Zoe Walker AhwaZoe Walker Ahwa

Zoe Walker Ahwa is the editorial director of Ensemble. She is the former editor-in-chief of Fashion Quarterly and Simply You, and previously worked as associate editor of the Herald’s Viva magazine and deputy editor of NEXT.

NZ fashion industry confronts culture of silence as fresh misconduct claims surface

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Concerns have been raised about alleged patterns of inappropriate behaviour by two fashion photographers towards young women. It could mark the beginning of a reckoning for the industry, Ensemble‘s Zoe Walker Ahwa reports for Ensemble and The Spinoff. This story contains discussion of sexual harassment Allegations of inappropriate behaviour and an abuse of power by … Read more

The aspirational age of fashion magazines is over

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For too long, fashion magazines have been trading on a hyper-glossy, hyper-produced idea of aspiration – one that particularly jars in the current climate, writes Zoe Walker Ahwa for Ensemble.  We need more glamour. A style mantra for some, and an apt conclusion in the eulogy of my career as the editor of New Zealand’s … Read more

State of Undress: The perilous post-lockdown future of New Zealand fashion

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While the pandemic will have a deadly effect on the local industry, New Zealand fashion was already in a fragile state before the coronavirus hit, writes former FQ editor Zoe Walker Ahwa. Most days at 1pm, like everyone else trying to find some semblance of structure in their life right now, I watch the government … Read more