By Margaret Lewis

Geraldine Brophy was just one of the surprises in The Carpenters Daughter's show. With a capacity crowd Tent Two whooped and hollered as Caroline Mar's curvaceous models rocked their way down the catwalk. The clothing was layered with leggings, belted, draped fabrics - all the things that smaller labels do and that larger size women want to wear. By Margaret Lewis

Geraldine Brophy was just one of the surprises in The Carpenters Daughter's show. With a capacity crowd Tent Two whooped and hollered as Caroline Mar's curvaceous models rocked their way down the catwalk. The clothing was layered with leggings, belted, draped fabrics - all the things that smaller labels do and that larger size women want to wear.Background

Fashion and Fat Get Together - curvy women on the cat walk

The Carpenters Daughter, a niche fashion label with a rich history in being the first label entirely devoted to the curvy girls of New Zealand. Now with 19 years of success and 4 flagship stores nation wide TCD's Mission is to provide great quality, New Zealand made clothing which works for women with curves while proving women of all sizes canlook great. The Carpenters Daughter is making a difference in curvy women's lives.

Being there

Maybe it's different when there's a show open to the public and the designer invites her retail customers to be part of the show and also the major part of the audience. The audience [curvaceous and not] all got into the atmosphere of a great show and you could see they were reluctant to leave.