Tonight, Thursday May 3rd, is the judging for Dunedin’s famous fashion show. The judges are New Zealanders with international reputations, Karen Walker, Maggie Hewitt of Maggie Marilyn, and Benny Castles of WORLD.
This year for the first time the show will be held in Dunedin’s Town Hall instead of the railway station platform. This is a big international event with 42 fashion designers from 22 countries and 170 entries.
Tomorrow evening, Friday, is the grand gala event showing many of these 170 entries as well as the finalists.
Go to their website or Instagram for more about this show.
Listen to March 13 2013 to hear more about the history of this fashion show.
Vocabulary
• reputation (n) – these people are well-known and admired in many countries
• platform (n) – place where people stand to wait for a train
• gala (n) – a show
• finalist (n) – people who are in the finals; first, second, and third