Fashion Quarterly

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Fashion Quarterly
CategoriesFashion
Year founded1980
CompanyParkside Media
CountryNew Zealand
Based inAuckland
Websitehttps://www.fq.co.nz/

Fashion Quarterly is a New Zealand-based fashion magazine, and the country's most widely read fashion title. It was founded in 1980, originally under the name Fashion and then Fashion New Zealand.

History[]

Launched in 1980 by Paula Ryan and Don Hope.,[1] Fashion Quarterly began as a retail catalogue distributed for free in Christchurch letterboxes. Originally called Fashion, the magazine grew and was renamed Fashion New Zealand in 1982 before settling on Fashion Quarterly in 1986.[1]

Many top New Zealand models, designers and photographers were featured in the magazine, including Rachel Hunter, Kylie Bax, Georgia Fowler, Emily Baker, Desmond Williams,[2] Max Thompson, Craig Owen, Derek Henderson, Karen Walker and Trelise Cooper.

The magazine had several brand extensions, including FQ Men launched in 2004[3] and the millennial-focused Miss FQ launched in 2016.[4]

The brand's website FQ.co.nz was launched in 2015, following an earlier online home at now defunct website Runway Reporter from 2006 to 2008.[5]

In 1990, the magazine was purchased by Australian Consolidated Press), which was later sold to Bauer Media Group.[6] In April 2020 Bauer closed its New Zealand business in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, resulting in the closure of several titles including Fashion Quarterly.[7]

Following Bauer Media’s closure, Fashion Quarterly was acquired by NZ-owned publisher Parkside Media [8] and resumed publishing in December 2020, with the relaunch cover featuring Georgia Fowler. Fashion Quarterly is now led by editor Nicole Saunders.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ Wednesday; September 2004, 8; Media, 6:23 pm Press Release: ACP. "ACP Media launches FQ Men | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "A complete 360: Fashion Quarterly on its digital offering". stoppress.co.nz. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ Friday; September 2006, 29; Media, 4:50 pm Press Release: ACP. "ACP Media acquires Runway Reporter | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "German media giant buys ACP Media". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. ^ "Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman's Weekly, North & South to shut down". The Spinoff. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  8. ^ "The return of Home & Fashion Quarterly". M+AD. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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