Fashion Quarterly

Fashion Quarterly is a New Zealand fashion magazine founded in 1980 by Paula Ryan and Don Hope as Fashion (till late 1982, then as Fashion in New Zealand/Fashion till 1986, as Fashion Quarterly since 1986), it is the oldest fashion magazine of New Zealand origin in publication. The magazine is a quarterly publication, published six times per year for autumn, winter, spring, and summer. Editors == History ==

In 1980, Paula Ryan and Don Hope founded Fashion. Inspired by the lack of a dedicated magazine for New Zealand fashion following the closure of Vogue New Zealand in 1968, it began publication with 75,000 copies distributed for free via letterbox drop in Christchurch. Separate editions were launched for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin/Invercargill and circulation would rise to 300,000 before merging to form Fashion New Zealand in 1982. Fashion Quarterly was sold to the Australian Consolidated Press (APC) in 1990. In 2015, fq.co.nz was launched as the digital home of Fashion Quarterly. The magazine previously acquired and operated Runway Reporter (runwayreporter.co.nz) from 2006 to 2008. In April 2020, Bauer Media Group permanently closed its New Zealand operations in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, several titles including Fashion Quarterly ceased publication. Fashion Quarterly was then acquired by Parkside Media (later rebranded to Via Media) and resumed publication in December, Georgia Fowler was featured on the cover of this issue. The magazine was acquired by recently appointed editor-in-chief Sarah Murray from Via Media in November 2023, Elcoat Media became the new holding company of Fashion Quarterly. == Other editions ==

• Fashion Quarterly Australia (1993 to the late 1990s) • FQ Focus (1994 to 1995) • FQ Entertaining (1997 to 1998) • FQ Men (2004 to 2007) • Miss FQ (2017 to 2018) • FQ Living (2023 to 2023) ==References==