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Dreary news presenters February 22, 2019 07:17AM |
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Re: Dreary news presenters February 27, 2019 07:18AM |
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I never realised how prevalent black was in both my own and the female NZ wardrobe until hubby George brought it to my attention. In Romania, the only time black is seen is when ladies are in mourning and that can be up to 12 months. Whereas we appear to embrace black. I now try and avoid it and go for bright colours wherever possible. And if a top is subdued, I try and utilise bright accessories to offset it.
Re: Dreary news presenters February 27, 2019 10:04PM |
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Irene I only realised how prevalent black is in NZ wardrobes when I returned after living in Sydney for 8 years.
I was surprised how little we embraced colour - that was 21 years ago though. It seemed then that there were so many black clad women wearing clompy shoes - such as Minnie Coper made. I don't suit black so have never worn much of it, I have to try hard not to have a completely orange wardrobe.
I was surprised how little we embraced colour - that was 21 years ago though. It seemed then that there were so many black clad women wearing clompy shoes - such as Minnie Coper made. I don't suit black so have never worn much of it, I have to try hard not to have a completely orange wardrobe.
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helen Wrote:
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> Irene I only realised how prevalent black is in NZ
> wardrobes when I returned after living in Sydney
> for 8 years.
> I was surprised how little we embraced colour -
> that was 21 years ago though. It seemed then that
> there were so many black clad women wearing clompy
> shoes - such as Minnie Coper made. I don't suit
> black so have never worn much of it, I have to try
> hard not to have a completely orange wardrobe.
Helen, your comment brought a smile to my face. I am one of those women who only bought Minnie Cooper shoes till Sandy closed down the business. Those shoes were incredibly well made. Clompy? Yes, some of them but oh so comfortable. Miss being able to buy her shoes.
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> Irene I only realised how prevalent black is in NZ
> wardrobes when I returned after living in Sydney
> for 8 years.
> I was surprised how little we embraced colour -
> that was 21 years ago though. It seemed then that
> there were so many black clad women wearing clompy
> shoes - such as Minnie Coper made. I don't suit
> black so have never worn much of it, I have to try
> hard not to have a completely orange wardrobe.
Helen, your comment brought a smile to my face. I am one of those women who only bought Minnie Cooper shoes till Sandy closed down the business. Those shoes were incredibly well made. Clompy? Yes, some of them but oh so comfortable. Miss being able to buy her shoes.
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Re: Dreary news presenters March 01, 2019 04:48AM |
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Irene Field Wrote:
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> I just had to google as I have never heard of
> Minnie Cooper shoes? I see there is a
> minniecooper.co.nz website with a store in
> Avondale. Is that one and the same?
Yes, Irene it is. She closed down her shoe manufacturing business and her shops in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and nowadays just sells lovely slippers and a very limited choice of shoes that are manufactured in China I believe. I just loved the 'clompy' ones because I have difficult feet. I bought so many of her shoes that I think they'll see me out!
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> I just had to google as I have never heard of
> Minnie Cooper shoes? I see there is a
> minniecooper.co.nz website with a store in
> Avondale. Is that one and the same?
Yes, Irene it is. She closed down her shoe manufacturing business and her shops in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and nowadays just sells lovely slippers and a very limited choice of shoes that are manufactured in China I believe. I just loved the 'clompy' ones because I have difficult feet. I bought so many of her shoes that I think they'll see me out!
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Oh Minnie Cooper shoes! Hadn't thought of them in years. I used to have several pairs of her clompers too, back in the mid 90s. Loved them to bits. I did giggle at your orange wardrobe comment, Helen I come from a family who all embrace beautiful colours in their clothing, but I struggle as I'm overweight and feel often they make me look even bigger.
I agree about the general lack of colour in women's wardrobes, although it is definitely better than it used to be. What frustrates me is trying to find clothes in colours for boys. There is just nothing, all blue, grey and black. My youngest son, now 13, wore a lot of girls shorts and jeans when he was younger because they came in colours. As long as they didn't have sparkles on the pockets you'd never know they were girls. Macpac offers decent colours, but they have a very limited range and are rather expensive when kids grow out of things so quickly.
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I agree about the general lack of colour in women's wardrobes, although it is definitely better than it used to be. What frustrates me is trying to find clothes in colours for boys. There is just nothing, all blue, grey and black. My youngest son, now 13, wore a lot of girls shorts and jeans when he was younger because they came in colours. As long as they didn't have sparkles on the pockets you'd never know they were girls. Macpac offers decent colours, but they have a very limited range and are rather expensive when kids grow out of things so quickly.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2019 01:09AM by Jenna.
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