Up-and-comers will join the creme de la creme of NZ fashion for the seventh annual Air New Zealand Fashion Week, 16-22 September 2007.

As well as longstanding Air New Zealand Fashion Week icons Hailwood, Karen Walker, Carlson, Kate Sylvester, ZAMBESI and Trelise Cooper, collections by newcomers Chelsea Thorpe, Lonely Hearts Club, Elusiv, Salasai and Love Lies Bleeding will also grace the catwalk.Up-and-comers will join the creme de la creme of NZ fashion for the seventh annual Air New Zealand Fashion Week, 16-22 September 2007.

As well as longstanding Air New Zealand Fashion Week icons Hailwood, Karen Walker, Carlson, Kate Sylvester, ZAMBESI and Trelise Cooper, collections by newcomers Chelsea Thorpe, Lonely Hearts Club, Elusiv, Salasai and Love Lies Bleeding will also grace the catwalk.Fashion Week valuable to the creative sector

"Air New Zealand Fashion Week provides a great forum for New Zealand designers, an excellent opportunity for the industry to work together, a strong source of employment and a forum for creative people to cluster around other creative people," says Air New Zealand Fashion Week Managing Director Pieter Stewart.

"It encourages investment in the sector and other creative sectors and generates substantial and ongoing returns," she says.

Worth an estimated $23.2million to the New Zealand economy and $19.2million to the Auckland economy, Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2007 will feature approximately 60 designers and 36 individual shows, along with the AUT Rookie Show and Verge Breakthrough Designers.

Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U returns

Building on the success of ANZFW 4U in 2006 with over 4000 people attending, Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U 2007 will offer a greatly expanded schedule of exciting events set to take place on Friday 21st September and Saturday 22nd September.

New zones at Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U will include a Beauty Zone populated by an exclusive selection of makeup brands, along with a Rumpus Room offering interactive activities.

Also new to Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U 2007 is 40 Season Preview Shows for designers not showing at Air New Zealand Fashion Week. Big names rumoured to be showing include Ruby, Sabine and Taylor and other popular retail brands from the High Street.

Other key highlights of Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U 2007 include the Designer Selection Shows, which comprise a selection of garments from in-season collections as well as a sneak preview of what will be hitting the stores for Winter 2008.

The much-anticipated Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U Designer Garage Sale will also take place this year at a bigger and better venue with access made open to anyone who visits Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U.

Tickets for Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U go on sale on 22 July and are available through Ticketek.