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Madeleine Crutchley

Madeleine Crutchley is a writer, journalist and creative based in her hometown of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. She has covered arts, music, fashion, food and culture for Viva, The New Zealand Herald, Metro, The Pantograph Punch and more. 

Recent Articles

Metro — A QUIET STORM — How Iris G mixes mantra with music

Making her TV debut on Breakfast in June, Tāmaki Makaurau-based R&B artist Iris G performs her unreleased track “STORM”. The song is soft, sensual and intense. Perched on a wooden stool, she picks at her electric guitar with casual confidence. She appears to be a seasoned professional. She’s cheeky and cool and oh-so-secure in her earnest vulnerability. Even at the early age of 22, Iris has travelled a long road to make this premiere, carrying a much heavier load than her breezy performance mig...
Pantograph Punch •

Hybrid Rose's Hyperpop Fantasy

It’s not often that Sharpay Evans, Redfoo, Paris Dupree, Frida Kahlo and Paris Hilton are imagined within the same realm. Te Whanganui-a-Tara-based artist Hybrid Rose manages to bring together these figures with style on her new album HyperKunt,materialising her own unique, hyperpop vision. With no compromises on a sense of fun, she succeeds in creating an intensely danceable, hot new sound.The portmanteau title HyperKunt, Rose explains, encapsulates the genre, influences and tone of the album i...
NZ Herald •

How secondhand store co-founder Rose Hope transforms landfill-destined garments into customer-ready clothing

Rose Hope, co-founder of the Karangahape Rd boutique, has spent the week searching for pieces that suit the brief. Like many of her sourcing sessions from the last 13 years, it’s been a gruelling hunt. Each time it seems to take longer and longer.“We’re not super passionate about adding more potential waste into the country. Especially because we’re seeing such a quick turnaround with trends and people just disposing of everything... I suppose I don’t trust that imported stuff will stay circulat...
NZ Herald •

A street-style photographer on a year of vibrant NZ fashion

The shot, taken within the Samoan village of the festival in March, captures attendee Urlin Mulitalo standing against a red backdrop held by her cousin Blessing (left) and her brother Gideon (right). Viva’s creative and fashion director Dan Ahwa noted that Urlin’s ensemble stood out for its mix of contemporary and traditional elements. She carries a patterned handbag, wears a vintage dress and has a hibiscus flower tucked behind her ear.
NZ Herald •

Road to the runway: Designer Caitlin Snell is ready to take a bow

The embellishment has been clipped into hairstylings everywhere from the stage at Spark Arena, where American singer-songwriter Wallice donned two cream satin bows with braids, to the crowds at Kahuria: New Zealand Fashion Week 2023. Stockists from Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to Ōtautahi Christchurch have integrated the bows into their offerings (perhaps urged on by a corresponding global surge in popularity).“I want to find the joy in the craft again because I have been making hundreds and hundred...
NZ Herald •

‘Bookworm’ costume designer on dressing for the hunt of the Canterbury Panther

“Luckily, Elijah embraced it. There was talk at one stage about wearing a white suit. And, obviously, the practicalities of that were something else so I kind of just hoped that it would disappear and it did ... ”AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.“They were really seminal for me, those wilderness family adventures. They could be a little bit preachy at times, but they weren’t patronising to kids. They were what used to be called ‘general entertainment’. They weren’t just targeted at kids. They wo...

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