Ethical Fashion SOURCE Network2024-03-29T05:48:13ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1960838200?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/group/nuzealand/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2aqhvuzlvqyp0&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'm leavingtag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2012-02-09:2622461:Topic:1682702012-02-09T11:26:49.860ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<p>I'm putting N J Bond in charge of everything. So that means you gotta answer to him. He might be the same as me, only he will probably be more polite. Be polite to Him. Buy him a drink if you see him at the bar. N J Bond is the boss now, understand? He has such a strong name, he will do Nu Zealand proud.</p>
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<p>Good bye,</p>
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<p>your former leader.</p>
<p>I'm putting N J Bond in charge of everything. So that means you gotta answer to him. He might be the same as me, only he will probably be more polite. Be polite to Him. Buy him a drink if you see him at the bar. N J Bond is the boss now, understand? He has such a strong name, he will do Nu Zealand proud.</p>
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<p>Good bye,</p>
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<p>your former leader.</p> 'Design and build' model keeps Soma in New Zealandtag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2011-08-16:2622461:Topic:1357612011-08-16T03:56:57.160ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
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<p class="byline" style="color: #000000 ! important;">A New Zealand company that has made clothing for more than 80 years is a rare survivor in an industry that has seen most competitors close down or move offshore.</p>
<div class="newsBody"><p>Owner and general manager of Soma, Harold Trigg is determined the Hastings manufacturing plant will be "the last man standing".</p>
<p>Soma was started by Trigg's grandfather, Stan Amos, in Wellington in 1928…</p>
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<p class="byline" style="color: #000000 ! important;">A New Zealand company that has made clothing for more than 80 years is a rare survivor in an industry that has seen most competitors close down or move offshore.</p>
<div class="newsBody"><p>Owner and general manager of Soma, Harold Trigg is determined the Hastings manufacturing plant will be "the last man standing".</p>
<p>Soma was started by Trigg's grandfather, Stan Amos, in Wellington in 1928 as a hosiery and underwear importer (the company's name is Amos spelled backwards).</p>
<p>Amos, a Wellington city councillor, was a forward-thinking man and his company boomed, thanks in large part to his charisma and business nous, but also because he established a contract to make Haines underwear in his New Zealand factories in 1954.</p>
<p>At its peak in the 1960s the company employed more than 500 people in factories in Kilbirnie, Kent Terrace, Hastings, Levin, Otaki, Waipukurau and Masterton.</p>
<p>"We colonised the lower half of the North Island," said Trigg, who took over the company in the 1980s after rising through the ranks after starting in the knitting factory in Masterton.</p>
<p>In 1988, the company's headquarters moved to Hastings and the other factories closed.</p>
<p>In 1999, Trigg ended the four-decade contract with Haines.</p>
<p>"We told Haines it was a waste of time once parallel importing came in. There was no protection left. We dedicated ourselves to manufacturing onshore with people who wanted stuff made here," he says.</p>
<p>Then in 2001 along came Jeremy Moon and his Icebreaker range of merino clothing.</p>
<p>Icebreaker's success revitalised the company and it began attracting other brands keen to enter the merino market.</p>
<p>When Icebreaker moved its manufacturing to China in 2007 Soma had enough clients to keep it ticking over. Clients have come and gone over the years.</p>
<p>Kathmandu, Swanndri, Norsewear and Liberty have had gear made at the plant before moving offshore.</p>
<p>"Every few years a major client fell off the end. At the moment we are getting a whole raft of new people as other factories close. In the past two years about 15 clothing plants have gone to the wall. Our goal is to be the last man standing."</p>
<p>The huge plant on the outskirts of Hastings is bustling with dozens of workers stitching, cutting and sewing material. Orderly piles of garments lie throughout. Merino, polypropylene, cotton, fleece, laminated materials. There are designer labels, outdoor wear, cloth nappies, shearer's singlets, all destined for markets around the world. Most will be sold online.</p>
<p>Turnover ranges between $1 million and $2m (from a peak of $12m with the Haines contract).</p>
<p>"It has been a tough year. I think there are going to be some interesting collapses in retail. There are a lot of shops in sale mode. It's the affluent who have stopped buying."</p>
<p>Soma makes clothing for 30 to 40 different brands with orders from the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, and Britain.</p>
<p>"They're niche orders. What we offer is `design and build'. People come to us telling us what they want. We help develop it and get it to market," Trigg says.</p>
<p>"We're doing more export now than we've ever done. Our strength is that we can make small batches. In China you probably have to make 1000 items minimum. Chinese companies don't want to make just 50 garments," he said.</p>
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<div class="postDate">released: Monday, 8 August 2011</div>
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<div class="postDate"></div> Organic cotton labelstag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2011-07-18:2622461:Topic:1254852011-07-18T22:04:26.342ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<p><strong>I am working my knuckles to the bone for you guys.</strong> Here's a pimp-squeaky list of where you can get organic cotton/eco labels. I'm going with the first guys. These links will probably crap out sooner or later as the companies change their pages, so to re-find the website just delete the address past the .com and conduct a search from the home page. Share some love and add links via comments, of where you found Eco labels in New Zealand or Aussie. What are you guys waiting…</p>
<p><strong>I am working my knuckles to the bone for you guys.</strong> Here's a pimp-squeaky list of where you can get organic cotton/eco labels. I'm going with the first guys. These links will probably crap out sooner or later as the companies change their pages, so to re-find the website just delete the address past the .com and conduct a search from the home page. Share some love and add links via comments, of where you found Eco labels in New Zealand or Aussie. What are you guys waiting for? The next economic collapse before you share anything? <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">stupid poopers<br/></span></p>
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<p>C'mon! Wave your fricken hands in the air, like you just don't care!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.bcilabels.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bcilabels.com/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.clothinglabels4u.com/organicwovenlabels.html" target="_blank">http://www.clothinglabels4u.com/organicwovenlabels.html</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ibmd.averydennison.com/products/eco-friendly-woven-labels.asp" target="_blank">http://www.ibmd.averydennison.com/products/eco-friendly-woven-labels.asp</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.dunwoodybooth.com/index.php?page=cat&category=268" target="_blank">http://www.dunwoodybooth.com/index.php?page=cat&category=268</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.waynemills.com/Organic%20Cotton.html" target="_blank">http://www.waynemills.com/Organic%20Cotton.html</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk/</a></p>
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<p> </p> Natural Dyes Take TWO !!!tag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2011-06-16:2622461:Topic:1187412011-06-16T00:44:18.609ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
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<p><strong>Okay my little, noncontributory countrymenwomen, gather around and clean your ears out.</strong></p>
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<p>I found a place in Christchurch that sells natural dyes! Small amounts at exorbitant prices but great for experiments. They sell both extracts and raw materials.<br></br> <br></br> <a href="http://www.hands.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.hands.co.nz/</a><br></br> <br></br> Now after mucking around with them, I found out they worked pretty well. I was whole dyeing tee…</p>
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<p><strong>Okay my little, noncontributory countrymenwomen, gather around and clean your ears out.</strong></p>
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<p>I found a place in Christchurch that sells natural dyes! Small amounts at exorbitant prices but great for experiments. They sell both extracts and raw materials.<br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.hands.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.hands.co.nz/</a><br/> <br/> Now after mucking around with them, I found out they worked pretty well. I was whole dyeing tee shirts, hoodies and sweatshirts.<br/> <br/> After a bit more hunting on the net I have found Botanical Colors! "oh là là" I hear you squeak.<br/> <br/> <a href="http://botanicalcolors.com/" target="_blank">http://botanicalcolors.com/</a><br/> <br/> This is where I am buying my bulk dyestuffs from! Fantastic, Kathy from Botanical Colors will totally look after you. Seriously, she has a wealth of knowledge and eager to help. I've put my order in and can't wait for them to arrive.</p>
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<p> </p> Launch My Label to offer useful information for designerstag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-07-30:2622461:Topic:549032010-07-30T01:15:40.658ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
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<p>A new online venture is about to offer modules created to provide designers with information critical to operating a business. <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Legal issues, staffing, events, sponsorship, public relations and distribution will be among the topics covered in the Launch My Label modules.</span></p>
<div class="newsBody"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><br></br>The concept for…</span></div>
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<p>A new online venture is about to offer modules created to provide designers with information critical to operating a business. <span xml:lang="EN" lang="EN">Legal issues, staffing, events, sponsorship, public relations and distribution will be among the topics covered in the Launch My Label modules.</span></p>
<div class="newsBody"><span xml:lang="EN" lang="EN"><br/>The concept for <a href="http://www.launchmylabel.com" target="newWindow">www.launchmylabel.com</a> was created by Helen Sattler who has become well known in the industry for starting Frock Fashion several years ago. Sattler said these modules provided information needed to run a business and were created to help free up time for designers to focus more on their creative side. "The biggest complaint from designers is that they don't know where to start or to find out information," she said. "Even those labels established in the industry are still looking for stuff. "Any successful business needs to be run on a system and we offer all the key elements." Sattler said everyone in the industry was well aware of the 'truckloads' of work behind establishing a label. Initially, Sattler has been emailing contacts with videos that provide free information as a teaser to the sale of the modules from tomorrow (Friday 30 July).</span><br/>
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<span xml:lang="EN" lang="EN">Part of her program is to provide a sales training tool and an events calendar. "With a thorough events calendar, designers don't have to find out too late that they could have been part of something that could have assisted their business profiles," she said. Also offered is a buying cycle to help designers to organise their supply chain. "It provides the timelines required to launch collections during the year," she said. "Production times are included such as when to buy fabric with all the data based on how the industry runs as a general rule." A seventh module will also include information on retailers, media, sponsors and celebrities providing ideas about who to contact to make sure a collection's garments are worn by high-profile people. Looking into the future, Sattler said she might also introduce a production and export module.</span><br/>
<p><span xml:lang="EN-AU" lang="EN-AU">- Dawn Adams</span></p>
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</div> Pattern Aided Designtag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-05-18:2622461:Topic:459212010-05-18T05:50:55.025ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<br></br><br></br>Hey, <br></br>
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I'm just looking for some advice regarding pattern making. Okay so I admit it. I dropped out of first year Fashion School... What can I say? I had better things to do, not that I can remember what they were, but that's another small hilarious story. <br></br>
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Grading?! I've always done all of my patterns by hand on card, but I don't think I can grade all of patterns manually. So I've found out about P.A.D.…<br></br>
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<br/><br/>Hey, <br/>
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I'm just looking for some advice regarding pattern making. Okay so I admit it. I dropped out of first year Fashion School... What can I say? I had better things to do, not that I can remember what they were, but that's another small hilarious story. <br/>
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Grading?! I've always done all of my patterns by hand on card, but I don't think I can grade all of patterns manually. So I've found out about P.A.D.<br/>
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<a href="http://www.padsystem.com/">http://www.padsystem.com/</a><br/>
<a href="http://www.padsystem.co.nz/">http://www.padsystem.co.nz/</a><br/>
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Master Digit V 4.6 = $3900nzd<br/>
PAD Elite = $6900nzd<br/><br/>
ooh la la...Can you buy second hand versions? dunno, you might.<br/>
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I had a chit-chat to these guys:<br/>
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<a href="http://www.stirlingcutting.co.nz/">http://www.stirlingcutting.co.nz/</a><br/>
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They do Digitising and Grading for approximately $7.50nzd a piece with a $12.00nzd set up fee depending on how many pieces/difficulty etc (I think I got those prices around the right way). They also do Cardboard Pattern Cutting at $2.50nzd per piece.<br/>
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They sell plotters as well for printing out the patterns, a 100cm wide plotter will set you back $8500nzd, 180cm wide plotter $10500nzd.<br/>
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So I'm probably going to go with using Stirling Cutting services and get it done for me the first few times and then maybe in a year or two invest in the program. There's also fiddly things like shrinkage to take into consideration and adding 10%, or what ever, may actually minus 10% off my remaining brain cells.<br/>
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Do you guys have any tips or recommendation's? Speak up now. Hear hear!<br/><br/><br/><br/> Natural Dyestag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-05-07:2622461:Topic:449092010-05-07T00:52:42.654ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<p>I was hunting for someone</p>
<p>to dye my garments naturally, asking around I got this response from one person:<br></br><br style="font-style: italic;"></br></p>
<div style="font-style: italic;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Hi David,</font></div>
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<div style="font-style: italic;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Unfortunately, "organic dyeing" is really a contradiction in terms. Most natural dyes are unreliable and variable (ie they fade), with colour variations…</font></div>
<p>I was hunting for someone</p>
<p>to dye my garments naturally, asking around I got this response from one person:<br/><br style="font-style: italic;"/></p>
<div style="font-style: italic;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi David,</font></div>
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<div style="font-style: italic;"><font size="2" face="Arial">Unfortunately, "organic dyeing" is really a contradiction in terms. Most natural dyes are unreliable and variable (ie they fade), with colour variations caused by temperature, season, moisture content etc. Some plant dyes work by themselves (mainly on wool - the most common are walnut shells and onion skins) but most "natural" dyes for fabric require heavy metal mordants to fix the colour. Very un-eco friendly in fact.</font></div>
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<div style="font-style: italic;"><font size="2" face="Arial">There is only a little bit of eco dyeing done in Australasia, and even less on a commercial scale. Consequently I stick to chemical dyes that have proved to be safe and reliable over the past century or so. I am actually an organic gardener so am not saying this to rubbish what you're looking for - I have looked at this for my own business but my research showed it not to be viable. Good luck with your search.</font></div>
<br/><br/>So I am a bit baffled by all this so it looks as if I'll be doing my own dyeing which is not something I wanted. Ideally I thought I would be able to find some passionate nutter who had all the knowledge and equipment that I could pay.I can't find anyone so it looks like I'm going to be doing it myself. Which looking on the bright side will offer me control and perhaps blue hands, and that can't be bad right?<br/><br/>Righto then here's a list of natural/vegetable dyeing websites and stuff.<br/><br/>Eco Colour - by India Flint <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/">http://www.indiaflint.com/</a> I might review her book in the book club group.<br/><br/><dl>
<dd><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye">Dye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://colorfactory.co.nz/services/dyeing/">Dyeing | Color Factory</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.fabricareorganics.com/">Fabricare Organics</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://fibrespectrum.co.nz/">Fibre Spectrum Co-operative, Nelson, New Zealand</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.gandhigram.org/v-indts/dye.htm">Gandhigram Trust - Natural Dye Unit</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.dyeman.com/natural%20Dye%20recipe.htm">natural dyes</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalDyes/">NaturalDyes : Natural Dyes List</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.naturaldyes.org/textiles.htm">Naturally Dyed Textiles - Natural Dyes International - An Educational Non-Profit</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.sdcanz.com/">SDCANZ - Homepage</a></dd>
<dd><a href="http://www.thenaturaldyestudio.com/">The Natural Dye Studio</a></dd>
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<p><br/>Hope they are of help...HELP!<br/> <br/><br/>New links:</p>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_dye" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_dye</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pburch.net/drupal/" target="_blank">http://www.pburch.net/drupal/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hands.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.hands.co.nz/</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://botanicalcolors.com/" target="_blank">http://botanicalcolors.com/</a></p>
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<p> </p> New Word Ordertag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-04-30:2622461:Topic:442812010-04-30T04:26:29.698ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<br></br><br></br><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> You have been invited to an event, dress code: Casual/Glamorous. <br></br><br></br><br></br>The
word folks is of course, <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Glasual'</span>. <br></br><br></br><br></br>Get used to it, in fact take it out for a shandy.<br></br><br></br><br></br><br style="font-weight: bold;"></br><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>. Your ordering some organic cotton and you explain to the drop kick by saying, "You know as opposed to 'conventionally' grown…
<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> You have been invited to an event, dress code: Casual/Glamorous. <br/><br/><br/>The
word folks is of course, <span style="font-weight: bold;">'Glasual'</span>. <br/><br/><br/>Get used to it, in fact take it out for a shandy.<br/><br/><br/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>. Your ordering some organic cotton and you explain to the drop kick by saying, "You know as opposed to 'conventionally' grown cotton". <br/> <br/>
A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom.<br/>
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When did you agree or accept chemicals to be smothered on your cotton or apples? When did that become a social norm or custom?<br/>
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Well little organic mall rats, we now have the power! <b>'Chemventional'</b> <br/>
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Usage: <br/>
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You: "Good day Roger, do you have any organic apples?"<br/>
Rodger: "What the blazes are you talkin' about?"<br/>
You: "Sorry old chap I meant, do you <i>only</i> have the 'chemventional' apples?"<br/>
Roger: "Your on drugs, aren't ya, sling ya hook!" <br/><br/><br/><br/> Secret suppliers we need to keep SECRET!!!tag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-04-22:2622461:Topic:435442010-04-22T22:24:18.710ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Welcome to the club, "Remember son, Information is Knowledge and Knowledge is Power". I call it "Info-poo-ledge" Remember you heard it hear first guys, New Zealand - birth place of new helpful words.<br></br><br></br>I thought it might be helpful to make a wee list of NZ suppliers which you can add to if you like, or not, if you don't like. I thought I'd get the ball rolling though with a few of my own, so here…</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Welcome to the club, "Remember son, Information is Knowledge and Knowledge is Power". I call it "Info-poo-ledge" Remember you heard it hear first guys, New Zealand - birth place of new helpful words.<br/><br/>I thought it might be helpful to make a wee list of NZ suppliers which you can add to if you like, or not, if you don't like. I thought I'd get the ball rolling though with a few of my own, so here goes:<br/><br/></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Levana Textiles</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, they have a large range of normal evil fabric and also some organic cotton and merino.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.levana.co.nz/">http://www.levana.co.nz/</a><br/><br/></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Designer Textiles</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, I've spent months in the past trying to get samples from them and I know they have organic cotton and merino but what else I'm not sure. Supposedly they are more expensive than Levana.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.designertextiles.co.nz/">http://www.designertextiles.co.nz/</a><br/><br/></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Certton</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, organic cotton, these guys have grown a lot in the last five years and they may have a supplier in NZ now.<br/><br/><a href="http://certton.com.au/">http://www.certton.com.au/</a></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Corozo</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, natural buttons, I think the NZ supplier is Arthur N. Rowe Ltd. in Auckland, email: sewing.rowe@xtra.co.nz<br/><br/><a href="http://corozobuttons.com/">http://www.corozobuttons.com/</a><br/><br/></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Coa</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>ts Industrial NZ</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">,<br/>
Coats have a organic cotton sewing thread line called, Eco Verde, other large international companies have organic cotton or recycled polyester ranges, I'm just waiting on one more response before I decide who to choose. Tracking down the suppliers in this country can sometimes be a nightmare.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.coatssewingsolutions.com/sewingsolutions/Site/Home.aspx">http://www.coatssewingsolutions.com/</a><br/><br/><a href="http://amann.com/en">http://www.amann.com/en</a><br/><br/><a href="http://amefird.com/">http://www.amefird.com/</a><br/><br/><a href="http://buhleryarns.com/">http://buhleryarns.com/</a><br/><br/></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>Sewing
Time NZ</b></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">, of course, for all those machines you may need to help put it all together.<br/><br/><a href="http://sewingtime.co.nz/">http://www.sewingtime.co.nz/</a><br/></font></font><br/>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font size="3">That's a small start, but remember, don't help anyone if you can help it.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: italic;">Additions:</span><br/></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Charles Parsons</span> Group is a privately owned textiles house supplying customers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. I'm buying a stud press off of these guys.<br/></p>
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<a href="http://www.charlesparsons.co.nz/home.html">http://www.charlesparsons.co.nz/home.html</a><br/><br/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">W.Wiggins</span>, probably no eco stuff... but handy supplier of tools<br/><br/><a href="http://www.wwiggins.co.nz/">http://www.wwiggins.co.nz/</a><br/><br/><br/> Latest Textile and Apparel News for Australia, NZ and the Asia Pacifictag:ethicalfashionforum.ning.com,2010-04-08:2622461:Topic:417682010-04-08T20:31:03.162ZN.J.Bondhttp://ethicalfashionforum.ning.com/profile/NJBond984
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