Mr Henderson, Ms Malthus and Ms Kwant talked about their experience of putting together a beautiful volume about clothing collected by a farmer and stored in a tractor shed on his farm.
Book buyer Ms South, of Alexandra, said she remembered going to see the collection at Mr Hore’s Glenshee property as a young newlywed in the 1970s.
She was living in Dunedin then and recalled travelling there by bus with her husband and other couples to see the clothing, the elaborate gardens and peacocks roaming around them.
Ms Kwant said the many polyester garments in the collection were not particularly comfortable compared with modern fabric but the glamour of the feathers and beading on many of them made them feel "otherworldly".
Mr Henderson, a New Zealander who takes photographs for high-end fashion houses including Prada and Louis Vuitton, said he fell for the project as soon as he was sent images of the garments in the collection.
"I live in Sydney and take any opportunity to come back to New Zealand.
"I love Central Otago and the landscape, I love that there are not many people and the small towns."
■ Garments from the Eden Hore Central Otago collection are on display at Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, in Alexandra, this month, while Toitū Otago Settlers Museum, in Dunedin, has an exhibition of the highlights from the collection, and will be on display until 2027.
