Designer: Trelise Cooper
Based: Auckland

Each season, revealing the latest Trelise Cooper collection is like the unveiling of a romantic and eclectic art exhibition. Every piece in the range has been lovingly crafted using diverse fabrics and finishes to the final exotic result which ultimately pleases both the wearer and the observer.Designer: Trelise Cooper
Based: Auckland

Each season, revealing the latest Trelise Cooper collection is like the unveiling of a romantic and eclectic art exhibition. Every piece in the range has been lovingly crafted using diverse fabrics and finishes to the final exotic result which ultimately pleases both the wearer and the observer.With touches of inspiration from movies, museums, history books, vintage clothes and stars of a bygone era like Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo and Lauren Bacall, Trelise is constantly travelling and reading to find her next muse.

Sold in boutiques in the UK, USA, Paris, Rome, Singapore, South Africa and throughout Australasia, the Trelise Cooper brand is an unmitigated success story. It is estimated that at any one time 50,000 Trelise Cooper pieces are in circulation around the world.

Trelise also dresses a variety of high profile clients including Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah McLachlan, Liv Tyler, Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Prince, Mena Suvari and Angela Bassett.

In the US most Trelise Cooper sells before it hits the shop floor - fans snapping it up in exclusive buying sprees. In 2002, Hollywood actress Julia Roberts famously bought out the entire summer range in one go.

In ten years, Trelise Cooper has transformed her clothing business into three successful brands.

Anything but conventional.
With an innate desire to express herself.
Uncompromising, strong, intuitive, passionate, vulnerable.

Full of contradictions, yet ultimately fascinating.
Designed with real women in mind.

The company now markets the following labels: Trelise Cooper, Cooper by Trelise and Trelise Cooper Kids.

The Labels:

Trelise Cooper
Individual, limited pieces.
Quirky touches, textures and trims.
A luxurious array of colours and fabrics.
A collection of treasures.
Playful use of fabric.
Daring combinations.
Sensuous, sculptural forms.
Clothes that turn shy girls into sirens.
Not for shrinking violets!

Cooper by Trelise

Interesting, casual clothes to relax in.
Pieces that team easily with each other.
Never losing sight of a desire for distinctiveness.
Pieces with a head-turning edge.
Communicating effortless chic.
A range that slips easily into any woman's wardrobe

Trelise Cooper Kids

Classic Trelise looks in mini sizes
Mixing clothing with fantasy
Irresistible to little girls
Playful array of colours and fabrics
Quirky touches, textures and trims
A deliciously whimsical collection -

Photo by Michael Ng/Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2008

21/09/08