The Essential: Imbellished By Bella
Even as a young girl, Bella Pearce loved handbags but as she grew up she discovered their expensive price tags didn’t always fit her student budget, and she wasn’t about to give up on her favourite luxury item. So, she set about creating her own beautiful, yet affordable range, Imbellished By Bella, which […]
Fashion’s Rising Star: Georgia Hensley-Smith
From a classroom at the Hagley College School of Fashion to the fashion catwalks of New York and Milan, Christchurch fashion designer Georgia Hensley-Smith is proving you can do anything you set your mind to – even at 18 years of age. “I believe if you have a goal, you can achieve it,” she says. […]
Elegance & Attitude: Dyrberg/Kern
Street Cred and exquisitely high quality unite in the Danish jewellery brand, Dyrberg/Kern. The name of the jewellery fashion-house, now housed in a new Merivale Mall boutique (and in Ballantynes) is not the result of random musings. It’s the joining of surnames of its jewellery designers; Copenhagen-based Gitte Dyrberg and Henning Kern. The […]
Seafoam Supreme
The hottest hue to hit the consumer conscience ahead of summer has had many former incarnations. But the colour formerly known as turquoise, mint, aqua or even pale blue or green is back with a cool new name and a new hip attitude. A soothing blue-green colour reminiscent of crashing waves, seafoam is […]
A Yule So Cool: Corso Merivale
It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to Christmas, and with loved ones coming to visit, you want your home to look as welcoming and beautiful as possible. If your Christmas décor requirements are for tasteful, stylish and unique pieces, then boutique homeware and lifestyle store Corso Merivale is for you. […]
Cherry on the Top
Cherry red certainly packs a sartorial punch. The fiery shade is dominating the fashion shows this season, with a look which has us all hot around the sartorial collar and not just when looking through rose-tinted glasses. Bold tomato red hues stood out on the SS18 catwalks of several designers, including Victoria Beckham, […]
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