As New Zealand media outlets close left right and centre, the founders of Stuff’s fashion title Ensemble have bucked that trend and taken back ownership instead of letting it fold. Media veterans Rebecca Wadey and Zoe Walker Ahwa founded Ensemble Magazine at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, selling the title to Stuff a year later. Stuff did help the company grow its audience and put Walker Ahwa and Wadey in the position to hire and mentor writers. Fast forward three years and Stuff’s ongoing restructures saw it cut Ensemble as a publication. The fashion industry, on which fashion and lifestyle media industry is partially reliant, is also navigating a rough patch – evidenced by the closure of local fashion stalwart Kate Sylvester and the postponement of New Zealand Fashion Week.

Source: Stuff November 24, 2024 16:22 UTC