Fashion couple announces 'Designer Garage Sale' at ANZFW4U

14 Aug '06

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Well-known fashion couple Paul and Jill Blomfield has announced the creation of an upmarket fashion Designer Garage Sale to take place at Air New Zealand Fashion Week 4 U (ANZFW4U), the public Saturday of Air New Zealand Fashion Week.

The 2006 Designer Garage Sale is the first of an annual sale that will showcase leading designer names from High St locations around the country. The sale will be modelled on successful sales held in association with fashion weeks in London and New York.

16 designers have booked to be part of the one-day sale which includes labels such as Sabatini, Caroline Church, Caroline Sills, Doris DePont and State of Grace. Designers will display end-of-winter stock and samples all on sale for a significant discount.

Paul Blomfield says that as well as offering fashion bargains, the Designer Garage Sale will be a pleasant shopping experience. "Each designer will have their own display space and changing rooms, which is a pleasant change from the mayhem of some workroom sales." he said.

"We'll only be allowing 250 shoppers into the space at any one time, so fashion shoppers will be able to pick their garments in comfort."

Blomfield says another feature will be the centralised eftpos terminals. "We want it to be like a department store where shoppers can make all their purchases on a single credit card or eftpos transaction - which saves time and money for the shopper."

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