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Ava Wardecki

Freelance Sub-Editor | Urban List NZ

Ava in her signature black 'fit and red lipstick.

Ava is a swiss-army-knife of communications (though she's half French, mind you). She joined Urban List in 2016 (can you believe) and has been in the orbit ever since as a freelancer across food, travel, fashion and beauty. Having worked in branding agencies, as a ghostwriter for high profile New Zealanders, fashion editor, running her own social media agency for three years, copywriter, marketing manager and everything in between. 

She's a lover of fashion—though a strict uniform dresser—and exclusively seen in her signature head-to-toe black. A lover of all kinds of design (she's in a brutalism phase) Ava knows her way around the styles of the decades—not to mention, a good auction house, market, or vintage store. If her head isn't smack-bang in the middle of opshop racks, it's probably looking up at historical architecture. 

A former ice-hockey player, she loves anything wintery. Her favourite kind of travel is anything that involves  northern light hunting, sub-zero temperatures and cross-country skiing—plus plenty of museums. Closer to home, you'll find her learning about local wines, watching 60's films and swatching red lipstick samples for NZ's Beauty News. 

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Elderflower martinis + Thick winter coats + Dan Dan noodles

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