Building up a loyal band of customers takes more than just good clothes, as these top labels reveal.

Megan Anderson visits Zambesi's workroom ahead of Fashion Week and discovers where the magic happens.

Rebel Sport says it got a bargain by being first out of the blocks to sign an ad campaign deal with Sonny Bill Williams.

Fashion writer Mitchell Oakley Smith has put together a new definitive collection of Australasian fashion designers.

An online shopping company selling fashion labels such as Tigerlily and One Teaspoon received a $14.5 million cash injection last week.

Sasha Miller shows off her style for the selection panel yesterday as she vies for a chance to walk the catwalk at this year's NZ Fashion Week.

It's early summer in Samarkand and the mulberry trees are in full glossy leaf and laden with plump white mulberries.

Top fashion design company Liz Mitchell Design Ltd has gone bust, owing creditors nearly $200,000.

Hallenstein Glassons is forecasting a profit rise of between 55 per cent and 57 per cent when it reports earnings next month.

Kathmandu shares have slumped nearly 10pc after the company said profits will be up, but slightly under forecast.

A judge says the five Feltex directors found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules were "all honest men".

Feltex's five former directors have been found not guilty of breaching financial reporting rules.

He rarely puts a foot wrong on the rugby field, but All Black star Dan Carter's failed fashion shop business owes creditors more than $1.16m.

Swimwear from Karen Walker? Equestrian outfits from Alexandra Owen? Zoe Walker wonders who will design NZ's 2012 Olympic uniforms.