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==Controversy== |
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In May 2018, online news platform ''The Spinoff'' criticized L'Estrange-Corbet's brand WORLD for selling imported clothes with a label attached saying "Made in New Zealand" in French, |
In May 2018, online news platform ''The Spinoff'' criticized L'Estrange-Corbet's brand WORLD for selling imported clothes with a label attached saying "Made in New Zealand" in French, after herself made frequent criticisms of labour conditions of imported products<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/07-05-2018/t-shirts-from-bangladesh-sequin-patches-from-china-all-sold-by-world-as-made-in-nz/|title=T-Shirts from Bangladesh. Sequin patches from China. Sold by WORLD as ‘Made in New Zealand’|last=Chapman|first=Madeleine|date=2018-05-07|website=The Spinoff|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>. The brand had not been rated by TEAR Fund's labour standards ratings scheme because of the claim all the products were made in New Zealand. L'Estrange-Corbet defended WORLD's practices, calling the story "gutter journalism" and a "beat-up" <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2018/05/that-s-not-me-dame-denise-l-estrange-corbet-comes-out-swinging-at-misleading-label-claims.html|title='That's not me': Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet comes out swinging at 'misleading label' claims|date=2018-07-05|work=Newshub|access-date=2019-10-12|language=en}}</ref>, and saying that the "clothing tags that say Made in NZ are Made in NZ, so there is nothing misleading about this" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/07-05-2018/those-world-t-shirts-dame-denise-lestrange-corbet-responds/|title=Those WORLD T-shirts: Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet responds|date=2018-05-07|website=The Spinoff|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>. |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet
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L'Estrange-Corbet in 2014
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion designer and businesswoman |
| Known for | Founded WORLD |
Dame Denise Ann L'Estrange-Corbet DNZM is a New Zealand fashion designer and businesswoman. She founded WORLD, a fashion label, in 1989 with her then husband, Francis Hooper.
L'Estrange-Corbet published her autobiography, All That Glitters, in 2008, in which she discussed her childhood in London and her history of depression.[1] At the age of 3 her mother took her and her sister to England to escape an abusive alcoholic father, and she was raised in London.[2] She appeared in a Ministry of Health campaign aimed at reducing the stigma of suffering from depression.[3]
In 1995 WORLD's designs won the Avant Garde category at the Benson & Hedges Fashion Design Award, a $5000 prize.[2] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, L'Estrange-Corbet was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM), for services to fashion design.[4] She was promoted to Dame Companion (DNZM) of the same order in the 2018 New Year Honours, for services to fashion and the community.[5][3][6][7] She won the Westpac "Women of Influence" award in 2017.[6] In 2015 WORLD became the first fashion brand to be endorsed by the United Nations.[2]
In May 2018, online news platform The Spinoff criticized L'Estrange-Corbet's brand WORLD for selling imported clothes with a label attached saying "Made in New Zealand" in French, after herself made frequent criticisms of labour conditions of imported products[8]. The brand had not been rated by TEAR Fund's labour standards ratings scheme because of the claim all the products were made in New Zealand. L'Estrange-Corbet defended WORLD's practices, calling the story "gutter journalism" and a "beat-up" [9], and saying that the "clothing tags that say Made in NZ are Made in NZ, so there is nothing misleading about this" [10].
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