iD Dunedin is run by a not-for-profit charitable organisation, founded in 2000, in cooperation with Otago Polytechnic.
Other international guests have included Akira Isogawa and Stephen Jones.
The latter was held from 2000 to 2017 at the Dunedin Railway Station, using the stations main platform as a catwalk,[1] making it — at 120 metres (390 ft) — one of the world's longest fashion catwalks.
The fashion show returned to the Dunedin Railway Station from 2023.
[1] The 2020 fashion awards were held online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.