Haute couture fashion house

Having your wedding dress custom made and hoping the dressmaker can realise your vision can be a pretty stressful experience! Vanessa really helped put myself and my mums nerves at ease, and created the most beautiful two piece wedding dress including creating the pattern and sewing the lace onto tulle for the top, and hand stitching on a billion beads and crystals! Not to mention creating the most luxurious sweeping train. From the moment we sat down together and I showed her a photo of something I was hoping to achieve, I knew I was in the best hands. She went to the ends of the earth to make something beautiful and I felt like a goddess on my wedding day. I've seen some of her couture work as well and it's insanely creative and amazing. She's even submitted work to World of Wearable Arts. I couldn't recommend Vanessa highly enough, I've had friends also have garments made by her, and I would definitely engage her for any more custom clothing in the future.

I knew how good Vanessa was, I'd seen her work on another very particular bride (no offence Angie). I feel priviledge and honoured to have had my Wedding dress, my two daughters matchong outfits, my hubby and son matching waist coat and ties tailored by Vanessa - tied in perfectly. A creation from my mind came to real life and way beyond expectations, the way she got us working together to create something incredible.I gave Vanessa vintage lace I picked up from Trade Me and WOW what a beautiful creation fitting like a glove. I hope to work with you again Vanessa beautiful soul and talented like no other. Thanks for keeping the price realistic.

Kate is a pleasure to work with, she has done a truly beautiful job of lining a favourite vintage coat which I couldn't be more happy with!

Ataahua taonga....asked them to send some to whanau in the USA Washington DC, beautifully sent and received, have bought a number of Korowai since then. Awaiting the NZDF to present my uncles medals, will be wearing one of the korowai at the ceremony. Thankyou to Korowai by Hiria for your wonderful mahi.

Kate was excellent to work with! I used her to create a slip for my wedding dress which she executed perfectly. The slip is wonderful and really completed the dress. I would highly recommend!

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It was a very emotional decision to get a korowai for our whanau and Hiria made the process such a special one. She makes it more than a korowai but a healing and positive journey reconnecting people to their culture. She did this for me and was a pivotal piece in helping me reclaim and reconnect part of my culture and stand in my mana - not just for me but for my daughter and those that are yet to come. Thank you so much Hiria.

Thank you so much Jan for your wonderful guidance and expertise in fitting me out for my son's wedding. You are extremely good at your job! I felt like a confident mother-of-the-groom wearing the outfit you made for me! So many people were complimentary about what I was wearing, even people I would never have thought would make such comments! Thank you again.

Kate is a total genius! She took me on last minuteand the fit was perfect, even helping me with my shoes! I ordered my bridal jumpsuit online and got a size up- Kate made it feel like it was made for me! I can’t thank you enough ❤️

Highly recommend Kate’s alterations - my pants look great, the hemming was fab and they fit much better now. Very accomodating with when I could drop off and pick up my pants for alteration. Responsive to messages and super easy payment through Xero link.