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2015 April - Welcome to Holi Boli Fashionz!

It is great news to introduce another new staff member at Holi Boli Fashionz! Thanks to growing support we have been able to invite Sasmita to join our team. She graduated top of her class at CIC Sewing School. A very gentle and industrious women from Bhalupali. We are so happy to have her on board.
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2014 November - Review - Miss Victory Violet
2014 November - Review - Miss Victory Violet

Miss Victory Violet The Holi Boli India Dress Posted on November 7, 2014 by missvictoryvioletI love supporting small local businesses so when Natalie of Two Lippy Ladies in Napier contacted me about some new dresses they were making, I was thrilled to get to be one of the first to receive one!The India dress is a collaboration between Two Lippy Ladiesand Holi Boli. Holi Boli is a New Zealand company...
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2014 July - Empowered
2014 July - Empowered

Sewing graduate Nini turned up to our home wearing a new salwar she had made all by herself, at home during the weekend and she looked so stoked. She used the pattern we made together in sewing class. She knows how to lay the cloth, cut it and constructed it. Clever lady! She is a great seamstress
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2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life

From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014.  John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
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2014 March - Yellow Brick Road Dress

A great dress made for Yellow Brick Road in Ponsonby.
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2015 March - Nelson NZ fundraiser by Greta Greenwood and team

A huge 'thanks' to Greta and team in Nelson for their amazing Vineyard Banquet to promote awareness and raise sales for Holi Boli in India. They sold many Holi Boli dresses on the night and also had donations for a ladies sewing class tuition fees and sponsorship for a new sewing machine! Thank you so much Nelson peps for your generosity!
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2014 October - Empowered - Employed!

Our last news was about Nini being empowered by the skills she gained at HB Sewing School. Now we are very excited to say that due to increasing demand we were able to employ Nini. So Awesome! Thanks to you guys for buying HB a wonderful lady is able to be a support for her whole family!
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2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India

By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
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2014 May PopUp Shop

Holi Boli has arrived in NZ! Come to the Kitchen Table Cafe in Napier from the 21-31 May and have a look at our pop-up shop! Dresses and salwars for sale, made by graduates of our sewing school, now empowered into employment. Buy a dress and support our ethical business in India.
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New site (new place to find Holi Boli Blog)
New site (new place to find Holi Boli Blog)

Hey there!   Holi Boli Blogs have moved to our main website.   You can find the new updates and all the old stories there.    Click to see Holi Boli Blog. https://youtu.be/wzuEPIMNIjM
Read more
2015 April - Welcome to Holi Boli Fashionz!

It is great news to introduce another new staff member at Holi Boli Fashionz! Thanks to growing support we have been able to invite Sasmita to join our team. She graduated top of her class at CIC Sewing School. A very gentle and industrious women from Bhalupali. We are so happy to have her on board.
Read more
2015 March - Nelson NZ fundraiser by Greta Greenwood and team

A huge 'thanks' to Greta and team in Nelson for their amazing Vineyard Banquet to promote awareness and raise sales for Holi Boli in India. They sold many Holi Boli dresses on the night and also had donations for a ladies sewing class tuition fees and sponsorship for a new sewing machine! Thank you so much Nelson peps for your generosity!
Read more
2014 November - Review - Miss Victory Violet
2014 November - Review - Miss Victory Violet

Miss Victory Violet The Holi Boli India Dress Posted on November 7, 2014 by missvictoryvioletI love supporting small local businesses so when Natalie of Two Lippy Ladies in Napier contacted me about some new dresses they were making, I was thrilled to get to be one of the first to receive one!The India dress is a collaboration between Two Lippy Ladiesand Holi Boli. Holi Boli is a New Zealand company...
Read more
2014 October - Empowered - Employed!

Our last news was about Nini being empowered by the skills she gained at HB Sewing School. Now we are very excited to say that due to increasing demand we were able to employ Nini. So Awesome! Thanks to you guys for buying HB a wonderful lady is able to be a support for her whole family!
Read more
2014 July - Empowered
2014 July - Empowered

Sewing graduate Nini turned up to our home wearing a new salwar she had made all by herself, at home during the weekend and she looked so stoked. She used the pattern we made together in sewing class. She knows how to lay the cloth, cut it and constructed it. Clever lady! She is a great seamstress
Read more
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India
2014 May - Hawkes' Bay Today - Couple Create Jobs in Rural India

By Tania McCauley HAWKES BAY TODAY, NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND4:00 PM Thursday May 29, 2014 Ana Wilkinson has been running sewing courses for women in India.Former Hawke's Bay couple Ana and Daniel Wilkinson have spent the past few years creating job opportunities for rural Indian villagers. It includes the Holi Boli clothing line, several examples of which are on show at the Photographers...
Read more
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life
2014 May - Napier Courier - Sewing the Fabric of a Good Life

From: Napier Courier; Wednesday 28 May 2014.  John IrelandAs a student at Tamatea High School, Ana Wilkinson-Gee had two passions - India and sewing.Now 39, and a mother of three, Ana has been indulging her twin interests for more than four years as she and her husband, Daniel, operate CIC (Continuous Improvement Communities) out of the village of Bhalupali in the Indian state of Orissa.A...
Read more
2014 May PopUp Shop

Holi Boli has arrived in NZ! Come to the Kitchen Table Cafe in Napier from the 21-31 May and have a look at our pop-up shop! Dresses and salwars for sale, made by graduates of our sewing school, now empowered into employment. Buy a dress and support our ethical business in India.
Read more
2014 March - Yellow Brick Road Dress

A great dress made for Yellow Brick Road in Ponsonby.
Read more
New site (new place to find Holi Boli Blog)
New site (new place to find Holi Boli Blog)

Hey there!   Holi Boli Blogs have moved to our main website.   You can find the new updates and all the old stories there.    Click to see Holi Boli Blog. https://youtu.be/wzuEPIMNIjM
Read more

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