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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Twenty students from NZ Fashion Tech have been awarded Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia giving them an opportunity to travel to India for five weeks of international learning and to see large-scale manufacture and textile technology.
From the crimsons and tangerines of silk saris flowing from women who perch side-saddle on motor-scooters zig-zagging across lanes of traffic to the lime greens and daffodil yellows of fresh produce abundant in street markets to the inky purples, velvet reds and deep blues of formal India, it is fitting that colour has brought India and New Zealand together.
In the first stage of a unique New Zealand–India education collaboration, 10 stunning looks designed and made from hand-loomed Indian silk saris by Diploma students at NZ Fashion Tech as part of their academic course work open four Resene-sponsored public shows at New Zealand Fashion Week.
And in the second stage of the collaboration, 20 Diploma students from NZ Fashion Tech’s Auckland and Wellington campuses are traveling to India in November for another career-defining opportunity.
Academic Director Val Marhsall-Smith says, “The reason NZ Fashion Tech welcomes collaborations like this is that they give our students a taste of the real world of fashion—a real client brief, a tight time-frame of four weeks, a competitive challenge and some exceptional rewards.”
NZ Fashion Tech student Taylor Jarden-Lambert (22) who travelled to India last year with the group said five weeks of learning in India was a life-changing, “mind-blowing” experience.
Taylor says, “The people were so welcoming and hospitable. The strongest memory for me is how lovely they were.”
“And the learning that I think will have the most positive impact for me in my career in fashion was seeing large scale manufacturing in practice. We now have a unique, first-hand view of manufacturing fashion garments off-shore,” he says.
Twenty students from NZ Fashion Tech have been awarded Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia giving them an opportunity to travel to India for five weeks of international learning and to see large-scale manufacture and textile technology.
From the crimsons and tangerines of silk saris flowing...
Twenty students from NZ Fashion Tech have been awarded Prime Minister’s Scholarships for Asia giving them an opportunity to travel to India for five weeks of international learning and to see large-scale manufacture and textile technology.
From the crimsons and tangerines of silk saris flowing from women who perch side-saddle on motor-scooters zig-zagging across lanes of traffic to the lime greens and daffodil yellows of fresh produce abundant in street markets to the inky purples, velvet reds and deep blues of formal India, it is fitting that colour has brought India and New Zealand together.
In the first stage of a unique New Zealand–India education collaboration, 10 stunning looks designed and made from hand-loomed Indian silk saris by Diploma students at NZ Fashion Tech as part of their academic course work open four Resene-sponsored public shows at New Zealand Fashion Week.
And in the second stage of the collaboration, 20 Diploma students from NZ Fashion Tech’s Auckland and Wellington campuses are traveling to India in November for another career-defining opportunity.
Academic Director Val Marhsall-Smith says, “The reason NZ Fashion Tech welcomes collaborations like this is that they give our students a taste of the real world of fashion—a real client brief, a tight time-frame of four weeks, a competitive challenge and some exceptional rewards.”
NZ Fashion Tech student Taylor Jarden-Lambert (22) who travelled to India last year with the group said five weeks of learning in India was a life-changing, “mind-blowing” experience.
Taylor says, “The people were so welcoming and hospitable. The strongest memory for me is how lovely they were.”
“And the learning that I think will have the most positive impact for me in my career in fashion was seeing large scale manufacturing in practice. We now have a unique, first-hand view of manufacturing fashion garments off-shore,” he says.
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