17 Jul 2009 - posted by People & Pleasures Showcase
Embroidery-mad designer Tamsin Cooper joins forces with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Like many little girls, designer Tamsin Cooper took ballet lessons and dreamt of becoming a dancer.
“I honestly believed I was going to go to Britain and train at the Royal Academy,” she says.
Sadly, it never happened. But, much to her delight, her latest project lets her revisit that childhood world of fantasy and fabulousness. Last year the Royal New Zealand Ballet invited Tamsin to design a range of accessories that would appeal to its supporters – everyone from budding ballerinas through to the more traditional older audiences who regularly attend performances.
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