Background Established on the runways of Fiji Fashion Week 2009, the company’s brand has remained true to its aesthetics in fashion design and sustainable product adaptation reflecting UN SDG’s #1-Eradication of Poverty.
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Background Established on the runways of Fiji Fashion Week 2009, the company’s brand has remained true to its aesthetics in fashion design and sustainable product adaptation reflecting UN SDG’s #1-Eradication of Poverty by providing employment to women in squatter settlements, making them financially independent to make wise choices- SDG#5-Gender Equality, #12 on Sustainable Consumption & Production.
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Hupfeld Hoerder is an internationally acclaimed fashion designer whose desire to make a difference goes far beyond the beautiful garments he creates.
Born and raised in Fiji, the self-taught designer has worked in the fashion industry for over twenty-five years.
With his designs inspired by fibres and natural resources from the Pacific, an interest in sustainable production led him to apply for the Fashioning Fiji project and scholarship program.
Among the recent accolades, his work was recognised at the Pacific Islands Forum with Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern among the leaders from across the region who wore his custom designs.
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Handcrafted Island Essentials Boutique is the epitome of craftsmanship and cultural beauty inspired by the enchanting Fiji Islands. Sonam Sapra, the owner and designer, is a highly regarded, expert textile designer from Fiji who found her beginnings as a student of Parsons, the New School for Design in New York.
Sonam has since launched a textile design business committed to promoting Fiji’s Vanua (land and people) and culture, employing fashion as her vehicle. Her hand-drawn and digitally printed fabrics are showcased as raw fabric and resort-wear fashion pieces in her boutique at Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa, Denarau Island.
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