Fashion Quarterly
| Managing editor | Sarah Murray |
|---|---|
| Categories | Fashion |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Company | Elcoat Media |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Based in | Auckland |
| Website | fq |
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
[edit]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 (later rebranded to Via Media)[8] and resumed publishing in December 2020, with the relaunch cover featuring Georgia Fowler.
The magazines editor-in-chief Sarah Murray purchased the magazine from Via Media in November of 2023, the company Elcoat Media was formed to hold the magazine.[9][10]
Editors
[edit]- Paula Ryan (1980-1996)
- Christina Sayers Wickstead (1996-2000)
- Leonie Barlow (2000-2007)
- Jane Ainsley (2006)
- Melissa Williams King (2007-2008)
- Fiona Hawtin (2008-2015)
- Sally-Ann Mullin (2015-2018)
- Zoe Walker Ahwa (2018-2020)
- Nicole Saunders (2020-2022)
- Sarah Murray (2022-present)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "ACP Media launches FQ Men". www.scoop.co.nz. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "A complete 360: Fashion Quarterly on its digital offering". stoppress.co.nz. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "ACP Media acquires Runway Reporter". www.scoop.co.nz. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "German media giant buys ACP Media". Stuff. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman's Weekly, North & South to shut down". The Spinoff. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "The return of Home & Fashion Quarterly". M+AD. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ FNZ (20 November 2023). "Fashion Quarterly has a new owner, signalling a new era of independent creativity". FashioNZ. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Dunkley, Daniel. "Fashion Quarterly magazine sold to editor-in-chief". businessdesk.co.nz. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "FASHION QUARTERLY: A Visual Tribute". Magpie Style. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "NZ: Fashion Quarterly announces new editor | beautydirectory". www.beautydirectory.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2023.