The fashion industry in New Zealand is taking off in a very incredible way. The growth of fashion is contributing to the economic, creative, and cultural stability of the country. This is all the more reason why you should support your local clothing retailers, not to mention the fact that you can get yourself a fantastic new wardrobe. In New Zealand, it's the quality of the clothing that counts, not the size.



One can find number of websites online that offer a complete list of all the quality designed and made clothing in New Zealand.

One of the most excellent fashion website online is FashioNZ (http://www.fashionz.co.nz/). As well as listing many of New Zealand's better online clothing stores, you can also find great fashion tips, jobs, blogs, links to galleries, articles, competitions, events in your own area and lots more info on the latest trends in New Zealand.

One more helpful site is Lights on Women's Clothing (http://www.womensclothing.co.nz/). This is a site made especially for women. It has been recognised as New Zealand's best online guide to women's clothing and offers critiques of many sites for you to scrutinize at your leisure. It ranks sites based on factors like ease of use, provision of a size chart, the availability of free shipping, provision of contact information and the ease of the checkout system provided.

The Long Island clothing company (http://www.longisland.co.nz/) scored very well on the Lights on Women's Clothing scale and is featured on a number of online fashion shopping websites, including the ones listed here.

Long Island offers a wide variety of clothing such as cardigans, wraps, jackets, vests, pants, shorts, skirts, t-shirts, tops, underwear and accessories. They are all available for women sizes 10-30 at affordable prices and are designed to fit comfortably and stylishly on real women, not models. With four new collections a year, Long Island offers a variety of the newest and trendiest fashions. You can order through their mail order catalogue or from the convenience of your own home via the internet. Just go to their website at http://www.longisland.co.nz/.

Finda (http://www.finda.co.nz/business/) is a site that is often overlooked when searching for women's clothing in New Zealand. This site enables you to search for a business by category and lets you limit your search to a particular region of New Zealand. A quick search for women's fashion in Christchurch returned 127 different hits conveniently grouped and listed according the suburb in which they can be found.

Thanks to the internet, it is now easier than ever to search for local retailers and support them with your business. Through their websites you can browse their latest collections and you can follow all the latest trends which are happening near you from the comfort of your home.