Boshier’s racy boudoir has models writhing (+pics)
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Non-smoking laws were flouted and fashion turned into a peepshow during a provocative spectacle that left the audience stunned. Fashion designer Lucie Boshier’s show for Air New Zealand Fashion Week yesterday had models writhing on stage and provocatively touching their bodies, while others smoked cigarettes and tossed fake US$1 notes and gold-wrapped chocolate coins at the audience. A drag queen, wearing suspenders and fishnet stockings, sat in a chair on the catwalk at the end of the show smoking and said: “Well, what the f. . . were you expecting?” before exiting the stage. No stranger to controversy, Boshier, who is based in Auckland, has in previous years distributed leaflets questioning the direction and morals of the fashion industry. Last year, she raised the fashion industry’s hackles with a flier showing a cartoonesque figure positioned behind a skinny, pale model bent over snorting cocaine. While not in the main tent for the show at Shed One near the Viaduct, Boshier’s over-the-top cabaret-themed show was one of the most sought-after to attend, with a long line of disappointed fans left outside. Underwear became outwear, with satin slip dresses lined with lace, but the majority of the collection was best suited to the boudoir, with lace corsets and suspenders, bold nouveau prints with flirty fringing, and a gigantic velvet dressing gown with lavish tassels. Other news:
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