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Child Labor Free has developed the world's first global accreditation system to inspect and analyse companies and their supply chain for the use of child labor. This is such a fantastic and important initiative and from 2015 Kate Sylvester has been an ambassador for the Child Labor Free initiative and we are proud to be accredited as Child Labor Free at a manufacturing level.

Huia Wine is a boutique bio-dynamic vineyard based in Marlborough and creates a beautiful offering of white, red and sparkling wines. To celebrate our long-time partnership with our special friends at Huia, we are popping Huia’s delicious 2016 Limited Edition Estate Grown Sparkling Rose Brut wrapped in a delicate modernist rose print from our upcoming collection ‘Frances.’ The collaboration is the first teaser from our new collection, which celebrates the innovative and pioneering New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins. The beautiful Modernist Rose print was inspired and reinterpreted from a 1925 textile print by Frances Hodgkins with thanks to Te Papa Tongarewa. Sparkling wine is a passion project for Huia’s Claire and Mike Allan and they have produced small parcels of award-winning bubbles ever since learning the craft in Champagne, France. The Kate Sylvester X Huia Vineyards Brut Rose is now available to purchase from the Huia Vineyards website.

We love Antipodes and their great water. This well-crafted water company is sourced locally in Whakatane—just down the road from Wayne’s old stomping ground. We serve their beautifully bottled water at all our Kate Sylvester launches and events.

For Winter 2019, Kate Sylvester pays homage to Frances Hodgkins, painter and pioneer. With thanks to Te Papa, Kate had the opportunity to realise as finished prints a series of textile designs created by Frances in the 1920s and build a collection around these beautiful jewels. It has been a real privilege working with Te Papa on this very special project.

All our hugest thanks to Kiekie and the super heroes at M.A.C Cosmetics for their absolutely beautiful make up for our shows and lookbooks. We love your work!

We love Sean and the lovely gang of creative collaborators at Colleen who create beautiful, nonchalant hair for Kate Sylvester shows and look books.

Veronica captures beautiful, effortless moving images on Super-8 film. We love what Veronica has created for our Dancehall, Electric Dreams and Marisol collections. We love her energy, intelligence and creativity

Greta is our Sylvester Sessions curator and chats to and photographs the beautiful gang of Sylvester Sessions girls who we feature on our blog and social media. We love Greta's effortless, relaxed approach.

Florian's films make us smile. We love how Florian captured the joy, freedom and happiness of our Red Balloon collection in ‘Le Balloon Rouge' Take a look at the film here.