Organizers are reimagining this yr's runway by highlighting round fashion and Te Ao Māori, the respect and acknowledgement of the nation's Indigenous people's customs. The occasion was also gifted a Te Ao Māori name— Kahuria, which means "to adorn." Environment-conscious jewelry and garment designer Kiri Nathan would be the first Māori designer in history to open the show, at the Viaduct Events Centre on the waterfront. During the pandemic, Tokyo took the lead in technology, using holograms and other digitalization to bring appears to life when the runways had been canceled. Now in its first 12 months in-person since COVID…