Last night, well-heeled guests attended a Paris Georgia dinner at The Waverly Inn hosted by Vogue’s Gabriella Karefa-Johnson and Paris Georgia designers Paris Mitchell Temple and Georgia Cherrie. (Temple worked with Karefa-Johnson at Vogue years ago.) The New Zealand label, which launched in 2015, hinges on luxe minimalism, often curve-skimming with strategic cut-outs, and has been worn by the likes of Kendall Jenner to New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

New Zealand–based duo Paris Mitchell Temple and Georgia Cherrie are the cool-girl best friends behind this label. Their womenswear is an ode to the female form, and they’re known for combining subtle design details with a modern appeal. You might recognize Paris Georgia’s signature contrast trim tank or slip dress—both can be spotted on a bevy of It girls on Instagram.

“How two designers are transforming your closest slips” The pair recently launched their own in-house line, Paris Georgia, which offers an array of what they dub their “basics”: slip dresses, linen robes, and slinky trousers. The result, as often advertised on their Instagram feed, is a treasure trove for subtle, stylish ensembles with more than a few nods to ’90s minimalism.

Even back in 2019, Kendall Jenner was repeatedly seen on the streets of Los Angeles wearing the designs of the Paris Georgia label. The contemporary pieces designed in New Zealand, have already been spotted on many fashionable girls.

If there’s one thing you should know about designers Paris Mitchell and Georgia Cherrie, it’s that they got their business acumen from their mothers. “We both had single, hard-working and incredibly inspiring mothers who started their own businesses,” Cherrie tells British Vogue.

Success has become the pair’s mantra – and being female has proven key to how they’ve gone on to achieve it. From It-girls like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Hailey Bieber to world leaders like Jacinda Ardern, women the world over are drawn to Paris Georgia.

We praise the female form, it’s a big part of what we do, so a lot of sculpted silhouettes using beautiful, firm, expensive, luxurious fabrics which make us all feel great and empowered.

The pair is determined, despite their rapid growth, to keep their production in New Zealand to avoid succumbing to what Cherrie describes as "trend-driven consumerism," which they consider to be the the reason behind the industry's widespread disregard for the environment. This emphasis on quality over quantity in turn renders their styles even more seductive.

In two years, Paris Georgia has won a burgeoning cult following, but the story of the pair's success, rapid as it was, isn't interesting for its speed, but for Paris and Georgia's uniquely synchronised partnership.

They make simple, uncomplicated clothes and we want the lot. Meet the New Zealanders championing the slip dress