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Kōrero: Clothes

Tailoring service, Kirkcaldie & Stains, early 1900s

In the early 1900s Wellington department store Kirkcaldie & Stains advertised the presence of a new 'first class' cutter in the tailoring department. The cutter had honed his skills in London and Paris, a desirable selling point in colonial New Zealand. Zoom in to read more about the suits on offer.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-COSTUME-1905-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Fiona McKergow, Clothes – Men’s clothes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/zoomify/41135/tailoring-service-kirkcaldie-stains-early-1900s (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Fiona McKergow, i tāngia i te 18 March 2013.