Affordable Art Prints, iPhone Cases and T-shirts. New Zealand's dark obsession - Life & Style. New Zealand's fascination with black is a lot more involved than meets the eye, says Doris de Pont in a new book.
When Doris de Pont recently hosted visitors from the Netherlands, they couldn't get over how many people were dressed in black. It's a trend we've probably all noticed, particularly at the airport after a trip away. So much for the land of the long white cloud. Why do we wear so much black? It's a question the former fashion designer and trustee of the New Zealand Fashion Museum poses in Black: The History of Black in Fashion, Society and Culture in New Zealand, a book that you can judge by its dark cover. "What's interesting to me is the duality of wearing black," says de Pont. De Pont wrote the introductory chapter and curated Black in conjunction with the Black in Fashion exhibition that drew more than 10,000 people during the Rugby World Cup.
"Clothing reflects what's going on in a culture," she says. Our reasons for wearing black appear obvious. Bargain hunting: Shopping on a shoe string - Life & Style. If you're savvy, shopping doesn't have to cost the earth.
Cate Foster visits the best local outlet stores. Call it what you like, clearance, outlet or factory shopping, the end result is the same. Even in the age of internet shopping these tucked away bricks and mortar stores offer great buys at bargain prices. Goods might be ends-of-lines, seconds, custom-made mistakes, out-of-season returns, repos or just keen direct importing, and apart from the seconds, which by law have to be clearly indicated, all are in perfect order. So here in no particular order, and for no particular reason, are my personal best. Household Linens: Unit 3, 76 Porana Rd, Hillcrest, Auckland. Noel Leeming Clearance Centre: 807 Great South Rd, Mt Wellington.
Tile Clearance Centre: 940 Great South Rd, Penrose. BDM Grange: 14 Piermark Drive, Albany. The Outlet: 10 Silverdale St, Silverdale. Cambridge Outlet Stores: 3094 Great North Rd, New Lynn. High Society: 155 Lincoln Rd, Henderson (behind Burger King). Home : Born Here - Clothing, T-shirts, Jandals - New Zeland. Cambridge Outlet Store. "37 Celsius-98.6 Fahrenheit. Seams new - about us. Born out a love of kids, retro nanna patterns, our beautiful world and a whoooole lotta love, seams new is where you will find funky functional creations for your wee ones and feel good about it! (all fabrics used are recycled, be it upcycled sheets/curtains napkins or tablecloths).
I am passionate about exploring any local flea market for the latest throw outs from the granny next door and turning these into cool threads for our kids. Being a part time landscape architect, and full time mum to kehana (4) and henui (2) leaves little time for creativities but given a few free hours in the late evening and some sweet tunes I absolutly love the guilt free pleasure of whippin up my next creation so ENJOY!! (: + Please note that most of the components we use for our clothing are vintage. Your item will be humbly packaged in recycled lightweight sewing pattern paper.
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