A Dunedin dressed up and looking its best has impressed its out-of-town guests and mostly filled venues for its annual fashion week.
The iD Dunedin Fashion Week finished on Saturday with the second Railway Station show that, as usual, glittered most fashionably.
Media personalities and hosts Mike McRoberts and Paula Penfold told the crowd a story of flagging down a police car for a 4am ride to their accommodation after struggling to find a taxi last week.
"That's Dunedin.''
The highlight of the week for iD Dunedin chairwoman Cherry Lucas was feedback from one of the guest designers.
"It was pretty special when Kate Sylvester came up to me on Friday night, and she was just so positive, and so complimentary.''
For someone who had done so many shows herself, and had such high standards, to be so complimentary and impressed was a real highlight.
The Emilia Wickstead internship in London announced last week and expected to be an annual prize at the fashion week was another highlight.
With good weather during the week, guests had gone away "very appreciative of Dunedin, and very inspired by what we do here''.
"I think overall it was a successful week.''
Ms Lucas said it was great to celebrate what Dunedin and its people could do.
"I love seeing them all dressed up and happy, enjoying Dunedin at its best.‘‘That's how I thought we looked last night; Dunedin at its best.''
Ms Lucas said ticket sales had been "almost at capacity'', but not quite sold out, for both the International Emerging Designer Award show and the railway station shows.
Sales were perhaps slightly lower than last year.
The committee would have a debrief on every aspect of the week, and look at possible dates for next year.
Deputy chairwoman Dr Margo Barton said the highlight for her was the emerging talent coming to Dunedin to show their designs, but most importantly to meet each other, "creating a big community'' of designers.
She was also pleased with the live music backing at the emerging designer show from The Clean's David and Hamish Kilgour and Straitjacket Fits' Shayne Carter with Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats.
"I was absolutely ecstatic.
"It was just amazing.
"What I didn't consider, and should have, was the effect it would have on the models.''
That effect turned out to be a good one.
"The models told me they just loved it, they said it got their adrenaline running.
"And the other thing is the musicians were just raving about it.
"I wasn't anticipating those comments, and I just thought that was just fantastic.''
