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Physical Address: The Moose Company Ltd, 10A Palm Grove, Berhampore, Wellington 6023
Operating Since: The Lone Moose label was originated in 2007 when Canadian born Bonnie de Gros began lovingly making clothes for her son and the requests came flooding in! In 2009, the label was taken over by two new mothers, Jule Hartung and Alexandra van Niekerk, who strive to continue making Lone Moose the best that it can be.
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What kind of clothes do you make?
Beautifully crafted children's clothes for girls and boys, aged from 6 months to 8 years. The Lone Moose range includes wool coats, raincoats, screenprinted and recycled hoodies, tops, dresses, trousers, leggings, shorts, bloomers, skirts, bibs and hats. We use carefully chosen quality materials (new, recycled and vintage) to create beautiful timeless garments which are practical with a touch of whimsy.
Lone Moose garments are created in small runs in order to make them special, just like your child. Although colours, fabrics and prints vary seasonally, our popular designs remain the same so you can find the items you love each year as your child grows. In addition to our new garments, Lone Moose offers a recycled range - the charm and appeal of these garments is that they are all unique!
Who makes your clothes?
Our clothes are cut at home and then we are lucky to have a couple of marvellous seamstresses (in Auckland and Wellington) who do our sewing. For bigger orders, we use trusted manufacturer Stitch Products in Porirua. Once our garments are sewn, they come back to us for finishing - we have become very good at sewing on buttons and using the snap press!
Who sells your clothes? Can we buy them online?
Lone Moose can be bought online & can also be found at seasonal markets such as Knack Market (Wellington), Martinborough Fair & Craft 2.0.
In addition, Lone Moose can be found at the following lovely stockists:
Offspring Lane and Dalston (Auckland)
Infantesimal, Little League, Kids Collection and Organic Baby (Wellington)
Found My Way (Invercargill)
Big Tums Little Bums (Wanaka)
Miracle (Dunedin)
What price range are your clothes in?
We feel Lone Moose is fairly and reasonably priced for beautiful quality garments made in NZ. To give an idea of our price range, you can purchase reversible beanies for $22 and fully-lined wool coats for $100.
Why do you think NZ clothing labels outsource their manufacturing overseas?
Unfortunately it always come down to money. Many labels look overseas to manufacture as labour costs are cheaper and in some instances the NZ dollar goes further.
What could the Government do to help clothing labels keep it in NZ?
It would be great if the Government supported NZ labels to keep manufacture here - maybe they could provide an incentive to keep ownership and manufacture in NZ.
Anything to add?
We feel very proud that Lone Moose is NZ-made and thank all of our customers for being so supportive. It is heartening to us that adults wish we made clothing in their sizes & wonderful to know that Lone Moose garments are the ones which are held on to for your grandchildren!
We have been so impressed with the Lone Moose clothing we've bought, as have others (we get SO many comments!). They've really lasted the distance and are in incredible condition given the amount of wear they get! :)
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