Thursday, January 29, 2009

Find locally designed and Made Women's Clothing in New Zealand

By Tessa W. Adachi

In New Zealand, the fashion industry is taking its position to new heights. The growth in this sector is contributing to the creative, economic, and cultural steadiness of the country. If this fact isn't enough to make you support your neighbouring clothing retailers then perhaps the fact that you'll get a great new wardrobe might do the trick. In New Zealand it seems that the quality of the clothing is far more important than the volume that is produced.

There are a number of websites out there which offer a comprehensive listing of quality New Zealand designed and made clothing.

One of the best fashion websites is FashioNZ (http://www.fashionz.co.nz/). As well as listing many of New Zealand's own online clothing stores this site also provides great fashion tips, links to galleries, jobs, articles, blogs, competitions, events in your area and lots more information on the current state of fashion in New Zealand.

Another useful site is Lights on Women's Clothing (http://www.womensclothing.co.nz/). This site has critiqued many of New Zealand's finest online women's clothing stores and listed the results for you to peruse at your leisure. Sites are given an overall rating based on factors such as ease of use, the availability of free shipping, provision of a size chart, provision of contact information and the ease of the checkout system provided.

The Long Island clothing company (http://www.longisland.co.nz/) is New Zealand born and bred women's clothing company that has featured on several of the aforementioned websites and ranks highly on the Lights on Women's Clothing scale.

Long Island offers a wide variety of clothing such as cardigans, wraps, jackets, vests, pants, shorts, skirts, t-shirts, tops, underwear and accessories. They are all available for women sizes 10-30 at affordable prices and are designed to fit comfortably and stylishly on real women, not models. With four new collections a year, Long Island offers a variety of the newest and trendiest fashions. You can order through their mail order catalogue or from the convenience of your own home via the internet. Just go to their website at http://www.longisland.co.nz/.

Finda (http://www.finda.co.nz/business/) is a site that is often overlooked when searching for women's clothing in New Zealand. This site enables you to search for a business by category and lets you limit your search to a particular region of New Zealand. A quick search for women's fashion in Christchurch returned 127 different hits conveniently grouped and listed according the suburb in which they can be found.

Thanks to the internet, it is now easier than ever to search for local retailers and support them with your business. Through their websites you can browse their latest collections and you can follow all the latest trends which are happening near you from the comfort of your home. - 16651

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