Clothing, drawing and furniture share the light at the New Zealand showing. Photograph: Good Form.
Home from London, together with friends
It is a special thing to see a friend’s work take on a life of its own. Following his return from London Fashion Week, Rory brought his Spring/Summer 2027 collection, What Ties Us Together, to a New Zealand showing. We were delighted to join him for the opening on 27 October.
Good Form is proud to sponsor Rory. For this presentation, we supplied furniture from both Good Form and our sister store, Mr Bigglesworthy, helping furnish the space around his work. Being there as friends, as well as supporters, made the evening especially meaningful to us.
Rory’s practice gives us plenty to connect with. The British-born, New Zealand-based artist and designer develops textiles from his own drawings and paintings, bringing an artist’s eye to clothing intended to be worn and enjoyed over time. That attention to the life of a piece feels familiar to us: it is something we look for in the furniture and objects we choose for Good Form.
A moment with friends at the opening, 27 October 2026. Photograph: Good Form.
shared values, mutual respect, a care for craftsmanship
A simple knot, many possibilities
The knot is the collection’s recurring idea: a familiar detail from Rory’s Painter’s Shirt, opened up to new possibilities. It appears in cotton, metal and organza, sometimes fastening a garment and sometimes becoming a sculptural feature. Printed knots sit alongside their three-dimensional counterparts, inviting a closer look at what is surface and what is structure.
One design began with a rope made from knotted newsprint. Rory drew it in pencil at a larger scale, then carried that image into a specially woven silk jacquard. Jewellery by Jordan Draffin explores the same idea in bronze, silver and 18-carat gold, translating the folds of a fabric knot into cast metal.
We are drawn to that movement between drawing, material and finished piece. In the lookbook, the pale colours and translucent layers give even the most elaborate forms a sense of ease. There is pleasure in following a detail through its different versions, noticing how a change of material can make the same gesture feel entirely new.
Pattern and drape in Rory’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection. Collection photography: Leonard Corfu.
Printed and three-dimensional knots meet in What Ties Us Together. Collection photography: Leonard Corfu.
Furniture from Good Form and Mr Bigglesworthy brought places to pause within the showing. Photograph: Good Form.
Making room for connection
Furniture has a quiet but important role at a gathering. A chair offers somewhere to pause; a table gives people a place to come together. Bringing contemporary and vintage pieces into Rory’s presentation added another set of materials and proportions to enjoy alongside the clothes.
Our photographs catch some of those relationships. Warm timber sits beneath a framed drawing. The open frame of a chair leaves the garments beyond it in view. On the shelving, folded textiles and tied footwear sit beside glass and ceramics, making a small conversation between objects usually encountered in different settings.
For us, supporting Rory is a chance to contribute to the creative community we enjoy being part of. The friendship matters, and so does the opportunity to put our respective worlds in the same room. What Ties Us Together felt like a particularly fitting title for the occasion.
Congratulations to Rory and everyone involved. Discover the full collection lookbook and read Rory’s story behind What Ties Us Together.
Event photographs by Good Form. Collection images from Rory William Docherty’s lookbook, photographed by Leonard Corfu. Good Form is a sponsor of Rory William Docherty; furniture for the New Zealand showing was supplied by Good Form and Mr Bigglesworthy.
On the shelves, textiles and accessories sit alongside glass and ceramics. Photograph: Good Form.
