At a pos­si­bly not-that-secret loca­tion in the heart of Te Aro, The Welling­ton­ista was invit­ed to pre­view the entrants for this year’s Project Glow. We had to tap on the win­dow to gain entrance, and while there only man­aged to take the blur­ri­est of pho­tos.

A photo from inside the Project Glow HQ
A pho­to from inside the Project Glow HQ

That’s because the judges were busy at work; and we browsed through the racks in rel­a­tive qui­et while try­ing not to over­hear the judges’ ani­mat­ed dis­cus­sions about the near­ly 150 entries.

This is the sec­ond year Project Glow has been run. It’s for:

tal­ent­ed and aspir­ing design­ers to cre­ate every day reflec­tive wear for peo­ple walk­ing, run­ning, or rid­ing a bike in the hours between dusk and dawn

We saw some up-cycled pieces to cov­et; some incred­i­ble print­work; lots of inter­est­ing shapes and forms; and a clutch of nifty knitwear — all of which we test­ed for reflec­tiv­i­ty with our phone lights. It was fas­ci­nat­ing, styl­ish, and even prac­ti­cal; and more than a lit­tle bit inspir­ing.

We enjoyed look­ing at all the entries. But they’ll tru­ly come alive dur­ing the run­way show on August 12th in the Frank Kitts Park under­ground carpark. We’re real­ly look­ing for­ward to it!

Project Glow: 7:30pm Sat­ur­day 12th August / Frank Kitt’s Park Under­ground Carpark

 

Lat­er: The inspi­ra­tion was a lit­tle con­ta­gious, and lat­er, at home, I start­ed look­ing on AliEx­press for reflec­tive mate­ri­als. I’m think­ing a few cutouts of pur­ple retro-reflec­tive tape will go nice­ly on my bike!