I was able to take a group of year 12 and 13
students up to Auckland to visit the Zambesi work room on Tuesday, 23rd October.
We left school just after 8am and arrived at the work shop by 10:30, after being stuck in numerous delays on the Auckland motorway.
We were shown around the work room by Liz Finlay (owner/designer) and able to gain first hand insight into how the industry operates - and in particular how Zambesi functions. The students were able to see everything from office work to pattern drafting and garment construction.
Liz was a truly fabulous host. She kept it very real - she didn't sugar coat anything!
We were fortunate enough to get to view the Zambesi Winter 2019 collection and spend time looking over garments and discussing elements of design as well as techniques undertaken to construct the garments. No photos were taken during that point of the visit!
Before we left Auckland, we went to The Fabric Store to peruse the range of fabric and notions they have. The store was much larger than we anticipated and we met one of the Project Runway NZ contestants!
If we were to do this again, I would leave a lot earlier than 8am - to ensure that more time is spent in Auckland - and possibly visit a Zambesi store.
This was an amazing opportunity for the students and they were an absolute pleasure to take. I'm looking forward to doing this all over again, and possibly visiting other NZ labels.
This is a pic of the blog post on the Textile's blog. I shared the link with the FFC staff and have been getting really positive responses. I'm also hoping they will look at other aspects of the blog!!
This is the slide show of the photos taken throughout the day
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