (looking<br />
forward to seeing Coco again!); a week back<br />
in the office; two weeks on Aotea Great<br />
Barrier Island doing nothing much at all<br />
besides beach walks, swims, naps and books.<br />
In my own backyard and on Aotea<br />
I go very simple – various cotton items<br />
on high repeat. This summer I think it’ll<br />
be our Lotus Tiered Dress and Prairie<br />
Organic Cotton Shirred Dress. These will<br />
be paired with a fresh pair of Arizona EVA<br />
Birkenstocks, a Sensi Studio Panama hat and<br />
some great shades.<br />
When I’m on Aotea I always take a fresh<br />
pair of PJs also as friends drop in at any time<br />
of day and, even though I’m at the beach, I<br />
have standards!<br />
What seems to be shaping up to be<br />
hot in holiday attire are striped shirts in<br />
breezy cotton and our Armeria seersucker<br />
midi dresses.<br />
Anywhere in New Zealand summer can<br />
take you by surprise, so having a raincoat<br />
and a layer of cashmere on standby is always<br />
a good idea.
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