# Kate Sylvester

> Kate Elizabeth Sylvester is a New Zealand fashion designer known for combining sportswear, lingerie and traditional tailoring. Her designs are often influenced by books or art, and the fashion of the 1930s and 1950s. Former Fashion Quarterly editor Fiona Hawtin has called Sylvester one of the stalwarts of New Zealand fashion. Metro Magazine named her one of New Zealand's top five designers. In 2019 Sylvester co-founded Mindful Fashion, a clothing and textiles collective.

*New Zealand fashion designer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kate-sylvester

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Designer
- **Category:** Designers
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Kate Elizabeth Sylvester is a New Zealand fashion designer known for combining sportswear, lingerie and traditional tailoring. Her designs are often influenced by books or art, and the fashion of the 1930s and 1950s. Former Fashion Quarterly editor Fiona Hawtin has called Sylvester one of the stalwarts of New Zealand fashion. Metro Magazine named her one of New Zealand's top five designers. In 2019 Sylvester co-founded Mindful Fashion, a clothing and textiles collective.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.8

## Timeline
- **2024** - Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- **2011** - Doctor of Fine Arts
- **2011** - Honorary Doctor of Massey University

## Sources
- [Kate Sylvester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Sylvester)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104705408)

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