Pacific Fusion Fashion Show partners with Pacific Media Network

“We want to keep evolving and innovating the show so that we’re ensuring people globally can watch the show,” says Nora Swann – Founder/Director of PFFS.

“We see an opportunity to team up with PMN as a way of extending our runways into new community spaces through their many channels.”

The show's theme 'Navigator' is inspired by the words of late scholar and poet Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa, “We sweat and cry salt water, so we know that the ocean is really in our blood.” The concept is being developed and explored during this year's show by PFFS Creative Consultant Sammy Salsa.

The fashion event will be held at Te Komititanga - Downtown Ferry Terminal in Auckland City and will feature 19 fashion designers with ties to American Samoa, Tonga, Samoa, Australia, Northern Mariana Islands, Cook Islands, Niue, the Philippines and homegrown talent from right here in Aotearoa.

“We’re so delighted to partner and support PFFS 2024 as a significant annual event to showcase the creative talents of Pacific designers locally and from the regions,” PMN Chief Executive Don Mann says.

“We embrace and support Pacific creatives to challenge the constraints of the system they work within - we wholeheartedly see how this movement brings together our creative sector and peoples.”

Swann, who is of Samoan/Niuean descent, is a passionate advocate in showcasing Pacific designers, models and creative/events teams. She will continue to bring together local and regional talent from abroad expanding the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show platform.

This year Pacific Fusion Fashion Show is also excited to announce its official partnership with New Zealand Fashion Week, officially becoming a New Zealand Fashion Week-associated event from this point onward. This milestone marks a significant step in Pacific Fusion Fashion Show’s journey as it approaches its eighth successful show. The endorsement and backing from New Zealand Fashion Week unlocks exciting new opportunities for growth and expansion.

Feroz Ali, Owner of NZFW remarks “Pacific Communities make up a very large part of our NZ population, especially in Auckland. I am delighted to provide the resources of NZFW in supporting the Pacific Fusion Fashion week show later this year and to support the aspirations for Pacific designers.”

Pacific Fusion Fashion Show 2024

When: Saturday 7th December 2024

Time: 7.30pm (doors open at 6.30pm)

Where: Downtown Ferry Terminal, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010

Tickets available at: https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/pacific-fusion-fashion-show-2024/auckland

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About Pacific Media Network

Pacific Media Network (PMN) is the premier provider of quality Pacific content in New Zealand and the operating arm of The National Pacific Media Trust. PMN provides space for all Pacific People to access, explore, strengthen and celebrate Pacific identity, language and culture and in doing so contributes to resilient, confident, healthy, prosperous, thriving Pacific communities.

Our multi-media offerings include 531pi, Niu FM, PMN News, PMN Cook Islands, PMN Niue, PMN Tonga, PMN Samoa, PMN Fiji, PMN Rotuma, PMN Kiribati, PMN Tokelau, PMN Tuvalu and PMN Solomons.