Fashion

Celebrities helping bubble skirts make a comeback

Puffball skirts come in all lengths - from a short number worn by singer Olivia Dean ...

Celebrities helping bubble skirts make a comeback

Originally dreamt up in the 1950s, popular in the ’80s and again in the ’00s, the bubble skirt - sometimes known as a puffball - is having another moment in 2024, Lauren Cochrane finds.

Jewellery with a rural twist in new shop

Dana Johnston (top left) adds the lettering to the new home of Whistle & Pop in Kurow; Bex...

Jewellery with a rural twist in new shop

On Monday, an eye-catching retail store will open its doors in the Waitaki Valley town of Kurow.

Workers at UK retailer win equal pay case

Photo: Next is a popular high street store. Reuters

Workers at UK retailer win equal pay case

More than 3500 current and former shop workers at British retailer Next have won a six-year legal fight for equal pay.

WoolOn winner ready to give it another spin

WoolOn competition entrant and University of Otago first year student Isabella Miscisco with her...

WoolOn winner ready to give it another spin

As the WoolOn competition returns to Central Otago, fashion prodigy and Dunedin student Isabella Miscisco is spinning her own yarns in anticipation.

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Roadworks last straw for struggling retailer

Paint The Town Red owner Diane McKenzie is closing her St Andrew St clothing store after 13 years...

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Roadworks last straw for struggling retailer

A Dunedin clothing retailer says their turnover "dropped through the floor" after roadworks plagued their central city street for longer than expected.

Fundraiser all sewn up

Fundraiser all sewn up

Nom*D designer Margarita Robertson stands next to model Rose Mold, who is wearing one of the latest garments from the label.

Bargain hunters score for a cause

Tania Keane, of Dunedin, shows her haul at the fundraiser for the Otepoti Dunedin Whanau Refuge....

Bargain hunters score for a cause

Bargain hunters managed to secure high-end fashion at low-end prices as tens of thousands of dollars was raised for the Otepoti Dunedin Whanau Refuge at a pop-up fashion sale.

Awardee ‘never expected’ to win

Tegan Rose Vickery (centre), of the Otago Polytechnic School of Fashion in Dunedin, received the...

Awardee ‘never expected’ to win

Fashion was the talk of the town in Gore.

Fashionistas ready for WoolOn 2024

Food for Thought, an outfit designed and made by nine-year-old Sophia Hinsen, was entered in the...

Fashionistas ready for WoolOn 2024

Tickets for Central Otago’s premier wool fashion event have flown like a top shearer’s handpiece, but the speedy can still nab a seat for the matinee.

Dunedin Whānau Refuge fashion sale fundraiser on

Volunteers are set to combine fashion and fundraising in a popular annual event supporting Dunedin’s women and children in need.

Bobbing back into fashion

Lily Collins at the premiere of MaXXXine in Hollywood. Photos: Getty Images

Bobbing back into fashion

Chic, sexy and elegant, the classic bob is back, writes Lauren Cochrane.

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Enduring appeal of the puffer

A guest wears a full-length khaki puffer jacket during the Copenhagen Fashion Week earlier this...

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Enduring appeal of the puffer

Take up space in the most stylish (and snug) way this winter by wrapping up in an international high-fashion must-have — the humble puffer jacket, writes Josie Steenhart.