Winter Collection

Handknits going to Taylor stores......

New Summer Collection

Linen/Cotton knits, out in stores now, at all Taylor Boutiques, Aroha & Friends, Pappilon Boutique and Est in Melbourne.  Each piece is handmade in my New Zealand workshop.
Images from Taylor Boutique online store.

Winter Collection

At Aroha & Friends.

Summer COLLECTION now in store

Knitted Camisole Dress in Gold - Linen/Cotton, Silk, Rayon.
Available in Australia at Chiodo.

All Summer Collection photography by Annelise Hough.

Summer Collection

Mesh Kaftan available in New Zealand from Aroha, and Little Black Crown / in Australia from RPM & Chiodo.


Lace Fringe Top available in New Zealand from Little Black Crown.

Summer Collection

Lace Chemise available in Australia from Chiodo.


Lace Kaftan available in New Zealand from Aroha & Taylor / in Australia from RPM .


Jersey Dress available in New Zealand from Little Black Crown / in Australia from Chiodo.

Summer Collection

Filagree Lace Dress available in New Zealand from Little Black Crown & Aroha /in Australia from RPM



Tulip Lace Top available in New Zealand from Taylor & Aroha / in Australia from RPM & Chiodo.
Lace Bloomers available in Australia from Chiodo.




Victoria Lace Dress available in New Zealand from Little Black Crown

Urbis Design Day

Urbis Design Day is a big industry event in Auckland; collaborators of fashion and furniture designers transform showrooms into installation soirees of experiential design that involves an extravaganza of food, wine and object. Taylor paraded my knits with her winter collection, and I quote here from Thread: "The highlight of the Taylor clothing was the Nikki Gabriel handknits which were our best pick fashion wise for the whole day. NZ design at its best."
- woah!

Fashion Quarterly

New Zealand's Fashion Quarterly magazine celebrating my trips out to the farmers fields looking for sheep and wool. And a few pages later the lovely Nga Waita reveals her wardrobe secrets, wearing one of my new winter cardigans upside down, and Zambesi of course.

Work

These Winter pieces are taking on their own celestial-like forms as they consume the studio; I can barely move in here its like sharing a space with lots of winged creatures.

Darker Work

Hair and Make-up by the lovely Cushla Bower, and photography by Chiappin.

Work

sneak preview of winter11.

Summer's coming....

Waiting for that sunshine to come!!
Summer collection going into store now - RPM, cardiganstore.com, House of Aroha.

TimeLines

Managed to catch this show at the NGV which included Portraits by an old friend Rod McNicol, love this one of the iconic Jack Charles from the film Bastardy. Rod did this shoot for me in 2002 of my Winter collection; he was my neighbour in Smith St, Fitzroy then. He only ever used natural light in his studio/ which poured in from old glass ceilings which his oversize plants used to lap up/ he loved that colour GREEN of the plants, the same colour as his background wall which was his permanent fixture; his spot of provenance. The only fashion shoot Rod has ever done; I feel fortunate to have these amazing portraits as part of my collection.

AROHANUI

means big love....
Winter pieces at House of Aroha