{{Short description|New Zealand fashion magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}{{Infobox magazine | title = Fashion Quarterly | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | image_file = New Zealand Fashion Quarterly Summer 1988.jpeg | image_size = | image_caption = Cover of the Summer 1988 issue, with Rachel Hunter | editor = Sarah Murray | editor_title = Editor-in-Chief | category = Fashion | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = 34,000<ref name=RY>{{cite web |title=Readership in New Zealand, 12 Months to June 2025 |url=https://www.roymorgan.com/readerships/readership-in-new-zealand |website=Roy Morgan Research|date=17 January 2026}}</ref> | publisher = | founder = Paula Ryan<br/>Don Hope | firstdate = | company = {{ubl| Coordination Publishing (1980–1990)| Australian Consolidated Press (1990–2012)| Bauer Media Group (2013–2020)| Via Media (2020–2023)| Elcoat Media (2023–present)}} | country = New Zealand | based = Christchurch (1980–1987)<br/>Auckland (1987–present) | language = English | website = {{URL|fq.co.nz}} | issn = 1172-4102 | circulation_year = 2024/2025 }}'''''Fashion Quarterly''''' (stylised in all caps), is a New Zealand quarterly fashion magazine. It has been published in New Zealand since 1980. The publication once boasted a readership of over one million.

== Background == ''Fashion Quarterly'' is a New Zealand fashion magazine founded in 1980 by Paula Ryan and Don Hope as ''Fashion'' (till late 1982, then as ''Fashion in New Zealand/Fashion'' till 1986, as ''Fashion Quarterly'' since 1986), it is the oldest fashion magazine of New Zealand origin in publication.

The magazine is a quarterly publication, published six times per year for autumn, winter, spring, and summer.

=== Editors === {| class="wikitable" !Editor-in-Chief !Start year !End year |- |Paula Ryan |1980<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2020-04-02 |title=FASHION QUARTERLY: A Visual Tribute |url=https://magpiestyle.co.nz/blogs/stylemagpie/fashion-quarterly-a-visual-tribute |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Magpie Style |language=en}}</ref> |1996<ref name=":1" /> |- |Christina Sayers Wickstead |1996<ref name=":1" /> |2000<ref name=":1" /> |- |Leonie Barlow |2000<ref name=":1" /> |2007<ref name=":1" /> |- |Jane Binsley |2006<ref name=":1" /> |2006<ref name=":1" /> |- |Melissa Williams King |2007<ref name=":1" /> |2008<ref name=":1" /> |- |Fiona Hawtin |2008<ref name=":1" /> |2015<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=NZ: Fashion Quarterly announces new editor {{!}} beautydirectory |url=https://www.beautydirectory.com.au/news/business/nz-fashion-quarterly-announces-new-editor |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=www.beautydirectory.com.au}}</ref> |- |Sally-Ann Mullin |2015<ref name=":2" /> |2018 |- |Zoe Walker Ahwa |2019 |2020 |- |Nicole Saunders |2020 |2022 |- |Sarah Murray |2022 |present |}

== History == In 1980, Paula Ryan and Don Hope founded ''Fashion''. Inspired by the lack of a dedicated magazine for New Zealand fashion following the closure of ''Vogue New Zealand'' in 1968, it began publication with 75,000 copies distributed for free via letterbox drop in Christchurch.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Paula Ryan |url=http://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/paula-ryan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250202163353/https://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/paula-ryan/ |archive-date=2 February 2025 |access-date=8 April 2020 |website=New Zealand Fashion Museum |language=en}}</ref>

Separate editions were launched for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin/Invercargill and circulation would rise to 300,000 before merging to form ''Fashion New Zealand'' in 1982.<ref name=":0" /> The magazine was now sold on newsstands across the country.<ref name=":0" />

In 1986, the magazine rebranded to ''Fashion Quarterly'', following a move from a bi-annual to quarterly print schedule.<ref name=":0" /> In 1987, the magazine would move its offices from Christchurch to Auckland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 1987 |title=Christchurch Coup |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19871103.2.106.10? |access-date=25 January 2026 |work=The Press |page=25}}</ref>

''Fashion Quarterly'' was sold to the Australian Consolidated Press (APC) in 1990.<ref name=":0" /> APC was later sold to the Bauer Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=German media giant buys ACP Media |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/editors-picks/7616210/German-media-giant-buys-ACP-Media |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

In 2015, ''fq.co.nz'' was launched as the digital home of Fashion Quarterly. The magazine previously acquired and operated Runway Reporter (''runwayreporter.co.nz'') from 2006 to 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2006 |title=ACP Media acquires Runway Reporter |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0609/S00511/acp-media-acquires-runway-reporter.htm?from-mobile=bottom-link-01 |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref>

In April 2020, Bauer Media Group permanently closed its New Zealand operations in response to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, several titles including ''Fashion Quarterly'' ceased publication.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-02 |title=Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman's Weekly, North & South to shut down |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/02-04-2020/publisher-of-nz-listener-womans-weekly-north-south-to-shut-down/ |access-date=2020-04-10 |website=The Spinoff}}</ref> ''Fashion Quarterly'' was then acquired by Parkside Media (later rebranded to Via Media) and resumed publication in December, Georgia Fowler was featured on the cover of this issue.<ref>{{cite web |title=The return of Home & Fashion Quarterly |url=https://www.mad-daily.com/the-return-of-home-fashion-quarterly/ |access-date=21 January 2021 |website=M+AD}}</ref>

The magazine was acquired by recently appointed editor-in-chief Sarah Murray from Via Media in November 2023, ''Elcoat Media'' became the new holding company of ''Fashion Quarterly''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=FNZ |date=2023-11-20 |title=Fashion Quarterly has a new owner, signalling a new era of independent creativity |url=https://www.fashionz.co.nz/fashion-quarterly-has-a-new-owner-signalling-a-new-era-of-independent-creativity/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=FashioNZ |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunkley |first=Daniel |title=Fashion Quarterly magazine sold to editor-in-chief |url=https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/news-in-brief/fashion-quarterly-magazine-sold-to-editor-in-chief |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=businessdesk.co.nz |language=en}}</ref>

== Other editions ==

* ''Fashion Quarterly Australia'' (1993 to the late 1990s) * ''FQ Focus'' (1994 to 1995) * ''FQ Entertaining'' (1997 to 1998) * ''FQ Men'' (2004 to 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2004 |title=ACP Media launches FQ Men |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0409/S00098/acp-media-launches-fq-men.htm?from-mobile=bottom-link-01 |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref> * ''Miss FQ'' (2017 to 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-05 |title=A complete 360: Fashion Quarterly on its digital offering |url=https://stoppress.co.nz/partner-articles/complete-360/ |access-date=2020-04-08 |website=stoppress.co.nz |language=en-US}}</ref> * ''FQ Living'' (2023 to 2023)

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