Covid 19 coronavirus: Art Deco Trust - We couldn t gamble with people s livelihoods
17 Feb, 2021 04:22 AM
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A winner amid the festival cancellation, Fiona Le, owner of Shadow Cat Alterations and Pre-loved claims Napier City Business s shop display award. Photo / Warren Buckland
A winner amid the festival cancellation, Fiona Le, owner of Shadow Cat Alterations and Pre-loved claims Napier City Business s shop display award. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawkes Bay Today
Napier has switched into an evolving Plan B to show that while the Art Deco Festival is off the Art Deco Capital of the World is still very much open for business.
Art Deco gives tailor a big boost
10 Feb, 2021 03:01 AM
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Fiona Le sets up her new store in time for Art Deco celebrations.
Napier Courier
From masks to mannequins, Shadow Cat Tailoring and Alterations has pounced from the suburbs into a bright open space in town just in time for Art Deco celebrations.
Owner Fiona Le says her one stop shop is attracting shoppers who are gearing up for the Art Deco, wedding and ball season. People are loving going through the racks Art Deco clothes are coming in and going out fast, she says.
Fiona s dressmaking and alterations business took off during lockdown when she began making organic reusable masks. She needed extra staff as the business grew and now has two part-timers in her Hastings St store.