Corbans Fashion Collections - Spring & Summer (1995)

Spring is all about glamour. It's sexy, it's body-hugging, it's shiny, it's colourful...

– Fashion Quarterly editor Paula Ryan, on the 1995 Spring and Summer Collection, at the start of this specialne

The looks have been borrowed from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Essentially, I think it's a post-war look.  

– Fashion Quarterly editor Paula Ryan on the collection's inspiration, in part one

For a few seasons, I think that the look has been unpolished, more relaxed, more unstructured. And I think it's time to dress up again and feel a little more glamorous.

– Thornton Hall designer Lyn Jordan on the revival of femininity in this season's fashion, in part one

We go to LA, we go to London, and we go to Paris, and we go shopping, basically. We talk to people, we see what people are wearing on the street, what they're selling in the shop, and then relate it back to the New Zealand woman, and take it from there.

– Cha Cha designer Gary Wallace on taking inspiration from overseas fashion, in part two

The hottest piece of the whole season for women, without doubt, is the suit  . . .  It's a straight, tailored, nipped-in-at-the-waist suit, a narrow belt . . . it's just something that we haven't seen for a long time.

– Fashion Quarterly editor Paula Ryan on the revival of the woman's suit, in part two

 I think the season is a very glamorous season. Sexy. However, the trick is to find the balance between that and the comfort that the New Zealand market requires.  

– Designer Gaye Bartlett on balancing form and function in her designs, early in part four

In menswear today, the jackets are much, much softer, the construction's softer. So it's a much more comfortable garment to wear, and you don't have to wear it just for business.  

– Escena designer Mike Jarza on trends in menswear, in part four

The makeup for this season's fashion is largely based on the colours that the manufacturing designers have come up with, which are pastels with a 50s feel to it. There are a lot of sheer, transparent fabrics, a lot of plastic, and fabrics that are see-through, so we've reflected this in the makeup... -

– Makeup Artist Margaret Petchell on makeup trends sign for the 1995 collection show, in part four

Sister customers are strong, they know what they want. The styling's very tailored. We've paying a lot of attention to darting, panelling, bias-cutting, quite traditional styling. And then we've twisted it by using unexpected fabrics.

– Sister designer Kate Sylvester on putting a modern twist on traditional tailoring, in part five

For years it's been sort of laid-back and casual. But now women are dressing up again. Well we  hope they're going to dress up again  . . . They're going to wear high-heeled shoes and little 40s hats, and put their hair up and wear great makeup...

– Designer Barbara Lee on the femininity of this season's collection, in part six