Tour Overview
Revealing Karangahape Road's Fashion Stories
Vintage fashion abounds on Karangahape Road and if you know where to look you can still see the names and buildings that once made this Auckland's most fashionable street. Today it is still home to some of New Zealand's most original designers who are continuing a long legacy of fabulous fashion making that can be traced back through quirky boutiques, couture houses, department stores and all the way back to our first menswear manufacturer in 1873. Join New Zealand Fashion Museum curator Doris de Pont for a walk that meets the street of today and strips back the layers to reveal more of its history and fashion credentials.
Stops
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Stop 1: Introduction and start at St Kevins Arcade
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Stop 2: St Kevins Light
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Stop 3: Rendells, The Ladies Warehouse
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Stop 4: Kays French Salon and Hair and Beauty
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Stop 5: Barker and Pollock, and Home Sewing
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Stop 6: Walking interlude
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Stop 7: Display windows and shopping hours
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Stop 8: The House of Flackson and fashion whakapapa
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Stop 9: Walking interlude
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Stop 10: La Gonda; devoted to fashion
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Stop 11: Walking interlude: Skyway Arcade
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Stop 12: George Courts and the Department store
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Stop 13: Hallenstein Brothers - 149 years old
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Stop 14: Leo O’Malley’s busy corner
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Stop 15: Bradstreet Drapers, Mercers and Tailors
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Stop 16: Hannah's Shoeists
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Stop 17: The Bon Marche millinery, and being entertained
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Stop 18: Las Vegas, red lights and bargains
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