Fashion adds flair to Corriedale world gathering

Fashion adds flair to Corriedale world gathering

6 March 2007 Media release for Corriedale Council

A fashion show featuring New Zealand Wool and top labels has been added to the programme for the 13th World Corriedale Congress in Christchurch.

More than 250 Corriedale breeders are expected at the March 29-31 Congress, more than half of them from overseas. The latest foreign delegation to indicate acceptance is from Ukraine.

Congress chairman Arthur Blakely said he’s pleased that New Zealand farmers are now enrolling for one or more days of the three-day Congress.

A fashion show celebrating New Zealand wool will add some glamour.
The WESTPAC "An evening in Paris"- 13th World Corriedale Congress Fashion Extravaganza 2007 "Taking New Zealand fashion to the world" show will be held on the evening of Friday March 30 at the Christchurch Town Hall.

Producer Pranay Baidya says it will be a showcase for the Christchurch fashion, art and design industries.

“We will be giving established and up and coming designers the chance to show their creations, especially those keen to use New Zealand Wool in their collections.”

The 13th World Corriedale Congress will be opened at Lincoln University on Thursday March 29 by Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton. Speakers include former EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler who will explain how the EU works and what it means for sheep breeders.

Attendance from South America is so strong that the Congress programme has been printed in Spanish as well as English. Three buses will earlier convey foreign delegates on an over-subscribed five-day tour of South Island Corriedale studs and other farms.

The World Corriedale Congress coincides with the South Island agricultural field days, where Corriedale breeders will have their own marquee and video.

Mr Blakely says the breed is staging its own one-day event on Saturday March 31 at the Christchurch A & P Showgrounds. Corriedale rams and ewes, displaying the best the breed has to offer, will be judged by a four-member international panel. Foreign buyer interest is expected to be keen.

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