Name: Mateja Buila
Profession: Model.
What does friendship mean to you? Friendship to me is not having to filter my thoughts or behaviour and being able to be myself.
Who is your BFF? Chloe Nour.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Totoro.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Get high and snack, or anything that involves being in a bikini.
Name: Ch’lita
Profession: High schooler, sometimes model.
How do you know Imogen? She was the first person I did a go-see with, we fell in love driving around listening to Drake and just having a yarn. We’ve been inseparable ever since.
What does friendship mean to you? Everything.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Sonic the Hedgehog. Maybe Spiro the Dragon.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Banter, drink, cry, lil bit of discourse. Live, laugh, love and make food.
Name: Elise Mireille Hoggard Fraser
Profession: Currently working on a whole bunch of different fashion related projects in NYC: styling, creative consultancy, retail, jewellery work, creative writing. No idea what my profession is but I’m learning more than I ever have.
How do you know Imogen? I grew up with Immy in Wellington, however it wasn’t until I moved to Auckland four years ago that she took me under her beautiful wing and we fell in luvvv!
What does friendship mean to you? Friendship is empathy, humour, kindness, forever.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Patti Smith, Ferris Bueller and Homer Simpson.
What do you and your friends like to do together? When I’m with my friends, we love to out do each other, try to be the funniest and silliest of the bunch. We like to complain, we like to dance and we like to make each other laugh. Writing this makes me smile, friends are the best!
Name: Lottie
Profession: Student.
How do you know Imogen? I’ve known Immy since we were just teenagers trying to get by in Wellington! Lots of shitty coffee and late nights. We have been the best of friends ever since.
What does friendship mean to you? Having good times but also being there for the bad ones.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Bart Simpson.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Usually we hang out at our house and tell jokes. We do fun adventures and holidays whenever people can. I’m looking forward to the next one!
Name: Ella Esau [Standing]
Profession: Fabric store retail assistant and retail shop assistant.
How do you know Imogen? I met Immy through a friend at my 14th birthday party! We hung out after at the botanical gardens and have been tight friends since!
What does friendship mean to you? Having someone to laugh with, and at, me and give me honest advice and their uncensored opinion.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? I think Amy Winehouse would have been pretty good company to play some pool with at the pub.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Beers, beaching, swimming, have a few yarns, play some music together when we can and chill.
Name: Lara [Right]
Profession: Make-up artist.
How do you know Imogen? Bonded over vodka at a Russian party when I was 15, we’ve been friends ever since.
What does friendship mean to you? Everything.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Kurt Vile.
Name: Flora Magnolia Bird Reilly Davis [Left]
Profession: I am studying at the moment, but make coffee part-time.
How do you know Imogen? I first met Imogen through friends.
What does friendship mean to you? Laughter!
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? J Dilla!
What do you and your friends like to do together? Go to the beach, drink beers, listen to music, draw pictures!
Name: Olivia Cairns-Morrison.
Profession: I work in film industry art departments.
What does friendship mean to you? Being able to hang out without getting social anxiety.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Remy from Ratatouille. He’s a rat, a chef and a good friend.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Bond during soy sauce fight over Scrabble.
Name: Chloe Nour
Profession: Photographer.
How do you know Imogen? Like non fat vanilla soy frappes’ and wearing ugg boots to the beach, we were destined for each other.
What does friendship mean to you? LOVE.
Who is your BFF? Cookies-n-Cream ice cream, smothered in Ice Magic and served with peanut butter.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? The guy who invented Ice Magic.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Nangs.
Name: Nicole Pollard
Profession: I have a job, which is great, but I would really like to be painting and making clothes — perhaps taking photos too.
How do you know Imogen? I have known Immy since I was 15; she was the first person to get me drunk. She has been such a wonderful friend, so talented and one of the chillest girls I know—we always have fun hanging out.
Who is your BFF? My little sister Chloe, she’s the most beautiful wee thing.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Vivienne Westwood, David Bowie as the Goblin King and Patsy off Absolutely Fabulous.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Dance, hangout, drink and make things.
Name: Daisy! [Left]
Profession: Student at Elam School of Fine Arts.
How do you know Imogen? I met Immy through my wonderful, crazy, beautiful friends in Auckland. We lived together last year and it was the best.
What does friendship mean to you? Friendship to me means connecting and intertwining with those who make you feel special, accepted and understood. Friendship is feeling appreciated and cared for, it’s about giving and receiving, learning and growing. Friends are the best they make everything good.
Who is your BFF? My BFF is my mum!
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? If I could be friends with anyone it would be Anaïs Nin, she has a very beautiful, interesting and imaginative mind.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Special adventures. The most indulgent potlucks! Music listening, music playing. Gigs, gigs, gigs. Art making, movie watching and lovely garden sitting.
Name: Cait Johnson [Right]
Profession: Artist/Bookseller.
How do you know Imogen? We met through a mutual friend when I was about 16, I thought Immy was very mature and cool because she had Siri on her iPhone and drove a car.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Rebecca Solnit, who wrote Men Explain Things to Me. She is so wise!
What do you and your friends like to do together? Cook and eat together, go out and see bands, go on adventures to op-shops or the beach.
Name: Annabel Liddell
Profession: Student and Musician
How do you know Imogen? We met when I moved back to Auckland from Whanganui, she was friends with the girls in this band I joined.
What does friendship mean to you? Love, support and good vibes.
Who would you like to be friends with more than anyone else? Wow this is a hard one. I just read Kim Gordan’s book, so maybe her? She seems genuine and I admire her heaps.
What do you and your friends like to do together? Talk shit, eat dumplings and boogie.
Credits
Photography Imogen Wilson