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Heirloom workbook featuring fabric scraps and a postcard of a painting by RIta Angus

How Rita Angus landscapes inspired a Starfish collection

“It’s my product. It’s my vision. It’s my dream. It’s my life,” writes Laurie Foon, founder of the Starfish fashion label in the late 1990s.Read more

2017-04-18
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 18 Apr 2017
In: History
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Telling stories through fashion: A history of eco-friendly Starfish

It’s not every day that you get to delve into the nitty-gritty details of a fashion label. Te Papa’s assistant archivist Gareth Watkins is going through Starfish’s archive, recently gifted to Te Papa.Read more

2017-02-28
By: Gareth Watkins
On: 28 Feb 2017
In: History

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