Kharl WiRepa - first M?ori designer in British Vogue - a podcast by RNZ

Rotorua-based Kharl WiRepa is the first M?ori fashion designer to be featured in British Vogue. His brand specialises in red carpet styles, racewear, bridal couture, and power dressing. Vogue described the Te Whanau Apanui, Tainui and Te Awara designer as a 'designer of the future'. Kharl started his fashion career in a Supre store, although fashion is in his ancestry - a great kuia of Kharl's made shoes for Queen Victoria in London.

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