Manufacturers of Fine Academic and Legal Dress










Paul Fielder has been the owner and Managing Director of Étude
Classique Ltd. since 2000. He has a professional background in
engineering and project management. He is also a Fellow of the
Burgon Society, a British-based organisation dedicated to the
maintenance of standards of academic dress. The society is
presided over by The Bishop of London and the Dean of St.Paul's
Cathedral, and led by enthusiasts several of whom are the authors
of respected literature on the subject and often called upon to
design academic dress for institutions around the world.
This is one reason why our business interests coincide with our
strongly held opinion that graduation represents one of the most
important occasions in a graduate's life. The regalia worn for their
ceremony should be of a quality appropriate to the dignity of their
university or college and the gravity of the occasion. It is recorded
by photographs they will treasure for many years, and represents
the pinnacle of the achievement of years of devotion of their lives
to study.
Proudly New Zealand
Our policy is to use local skills and resources and local products
and services wherever possible. We have built up a dedicated
team of specialists to produce a wide array of fine regalia to first
class international standards. This organisation includes designers,
tailors, sewing specialists, embroiderers, pattern makers and
milliners, amongst others. Many have come from fashion houses of
first class brands. Some of these have been lecturers in their
subject, and they are uniformly proud and passionate about their
work.
Manufacturers of Fine Academic and Legal Dress
Our Team
Paul Fielder, Managing Director
BSc(Eng), CEng, MIET, FBS