Reduce your fashion footprint

by Metropol | July 23, 2025 8:30 am

Mindful Fashion’s Chief Executive Jacinta FitzGerald is right. We can create high-quality products in New Zealand using low-impact materials – and we can do it well. Invest in clothes made to last, not to be replaced. Local, and many with B Corp status, these brands are a great place to start.

Top to bottom: Autumn leaf earrings 9ct yellow gold, Sophie Divett Jewellery. Claw clip icing sugar, Maggie Marilyn. Mr Siamese black bulle/brass, Deadly Ponies. Mr Penny matchbox, Deadly Ponies. Milly bag toffee, Yu Mei. Apollo mule gingerbread suede, Deadly Ponies.

Kowtow returns to New Zealand Fashion Week in August with a Clothes Swap for NZ-designed labels, highlighting the local industry’s shared values for sustainable clothing.

Top to bottom: Mineral Jade ring, Jasmin Sparrow. Saben x Blunt Umbrella tea ribbon print. Dress 05 garden book, Kowtow. Because we can skirt plum, Maggie Marilyn. Cable knit cardi and pant, Caitlin Crisp. Rona heel wine patent, Kathryn Wilson.

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