Elegance with Edge: Repertoire
With its first store opening in 2006, Repertoire has now grown to eight stores throughout New Zealand. In Christchurch, we’re very fortunate to have two boutiques, one in the BNZ Centre and one in The Colombo. Co-owner, Meghan Maher, says its business concept, right from the beginning, has been to […]
Enhancing your looks: KM Surgical
KM Surgical has cemented its position as the top tier provider of cosmetic, appearance and skin medicine. Now located at Avenue Health 202 Bealey Ave, an experienced specialist and nursing team offer a hospital level facility for surgeries, with theatres at top specification, and day-stay surgery accreditation. KM Surgical has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Crushing on Velvet
Velvet may have been a hallmark of the eighties, but the luxurious fabric is experiencing a renaissance and is well and truly at home in this contemporary day and age. Plush and textured to the touch, it makes for a stand-out statement piece, taking the form of pillows, couches as […]
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, […]
Coral Cravings
In Ancient Greece, red and pink coral symbolised happiness and immortality, with amulets of the aragonite mineral used to drive away misfortune and illness. Whether recognising the talismanic qualities of nature’s bounty or simply the sartorial appeal of this summery shade, the darlings of the design world have been harnessing […]
Luscious smooth locks: V for Hair and Beauty
Salon staff at V for Hair and Beauty, Merivale, are adept at administering increasingly popular keratin smoothing treatments. Some clients find these keratin interventions life-changing. Owner, Vicki Ogden-O’Fee describes her keratin smoothing treatment as distinguishable from a chemical straightening process that’s found in some countries, in that the former doesn’t […]
Dream Dresses
Subtle colours and versatile designs, which are playful yet romantic, will appeal to brides this wedding season. Brides of Merivale owner Lisa Dermott says this season’s wedding dresses will again be subtle in colour with metallic golds, silver and platinum featuring. Brides are also opting for adaptable dresses with detachable […]
