Find out what's behind our obsession with black clothing

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Find out what's behind our obsession with black clothing

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Radio New Zealand

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Last Friday on the show, Jesse was discussing New Zealand fashion trends with Fashion Quarterly's Editor in Chief and unsurprisingly our national love affair with the colour black came up. One of our listeners got in touch, Doris de Pont curated the 'Black in Fashion' exhibition at the New Zealand Fashion Museum back in 2011 The exhibition explored why we loved this dark and colourless hue ... and more than a decade later...it seems not much has changed Doris De Pont joins Emile.

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Date created

04 August 2025

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Afternoons

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018998458/find-out-what-s-behind-our-...

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