About

Dan Ahwa is a respected New Zealand-based creative director, brand ambassador, journalist and stylist with over 20 years of experience.

Dan’s ability to write and produce imagery covers the intersections of style, culture, luxury and politics.

For over a decade, Dan’s styling work redefined the editorial space as the fashion & creative director for award-winning weekly magazines Viva and Canvas Magazine, published by The New Zealand Herald (NZME).

Dan has served on the boards of The New Zealand Fashion Museum (NZFM) and Mindful Fashion NZ. He is now a creative board advisor for New Zealand Fashion Week. He has a passion for mentoring the next generation of creatives.

In 2019, he co-curated and co-wrote the NZ Fashion Museum’s exhibition and book Moana Currents: Dressing Aotearoa Now.

Dan is represented by Loupe.

clients: AARADhna, adidas, anchor, apparel magazine (editor), apple music, altamont,Atmos magazine nyc, Auckland international airport, auckland theatre company, barkers, british vogue,Canterbury new Zealand, cloudy bay, cool pretty cool, crash magazine, crowded house, david dallas, dilmah, elle magazine (mexico), ENSEMBLE, esquire (aus), farmers, fashion quarterly magazine, harper finn, Hilton hotels, huffer, kowtow, leftfield wines, mercedes-benz, netflix, new zealand fashion museum, p-money, polo ralph lauren,pulp magazine,PUMA, rodd & gunn, remix magazine, ruby frost, M.a.c cosmetics, salasai, Samsung, servilles, SILK & STEEL, smith & caughey’s, southern cross, spark, standard issue, steinlager, teeks, the new world order magazine, t galleria, the department store, topshop, twenty-seven names, urbis magazine, Vogue Australia, westfield nz.

CONTACT

danahwa@danahwa.com / for freelance enquiries contact agent emily moon at loupe agency.

instagram @danahwa

website designed by Nicole Miller-wong