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Poking and prodding and updating
Hello! Happy New Year! I've spent the 'holidays' working on House of Boom and Season Two - It's Wild! - is currently being cut out and sewn as we speak. Exciting! But before that comes along, probably in February, I've done a bit of house-keeping! First up, I now offer lay-buy. This is because people have asked for Afterpay, but that would cost me 5% of each transaction and I just don't have the sort of margins that allow that. Hopefully this will be helpful for you - you can read more about how it works right here. Full disclosure: it will...
Meet the clothes!
Today I'd like to give you a guided tour of the House of Boom clothing range that will go on sale at the pop-up on December 15 & 16, and online from December 16. This is the first range of clothing I have ever designed, so it's pretty scary to share my babies with the world. I hope there's something in there that you like. The BOOM t-shirt The TIARE skirt The DEMELZA dress The KINI dress The BOOM t-shirt There were a number of reasons why I was motivated to do a t-shirt, and some grand plans that didn't work...
In the Beginning There Was Boom
House of Boom, a bold, ethical new clothing range in sizes 16-30 by Joanna McLeod is launching mid-December. “Boom is all about totally rejecting this outdated idea that fat people should hide themselves away from the world. You see that reflected in the drab colours or black everything in so many lines, and how if stores even deign to have a plus-size section they’ll hide it away at the back. Screw that noise. You’re here, you’re awesome and you deserve wonderful clothes” Frustrated by a lack of ethical clothing options in larger sizes, Joanna decided to create her own. The...
Clothing launch and pop-up sale!
It's finally happening and the House of Boom label plus size clothes in sizes 16-30 will be on sale!This pop-up event means you'll get to try on everything so you can get familiar with our fit. Clothes are cotton, ethically made right here in Wellington, and everything (but the t-shirts) has pockets. Wahoo!Along with the House of Boom label, there'll also be Reboomed clothes - carefully chosen second-hand plus size clothing that's more affordable and gives an extra life to fast fashion. And of course there'll also be all the great jewellery and knickers you can already purchase on the...
From princesses to pragmatists - all about Fanny Adams
After far too many emails when I mistakenly called her Terri, I had a chat to the wonderful Toni from Fanny Adams to ask her about what's going on behind the scenes of the knickers that keep our butts so happy. How did you get into the underpants game in the first place? I began making my own 15 years ago when I became exasperated with the quality of underwear that was available. Tell me a little bit more about yourself and Fanny Adams - is it just you, are there a team of people? Initially, it was just me doing...
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