Wanaka woman wants $2 million to expand beauty business
Wanaka businesswoman Anna Ross and her partner Fergus Sully are preparing for international take-off in the beauty products industry.
Fashion
Retail opportunity for budding designers
Ballantynes' competition: Retail opportunity for budding designers
Ballantynes is running its 'Bring it to the Boardroom' competition again, offering designers and entrepreneurs the chance to have their products sold in the store.
'Embarrassing mistake': Trelise Cooper apology over dress name
'Embarrassing mistake': Trelise Cooper apology over dress name
Kiwi fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper has apologised for an "embarrassing mistake" of naming a dress with a phrase associated with a bleak period in Native American history.
'So excited to be in level 1': Chch dress lending business bounces back
'So excited to be in level 1': Chch dress lending business bounces back
The change in Covid-19 alert levels has come as a big relief for Christchurch-based business Lend to Mend which hires out designer dresses.
Three Banksy artworks going up for auction in NZ
Three Banksy artworks going up for auction in NZ
Three works by elusive and controversial street artist Banksy are set to go up for auction in New Zealand next week.
Best in fashion for 2019
Best in fashion for 2019
Dunedin's Barbara Brinsley possesses a wardrobe of wonders. Katie Day finds out the stories that set her fashion collection apart.
Ballantynes opens new retail space
Ballantynes opens new retail space
Ballantynes has opened its new 2800 sq m retail area, saying goodbye to the "cramped" temporary spaces it has had since the earthquakes.
Rubber outfit stretches imagination
Rubber outfit stretches imagination
Her gown, called The Phoenix, is about women who have faced and overcome depression.
Fine deer leather no longer 'viable'
Fine deer leather no longer 'viable'
A tougher international market place has led Timaru tannery, NZ Light Leathers of Washdyke, to phase out the manufacture of finished deer leather.
Redefining sustainable luxury
Redefining sustainable luxury
Rosie Herdman talks to Los Angeles-based Sophie Buhai about her new collection and redefining luxury in the fine jewellery sector.
Zambesi: 40 years of fashion celebrated
40 years of fashion
Brittany Pooley talks to Liz Findlay in the midst of fashion label Zambesi’s 40th anniversary.