Georgia Alice Winter 2014 - 'Battenberg'

From Georgia Alice's Instagram. Photo by Sam Lee.

For Winter 2014, designer Georgia Currie is sticking to what she is good at (and what sells out in store), with another collection of wardrobe essentials.

Keeping the edit to just 15 looks was a good decision given that this is only her third collection. Taking small, considered steps will allow the brand to grow organically and ensure longevity for the fresh designer.

With a simple colour palette and familiar silhouettes, Georgia Alice has created an entirely wearable and versatile collection.

View all the looks from the show on the NZHerald website.

On the history of the word 'Chic'

This camel, as seen on New Zealand's Next Top Model is definitely chic.

Two years ago, says Heather Wagner, copy director at Elle, "we even had a meeting about it. It was on every other page. It was back when Carol Smith was our publisher; she actually noticed it and said there's a moratorium on the word 'chic.'" Some arbiters are recommending restraint. "I don't throw that word around lightly," Tommy Ton tells me. And what the repercussions of constant usage are remains unclear. "Is this going to be a dated word?" Emily Weiss wonders when I phone her to ask about for-lack-of-a-better-word chic. "Is this going to be like 'groovy'?"

Style.com writer Matthew Schneier has written an interesting piece about the use of the word chic, and how it came to be fashion. For all my fellow fashion and linguistics geeks out there.