Fashion Quarterly

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Fashion Quarterly
Managing editorSarah Murray
Categories Fashion
Frequency Quarterly
Founded1980
Company Parkside Media
Country New Zealand
Based in Auckland
Website 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.

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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.

Editors

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand Fashion Museum". www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "ACP Media launches FQ Men". www.scoop.co.nz. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "A complete 360: Fashion Quarterly on its digital offering". stoppress.co.nz. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "ACP Media acquires Runway Reporter". www.scoop.co.nz. 29 September 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "German media giant buys ACP Media". Stuff. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman's Weekly, North & South to shut down". The Spinoff. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "The return of Home & Fashion Quarterly". M+AD. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "FASHION QUARTERLY: A Visual Tribute". Magpie Style. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "NZ: Fashion Quarterly announces new editor | beautydirectory". www.beautydirectory.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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