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How Fashion Week is adapting to survive

Its new owner describes the 2023 event as ‘the best philanthropic event I’ve ever done’.

A Kate Sylvester show at New Zealand Fashion Week.

Kate McVicar Fri, 14 Mar 2025

New Zealand Fashion Week has had a rocky history, but its new owner, Feroz Ali, is determined to ensure the high-profile event “survives beyond who owns it”.

The Kiwi businessman bought the event in 2021 through his company Aligroup.

While just how much he paid remains undisclosed, he’s

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