Auckland Cup parade - gorgeous dress for sale on TradeMe! (size 16)

Hello all-

just found this dress for sale on Trademe, in wearable size 16! It is gorgeous(the picture is not that good though, but i can just imagine this being worn with some beads and a feather headband!! ( I hope someone snaps this up. The best is that Monsoon has very good quality garments, and i am sure this would make a gorgeous coctail dress for later on... I have asked the seller to put the dimensions up btw.

Auction Number: 197520795

Louie and me in Saturday Herald :-)

Hello -

below is the page of the last Saturday Herald, which featured me and Louie! :-)

I must say we both look cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just click on the page to see it in bigger format:

Beautiful vintage style jewelry from "Wendy J" - NZ designer

Hello all:

me and Louie are in papers today! And i have to say, we both look very cute! :-) I will try to scan the article and post it here ...

In the meantime, I was just looking at Tatty Devine jewerly again, and wondered whether we have anyone doing similar stuff in NZ. I actually own a gorgeous piece from Wendy J, jewelry designer from Welsford. It is a laser cut and printed pendant of a girl feeding swans. Picture on top. I wear it all the time and get so many comments on it! I have found this designer on TradeMe. I can say with confidence that her pieces are not sloppy DIY, oh no! They are perfectly finished and gorgeous. I bought the necklace last year, but have just logged in to see whether she had any other pieces for sale and she does! I have to say, pieces are gorgeous, just check out the "Keep Calm and Carry on" pendant below!!! SO COOL. This slogan was commissioned in 1939 by the British Ministry of Information to send a message of reassurance to the people from King George VI ( hence the crown ), that everything was being done in the time of war, and " Keep Calm". They were printed on posters and tea towles. A message just as relevant today!The pendants are made from black and white laser cut Perspex combined in a layering technique to give the framed look.The images are laser engraved " into" the white perspex and filled with black metallic pigment, so that they can not be "rubbed off"!It measures 4.75 cm in length and 3.2 cm across and will come on a 62 cm long chain with thick silver plating made to last ! Wendy can shorten this if you prefer a shorter chain She also has these as brooches , so check out my other listings. All her pieces come in organza bags for safe keeping when not being worn (this makes them perfect gifts).
























And the best part, prices are so good, honestly, I think that she should be charging 5 times more, for the quality is superb, and craftmanship flawless.
Do check out her stuff for sale on Trademe here: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=1337997

Love, Fatima

Auckland Cup parade - shoes on Trademe!!!

hello all-

just have been browsing Trademe and found absolutely gerogeous and completely flapper-ish red leather heels by SABEN (NZ designer)! Just check them out (not the best picture, but you will get an idea). These would look AMAZING on the Auckland Cup parade, when incorporated in the right outfot. Now, they are red -all you need is a red hat (or any hat with red flowers or accents), red wrist gloves and say , long neutral color (black, white, nude, brown) dress and you would look great!!!!!!! These are size 7 and auction number is 195786481. The best part about these is that they are from SABEN (NZ designer) and you can wear them after the event too, they are gorgeous and would look great with a number of looks! Price is VERY good, as in shops these would be over $250. Hope someone snaps these up!

New stuff for sale on TradeMe

I have been good and put some new vintage garments for sale on TradeMe. My favourite is this AMAZING 1970s dress on the left.

I mean, where do i start?! It is too amazing for words!

It has got a tie-dye pattern, which is so in this season. Check out the cool pockets, bodice construction and cute ties. Not to mention the silhouette...

It is dressmaker-made.

It is a size 10 and too small for me :-(

so it is for sale. Auction Number: 195771083.

What really impresses me is that garments like this one are 30+ years old, and they still look perfect. No fading, no weak seams, no bald patches, no pils, nothing...

So now, I cant resist having a little New Years' rant :-) :

Compare this to chain-store garments from today...you are lucky to get one season wear out of them, they are made of inferior fabric, using inferior methods, simplest (cheapest to make) patterns, there is no advanced construction to speak pff (they just use lycra and rely on that for fit) and God only knows what sort of place they were made at,and how much pollution and garbage was created in the process of making them.

Sometimes I go into those stores to see the current trends and what amazes me is that people actually buy this garbage!!!! I mean in Glassons, Supre, Millers (OMG!) , Farmers, even Max and Portmans and any store in St Lukes Mall (shudder!) . I don't know where to start: inferior construction, mass production which makes everybody look the same, polyester everywhere (yuck!), lowest quality which will ensure that after few months or one season MAXIMUM , that garment will end up in trash. And that is exactly what we need, more trash and more stuff in the landfills. And the worst: "Made in China " tags! I have nothing against China as a country, but we all know how things are produced over there: uncontrolled pollution, child labor, unethical workplaces...where do i start? I won't even try. :-(

In case you are wondering, I wear stuff made by NZ designers :WORLD, KILT(amazing designer from Palmerston North) , ZAMBESI (all made in NZ). Apart from this, vintage stuff from 1930s to 1990s (from dresses to coats to vintage furs). Shoes mostly from Marc Jacobs and Costume National and Melissa (recycled rubber), or vintage again :-)

Anyway -enough with the rant! I don't mean to preach and appear all prim and proper, but my God, the retail sales have set the new record this Boxing day sales :-( I would bet anything that at least 50% of everthing bought is chinese made junk :-(