Auckland City Photos » Fashion

Samurai Guitar

Karl — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:43:22 +0000

A Friday night busker dressed in traditional Japanese garb. He seemed to enjoy the camera and attracted quite a crowd just before I left him to it. Queen Street next to Vulcan Lane.

Busker – Queen Street

Karl — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:30:32 +0000

A busker rocking out on the corner of Queen Street and Wellesley Street.

Tourists – Customs Street

Karl — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:22:38 +0000

Asian tourists wait for a cab outside the Mercure Hotel. On the other side of the road is an Esquire Cafe, which some time ago, I was sitting outside minding my own business when, what I assumed was an escaped mental patient sat down next to me and started mumbling nonsense. After a group of asian kids walked past, the escaped mental patient’s eyes lit up and he shouted, “Hey! Dragon Ball Z!” There was some confusion and I thought it was one of the strangest and funniest things I’d ever seen.

El Jay Mannequin

Andy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:25:14 +0000

A mannequin stares out the same window of the old El Jay store onto Kingston Street, opposite the Auckland District Court, wearing the same Christian Dior dress she’s had on for years.

From 1954-1988, Gus Fisher, whose name is most known to the public for the Art Gallery he founded, produced clothing made under licence from Christian Dior, in Paris, under the
name El Jay.

His work has been the subject of more than one retrospective show, and the window of this building, left unchanged for many years, is often subject to longing stares by both fashionistas and the nostalgia hungry who pass by.