5 Aug 2025

The colour black: A longstanding Kiwi fashion staple

From Checkpoint, 4:55 pm on 5 August 2025

It's long been a fashion staple, and it only takes a look to many of our sports teams or fashion designers to see New Zealanders have long had a love affair with the colour black. In our capital's recycle boutiques - black is the colour above all else that dominates. It even appears to be more popular than usual. Mary Argue reports.