Our News & Views

2018 March - Easter Sale

At least 40% off all our "Ethnic / Boho / Hippie" style clothes! Click Here to go to Sale page (all items on this page are on sale) We think Easter is about colour, peace, love, new beginnings, resurrection and hope!  It sounds like we need to get our Boho on! Feel awesome and free in 100% cotton:Kaftans Haram Pants (including NEW stock) Sari Tops Need help with sizes?  Click here to see Holi Boli Size...
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2018 January - Another Sewing Class Begins! :)

Holi Boli Sewing School has kicked of 2018After taking a 6 month break to head over to "Sarah the Carer's" wedding in Castor, Alberta, Canada we are back into sewing class. We have extended Holi Boli operations so the school has taken over the house at the back of Holi Boli. Awesome! All the machines have been set up, serviced and students are arriving ready to go. At Holi Boli School there is one...
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2017 August 15 - Happy Independence Day - #INDIA1947#

Happy Independence Day India!  On 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru Ji, who had become the first Prime Minister of India that day, raised the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi.  Holi Boli is proudly and lovingly made in rural India. So, we want to celebrate with you by giving you 35% off all items on the 15th August....
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2017 July - Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

Holi Boli - BACK TO BUSINESS... (Something old, new & blue)It is good to be back in action after the summer break. It is just to hot to work in the Bhalupali as summer as it reaches 122 degrees F (50 C)! Ana took the time to head to NZ and promote Holi Boli there (as well as renew her visa - kindly given 5 year visa by the Indian High Commission in Wellington - thank you!). The Holi Boli crew took...
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2017 March - Things are heating up!

March has been very busy at Holi Boli Fashionz and HOT!  Its hitting 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).  We are just about to complete our biggest order yet (thank you to the wonderful crew at Two Lippy Ladies - check them out!).  The Holi Team is really excited that we have worked to produce such a lovely line of dresses.  Busy and hot but really happy! Enjoying some 'cold' yoghurt It's...
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2018 February March Fun

A SUCCESS STORY Sisters supporting sisters - the grand opening. Two graduates of the Holi Boli Sewing School started their own sewing shop in a nearby village.  These are the success stories that make teaching sewing so worth it.  It was such an honour to load up the van with Holi Boli staff and go and support the grand opening of the new store.  Well done ladies!  Living empowered! AN INTERESTING...
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2017 September - Excited about Tonic and Cloth

We are getting very excited about some of the samples we are currently making for Tonic & Cloth! Check out Tonic & Cloth and make sure you bookmark the store. #loveyoursisters The Holi Boli team has been busy making block patterns, checking out the sizing charts and working on samples for our latest venture. It is so awesome to be able to work alongside like-minded businesses to empower women in our...
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2017 August - Newsflash!

NEWSFLASH!!!! Holi Boli is excited to announce a new member to our team! Asmati comes from a nearby village. She completed the Holi Boli sewing training programme in the last graduation. She is very very hard working and has a natural ability for sewing. She will be learning some new skills over the next few months and then will start stitching Holi Boli dresses. We are so excited! We want to sell...
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2017 June - Newspaper Article in New Zealand

From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India Newspaper link click here Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017 Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
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2017 April - Graduation Stories

Every graduation we have comes with stories from the sewing students about how they have overcome so much to learn to sew. I am always amazed and in awe of the resilience of women! These women are from village backgrounds and often travel up to 10 km/day to come to class in the 40+ temperatures. RESPECT! Asmati (in yellow) and Ana at April 2017 Graduation This, the moment my heart screams "YOU DID...
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2017 March - 8 March - International Women's Day

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!  It is great to be a woman today!  We can appreciate all those women who went before us and paved the way for what we have now.  We can honour them by continuing on and keeping up the progress towards full equality; the work is not done! As we continue I think it is important to ensure that we do not become the thing that we hate. We must not become oppressors. So often we human...
Read more
2018 March - Easter Sale

At least 40% off all our "Ethnic / Boho / Hippie" style clothes! Click Here to go to Sale page (all items on this page are on sale) We think Easter is about colour, peace, love, new beginnings, resurrection and hope!  It sounds like we need to get our Boho on! Feel awesome and free in 100% cotton:Kaftans Haram Pants (including NEW stock) Sari Tops Need help with sizes?  Click here to see Holi Boli Size...
Read more
2018 February March Fun

A SUCCESS STORY Sisters supporting sisters - the grand opening. Two graduates of the Holi Boli Sewing School started their own sewing shop in a nearby village.  These are the success stories that make teaching sewing so worth it.  It was such an honour to load up the van with Holi Boli staff and go and support the grand opening of the new store.  Well done ladies!  Living empowered! AN INTERESTING...
Read more
2018 January - Another Sewing Class Begins! :)

Holi Boli Sewing School has kicked of 2018After taking a 6 month break to head over to "Sarah the Carer's" wedding in Castor, Alberta, Canada we are back into sewing class. We have extended Holi Boli operations so the school has taken over the house at the back of Holi Boli. Awesome! All the machines have been set up, serviced and students are arriving ready to go. At Holi Boli School there is one...
Read more
2017 September - Excited about Tonic and Cloth

We are getting very excited about some of the samples we are currently making for Tonic & Cloth! Check out Tonic & Cloth and make sure you bookmark the store. #loveyoursisters The Holi Boli team has been busy making block patterns, checking out the sizing charts and working on samples for our latest venture. It is so awesome to be able to work alongside like-minded businesses to empower women in our...
Read more
2017 August 15 - Happy Independence Day - #INDIA1947#

Happy Independence Day India!  On 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru Ji, who had become the first Prime Minister of India that day, raised the Indian national flag above the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort in Delhi.  Holi Boli is proudly and lovingly made in rural India. So, we want to celebrate with you by giving you 35% off all items on the 15th August....
Read more
2017 August - Newsflash!

NEWSFLASH!!!! Holi Boli is excited to announce a new member to our team! Asmati comes from a nearby village. She completed the Holi Boli sewing training programme in the last graduation. She is very very hard working and has a natural ability for sewing. She will be learning some new skills over the next few months and then will start stitching Holi Boli dresses. We are so excited! We want to sell...
Read more
2017 July - Something Old, Something New, Something Blue

Holi Boli - BACK TO BUSINESS... (Something old, new & blue)It is good to be back in action after the summer break. It is just to hot to work in the Bhalupali as summer as it reaches 122 degrees F (50 C)! Ana took the time to head to NZ and promote Holi Boli there (as well as renew her visa - kindly given 5 year visa by the Indian High Commission in Wellington - thank you!). The Holi Boli crew took...
Read more
2017 June - Newspaper Article in New Zealand

From sewing in Tamatea, to teaching women in India Newspaper link click here Author: MEGAN HUNTJune 9 2017 Holi Boli founder Ana Wilkinson-Gee with some of her company's designs.In 2010 Ana Wilkinson-Gee and her family moved to India.To reach their home in Bhalupali, a small village in central Odisha on the country's east coast, the family of five fly into Kolkata then take a 12-hour train ride...
Read more
2017 April - Graduation Stories

Every graduation we have comes with stories from the sewing students about how they have overcome so much to learn to sew. I am always amazed and in awe of the resilience of women! These women are from village backgrounds and often travel up to 10 km/day to come to class in the 40+ temperatures. RESPECT! Asmati (in yellow) and Ana at April 2017 Graduation This, the moment my heart screams "YOU DID...
Read more
2017 March - Things are heating up!

March has been very busy at Holi Boli Fashionz and HOT!  Its hitting 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit).  We are just about to complete our biggest order yet (thank you to the wonderful crew at Two Lippy Ladies - check them out!).  The Holi Team is really excited that we have worked to produce such a lovely line of dresses.  Busy and hot but really happy! Enjoying some 'cold' yoghurt It's...
Read more
2017 March - 8 March - International Women's Day

HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!  It is great to be a woman today!  We can appreciate all those women who went before us and paved the way for what we have now.  We can honour them by continuing on and keeping up the progress towards full equality; the work is not done! As we continue I think it is important to ensure that we do not become the thing that we hate. We must not become oppressors. So often we human...
Read more