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Wild at Heart this Winter
Rock-meets-glam collection 'Wild at Heart' launched last night at Kingan-Jones' Nuffield Street Newmarket shop with a VIP party where guests enjoyed nibbles and bubbles and treated themselves to a new frock - with DimitySO gifts...
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Urbis Designday goes off the grid
Urbis Designday launched with a brunch at The Steel Works in Mt Eden to open its 5th year of pairing the best in NZ design showrooms with fashion design on the famous city-wide tours of style; this year taking place on Saturday 20th March...
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Que Sera Sera
Pretty, quaint and welcoming – the new Sera Lilly Boutique at 2 Williamson Avenue, Ponsonby is an ideal area for which to peruse her wares – and in this opening instance – nibble (read: gobble- it was straight after work) on some sushi and cupcakes with champagne...
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Melbourne's Shopportunities
Anyone familiar with Chicago knows about its iconic Magnificent Mile, full of stores and shops. Recently, I had the opportunity to experience a different sort of Mag Mile; Melbourne's arcades and laneways chock full of treats...
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Long live McQueen
They say when someone dies, people don’t mourn for the victim but for themselves. Mourning spread across the fashion world when the news broke that Lee Alexander McQueen had taken his own life...
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Sera Lilly opens boutique In Ponsonby
Only four short years after starting her burgeoning label and settling in to the ex-Adrian Hailwood boutique on Ponsonby Rd, Sera has acquired the old Workshop outlet store at the top of Williamson Ave Ponsonby...
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Fashion blogs review
There is no accounting for taste. However some people seem to have more than others. Here are a couple of basic go-to fashion blogs to keep you on your toes and actively thinking about better ways to use your wardrobe...
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Serena Fagence market day
Want some really original clothes, as seen on the catwalk at fashion week and worn by the hottest bands around town? Designer Serena Fagence will be holding a sample sale at Plaything Gallery Market Day 13th Feb...
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Winter Revelry
Growing up in her mother's dressmaking business, on a Canterbury farm named ‘Fighting Hill’, in the small remote area of Windwhistle, shaped Charmaine’s love for design. Now she releases her Winter 2010 collection of feminine shapes with a feathered print inspired by birds on the wing...
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Melbourne fashion festival 2010
2010 L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival, which launches March 14th, is the biggest consumer fashion event in the world, and NZ will be following suit with a similar consumer-targeted event to excite the public about fashion - and spending...
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Heirloom denim
Tired of disposable denim and fashion fads? New Zealand denim brand "Descendant" named their label with a sense of respect for the environment and for those that came before, with quality clothes you'll keep to pass on...
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Sister Act
Olivia Moor followed in her sister's footsteps from last year making it a sure bet in the trifecta: 1) wearing a dress homemade by their mother; 2) winning the Under 25s fashion prize; and 3) and taking out the supreme award at the fashions in the field today...
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