Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Awards 1978

"As an Oscar is to actors, a Benson and Hedges Fashion Design Award was to aspiring New Zealand fashion designers." From 1964, the B&H Awards were the big fashion event of the year for three decades. This 1978 telecast is hosted from the Wellington Town Hall by TV presenter John Hayden and longtime B&H organiser Josephine Brody. The theme is fantasy, but the fabric du jour is wool — befitting an economy living off the sheep’s back — with design entries coming in from Kaitoke to Marton, and a procession of homespuns and knitwear paraded before the visiting Parisian judge.