1. NZFW’s biggest beauty trends
It’s true that we mostly go to fashion shows for the fashion, but hair and makeup do a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to completing the picture. Some designers favour pared-back beauty that lets the clothes take centre stage, while others go all in with bold, theatrical details that demand attention from head to toe. Either way, the runway is always ripe for inspiration. At twenty-seven names, the oversized crimper was doing the most. Juliette Hogan leaned into natural texture, refined rather than over styled. Caitlin Crisp brought luminous, rosy, beautifully bronzed skin. Karen Walker closed with hair textured, tousled and undone. These are the beauty moments we’ll be recreating at home.
Read more about the beauty trends here FQ.co.nz.
2. Travelling in style
NZFW is exhilarating and logistically relentless in equal measure, and this year the FQ team navigated it in the all-new 2026 Audi Q3 SUV, finished in sage green. From Yu Mei in Onehunga to Elle & Riley in Parnell, the Q3 ferried us across Tāmaki Makaurau, doubling as a mobile office and beauty room between stops. Refined, spacious and effortlessly stylish, it turned Fashion Week’s chaos into something almost manageable, giving us somewhere to regroup between runways.
3. Take a load off
Birkenstock’s Care Essentials range is proving there’s more to foot health than the footbed, and this week NZFW gets to feel it firsthand. Between shows, the brand’s Shed 10 pop up offers an express reflexology-inspired massage, a rare pause in a packed schedule. Spend $60 or more on Care Essentials and you’re in the draw for over $1,000 in prizes, from Spa Nomad treatments to the Cork Tool set. Complimentary massages run daily until Saturday 22 August. You won’t want to miss it.
4. Your fashion week prescription
By day four of NZFW, your calendar isn’t the only thing running on empty. This year’s survival kit is the FQ team’s answer to the chaos, courtesy of Chemist Warehouse and years of late nights and long days. Blister plasters and stain remover wipes handle the emergencies, electrolytes and a spritz of face mist handle everything else, and a lint roller and dry shampoo keep you show-ready between events. Curated without the excess, everything here earns its place in the bag. You’re welcome.
5. Pit stop
New Zealand Fashion Week is in full swing, and Westfield Newmarket is making sure no one misses a beat between shows. As Official Shopping Retail Destination and Ecosystem Partner of NZFW 2026, the centre has rolled out its Fashion Fit Stop, a pit stop-inspired activation built for anyone racing between runways or hunting the season’s best pieces in-centre. Check your fit, strike a pose, spin the wheel for prizes and get back out there. Open for ticket holders at Shed 10 all week and running until 23 August at Westfield Newmarket on Level 1 near David Jones.
westfield.co.nz
