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Fashion in the City Begins

News story
Thursday 27 Feb 2014

Fashion in the City got underway last week. There will be 10 days of events, activities and in-store offers and a significant media and PR campaign to encourage shoppers to come into the central city to shop. It’s a great way for HOTCity businesses to support their fellow fashion retailers, so get involved and come along to some of the events or do a bit of shopping! Included in this year's Fashion in the City is a new event -New Zealand's Longest Catwalk presented by Schwarzkopf,a catwalk show with around 40 models showcasing over 70 outfits styled and selected from HOTCity retailers.The catwalk will be installe in a zigzag formation along a section of Queen Street, between Wyndham and Shortland streets. It will be 125m long,set up for sound and music with a big screen at the Shortland Street end and the catwalk will be raised for maximum viewing.

We have completed a letter drop to all businesses in the area advising of the partial road closure. If you wish to see a copy of the letter please click here.

The times of closure and event details are as follows:

Public Eventdate: 08/03/14 - Queen Street (between Wyndham and Shortland Streets)

  • No parking: from 6am-6pm
  • Road closed: to all traffic from 9am-6pm
  • Event: will run from 12pm-3pm
  • Catwalk event: 1pm – 1.30pm
  • Rain Date: 15th March

For more information on events, activities and retail offers visit the Heart of Auckland City website.