This is a fun page of snapshots taken by others of me goofing around.
Some have been published; most have been taken by professional journalists.
You may want to start with the bottom pic and move up as the page is in
reverse chronological order.
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Auckland, April 2008
After the judging: with Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 Samantha Powell
and fellow judge May Davis at the Novotel Ellerslie. Photographed
by Allan Parker. |
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Auckland, April 2008
With Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 MC and former Lotto host Imogen
Ovens, with whom I was last photographed in 2004. There’s that
Canterbury scarf again. |
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Wellington, December 2007
Photographed by photojournalist Matthew Plummer at the launch of the
Samsung U700V cellphone held at Zambesi’s Customhouse Quay store. |
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Wellington, December 2007
Photographed with Sarah Garlick at the launch of the 2008 Chinese
New Year Festival at the Council Chambers, published in the Capital
Times. |
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Auckland, August 2007
At the opening of Tiger Translate, an art installation in Newmarket,
with actress Caleigh Cheung on the eve of her début in Ride
with the Devil and fashion designer Natalie Chan. |
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Auckland, July 2007
With Laural Barrett at the Cadbury
Dream Model Search ’07 at Old Sofrana House, photographed by
Norrie Montgomery. Photograph copyrighted to Norrie Montgomery—for
the full-size version, please contact
him for licensing. |
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Lower Hutt, April 2007
With singer John Rowles in the make-up room at Avalon during my former
gig at Good Morning, photographed by Deb Knowles. |
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Auckland, April 2007
Judging Miss Universe New Zealand 2007 at the Langham Hotel. Hilary
Timmins, self, runner-up Sylvia Laurenson, Miss Universe New Zealand
2007 Laural Barrett, May Davis, Megan Alatini. |
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Auckland, March 2007
With my friend and occasional Lucire
correspondent, actress Caleigh Cheung (Ride with the Devil, Shortland
Street), at the Quadrant Hotel, photographed by Alistair Kwun.
I was coming down with a cold at this point after the “big wet”
in Auckland the day before. |
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Hautvillers, Marne, November 2006
This was originally intended to be my new press photograph, to thank
Renault for its generosity for
lending me a Mégane 1·9 dCi Estate for an extended test
through the French countryside. Scarf by Swanndri by Karen
Walker, and shirt and jeans bought that week at C&A. |
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Auckland, July 2006
Presenting the Lucire Fashion Magazine Award at L’Oréal
Colour Trophy at the Aotea Centre. Mandatory
from head to toe. The award was won by Jock Robson of Dharma. Twelve
hundred audience? Easy. Photographed by Nicola
Topping for L’Oréal. |
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Dunedin, March 2006
At the night of the Vodafone Emerging Designers’ Awards—the
judging panel (which includes yours truly, far right) and a few of
the finalists pose for the media. The first-place winners weren’t
in this shot, and I know one of them was far too squiffy to do so.
Published in International Textiles, April 2006. |
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Auckland, March 2006
With le Comte Audoin de Dampierre,
discussing Aston Martins and their standard equipment—en français.
The Comte has probably owned more Astons and Lagondas than anyone
in France. Interestingly, my French accent was closer to his than
to the Frenchman in the street; it was refreshing to note that the
Embassy was right all along. The white shirt and prime ministerial
tie return. Photographed by Matt Clark. |
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Auckland, March 2006
This is one of my favourite pics, at the helm of an Aston Martin V8
Vantage. Photographed by Matt Clark. It reminds me of one taken of
Fangio, except I don’t make driving look cool like he did. For
some reason this photograph means more to me than those that featured
yours truly driving other luxury brands. |
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Waitakere, March 2006
Photographed by Helen and Chelfyn Baxter,
after a quick drive to Waitakere on the way to Bethells Beach near
Auckland. Chelfyn is a superb driver who actually stayed up with me
and this Aston Martin V8 Vantage till I got to stretches where I opened
the car up—and never looked back. |
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Melbourne, January 2006
Flattered to be photographed in a foreign country again, considering
I am only really known in Australia for my typeface designs and Desktop
magazine column. Here I’m with David Witko and Khi Robertson,
modelling Rado watches, at the Australian
Open. They did not feel too bad standing next to me when I informed
them that once upon a time, I was asked to be on the books of a modelling
agency. I declined. |
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Auckland, October 2005
Photographed by Norrie Montgomery for the Sunday Star–Times’
‘About Town’ supplement. It’s a tough job, but someone
has to be photographed with Hilary. We’re celebrating Lucire’s
first year in print amongst the magazine’s home crowd at BoConcept
in Auckland, New Zealand on October 11, 2005. I’m wearing Mandatory
again. |
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Wellington, October 2004
This is the glamour shot at ‘Lucire
Salutes Wellington Designers’, organized by Laura Ming-Wong and
photographed by Barry Paima of Barry’s Portraits, one of my former
students. Shelley and Kelly Swanson-Roe, Sally-ann Moffat, self, and
our former intern Robyn Merritt. Wearing Mandatory. |
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Auckland, July 2004
One of the few mementos of the night since my camera set-up went kaput:
the flash didn’t fire when I tried to get some images of Amber
Peebles in the newly launched Ford Territory we drove to the Sky Tower.
Amber’s red, draped dress is designed by her. This was at the
L’Oréal Professionnel
Colour Trophy in New Zealand, published in Headway’s spring
2004 edition and photographed by the magazine’s editor Charmaine
Guest. |
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Dunedin, March 2004
Destined for The Otago Daily Times,
a photograph by Karl Priston of me and Imogen Ovens (wearing Ivy,
designed by Cat Callanan). We were doing a shoot for Lucire
after ID Dunedin Fashion
Week. This was not my coat: Aliana Nicolls felt that my one wasn’t
quite right and I wound up wearing it. |
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Auckland, October 2003
Published in Apparel, November 2003 (which is why the number
appears in the top left-hand corner), a photo of me and Meg Kane in
the L’Oréal Paris Powder Room during Fashion Week. Meg
came in as my Auckland PA during Fashion Week and is living proof
of the “small world” theory: she’s the first cousin
of my best friend’s fiancée (the couple were killed in
1999 in an auto accident) and was a former student of mine. This photograph
was taken by Robin Smith. |
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Minneapolis, Minn., September 2003
You’re going to make it after all. Sitting at the Mary Tyler
Moore Table at Basil’s, the restaurant at which you can see the
fictional Mary Richards have lunch with a male friend in the opening
credits (1972 on) of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It’s inside
the Marquette Hotel on, of course, Marquette, in downtown Minneapolis.
Can’t believe I have worn the same shirt in two consecutive photographs.
Yes, I do own others. |
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Helsinki, September 2003
I make it as far as Helsinki from Paris in my Peugeot 307. Photographed
by Stefan Engeseth, who had to give two speeches in the city. We were
surprised at the straightforwardness of the Finns, while stunned at
the beauty of Sonia, the information-counter girl at Stockmann. This
became my press photograph for the next two years. Same jeans as in
the picture below, probably still unwashed. |
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Medinge, Sweden, August 2003
The first day of this year’s Medinge think-tank. Stanley Moss
(who took the photo) and I arrive first, probably thanks to my driving
and dodging speed cameras newly installed by the Swedish police. Well,
most of the folks probably thought I was French and put it down to
southern charm. |
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Wellington, July 2003
Back in Wellington and needing my mid-year summer—at the tail
end of the the longest period I have stayed in New Zealand in my working
life. Hilary and I attended the Japonism in Fashion exhibition
opening at Te Papa. Despite all my jokes (‘Whatever you do, don’t
mention the war’), I have a major admiration for Japanese art
and more so its fashion. |
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Wellington, February 2003
Ingrid Kennedy, the longest-serving JY&Aer apart from me, and
Carolyn Enting, fashion editor of The Dominion Post, are photographed
with yours truly at the Esprit flagship store opening in New Zealand
on Lunar New Year’s Eve (February 12, 2003). Great fun, very
strong vodka cocktails and memorable for both the Esprit body paint
on Rebecca Webb and Lee Crafar, and Hilary Timmins as guest of honour.
What the B&W photo doesn’t show is Ingrid dressed in a Chinese
style and wearing jade in preparation for the New Year. |
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Stockholm, July 2002
“Working away at the office”, photographed by Stefan Engeseth.
I neglected to mark on the floor ‘Jack Yan was here 2002’
but there’s always next year. |
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Stockholm, June 2002
Photographed by Stefan Engeseth, probably one of the few people on
this planet who gives me permission to call ‘Homey’, during
a private joke about Ted Lange’s Isaac Washington character on
The Love Boat. |
