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.