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Interviews

In Conversation With Frandson Bahati

This month we met up with Frandson Bahati ahead of his New Zealand Fashion Week debut. Frandson is a multi-disciplinary artist, who founded the ...

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In Conversation With Gray's

This month we visited Gray’s, a coffee shop run by two friends, Dan & Grayson. Since opening its doors in 2022, Gray’s has carved out...

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The Odd, The Beautiful: Kloos

Introducing the 7th instalment in The Odd, The Beautiful series. Originally from South Africa, Auckland based rapper Kloos is an artist i...

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In Conversation With Crystal Chen

Crystal Chen is an Auckland-based artist. Her practice is diverse and is constantly expanding. Crystal's ability to actualise her ...

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In Conversation With Keciano

Keciano is a South Auckland based visual artist who creates colourful large-scale pieces influenced by self-discovery and life's s...

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International Women's Day — Meet the Team

Here at I Love Ugly, we are so proud to have such amazing women who work behind the scenes, helping develop the brand into what i...

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The Odd, The Beautiful: Michael Whittaker

Introducing The Odd, The Beautiful: Michael Whittaker — Audacious goals are something we constantly strive to set for ourselves bo...

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A Q&A With Kayra Yildiz

I Love Ugly began as an art project, so when we came across the idea to launch womenswear with an artist collaboration, it felt l...

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A Q&A WITH OUR WOMENSWEAR DESIGNER

As the founder of I Love Ugly, I thought it would be a good idea to give you some context as to why we decided to branch into wom...

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AMA001 - VALENTIN OZICH

Welcome to Episode 1 of Ask Me Anything. So basically we get a lot of questions coming through on a weekly basis and we feel the best way to sha...

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Newspread Ideas - Valentin Ozich

Earlier this year, I Love Ugly Creative Director and Founder Valentin Ozich sat down with Newspread for their first Newspread Ideas event. Hosted ...

Editorial

Artist Profile: Chester Holme

Meet Chester Holme, the London-based Illustrator behind our collaborative Legends World Cup Capsule. We caught up with Chester at his studio in For...