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Fashion bedlam: The story of Nom*D

31/12/2002

Woman Today
By Kris Herbert

It’s hard to imagine New Zealand fashion without iconic Dunedin label, Nom*D, yet when Margarita (Margi) Robertson and her husband Chris started the company 1986, the words “New Zealand” and “fashion” were scarcely uttered in the same sentence.

About

Kris Herbert is an award-winning freelance journalist with 24 years experience (she started writing for the local rag when she was 16 - you do the maths).

Over the years, Kris has written about everything from hard science to soft toys. She's travelled to Antarctica, Alabama and many places beginning with other letters of the alphabet.

Kris was born in California but has spent the last few decades in Lyttelton, outside of Christchurch, New Zealand.

kris@font.net.nz

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