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Designer Garnet Nelson has a distinctive attitude to fashion for the rural sector, showcased in a range of clothes combining style and practicality - although the "after-five combinations" may be a step too far. This might be one of the celebrated Country Calendar spoof episodes, but the buy-in from models who could only be farmers and not actors is a sight to behold. And the fashion tips don't end there. Reporter (and long time Country Calendar producer) Frank Torley adds his own sartorial note with an unfeasibly long shirt collar that has a mind of its own.
It's been described as "iconic', "the jewel in the crown of New Zealand television" and it's been around for over four decades. Yes, we're talking about Country Calendar.
In reality, ...
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Television, 2000 (Full Length Episode)
More humour with a rural bent
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Veronica Stevenson
Posted at 12.01PM - 12.12.2011
Got to love that close up of the burly farmer in the sparkling pink suit just as he gets up from sitting on a hay bale with a whole lot of it stuck to his bottom.