The Label

Tamsin Cooper's luxury fashion accessories and signature velvet coats are designed in Dunedin, New Zealand by our family owned business. We have forged a close relationship of over a decade with the manufacturers of our designs, who are a small family based company in Hanoi, Vietnam. 

Tamsin Cooper designs combine western design aesthetics with time-honoured Vietnamese workmanship. All embroidered detail is exquisitely hand stitched onto fine silk fabrics, by artisans in traditional Vietnamese villages using techniques that have been passed down for generations.

Our company reflects a truly global perspective. From designing the collection in Dunedin, renowned for its thriving fashion and arts community, to making regular trips to Vietnam, where the vibrant surroundings and rich heritage serves as infinite inspiration to our designs.

Trading with a conscience is essential to the way our company works, and we donate a percentage of our profits to a respected New Zealand/Vietnamese aid organization.

Designer Profile

I began the Tamsin Cooper label in 2003 from Arrowtown, New Zealand with just a small range of women's silk wallets and coin purses, exquisitely hand embroidered in Vietnam. Since then my range has grown to include an extensive range of fashion accessories, clothing, and interior accessories which over the last few years has gained national media acclaim.

A timely adventure to Vietnam, then the birth of my son in 2003 and a move from Dunedin to Queenstown launched my career as a designer. I missed working with the thriving Dunedin fashion and arts industries and realised when I moved to Queenstown that to remain in the fashion industry I would have to work for myself.

Drawing on experience and knowledge gleaned from my previous jobs as Arts Advisor and then Business Advisor for Film & Fashion for Dunedin City gave me confidence to create my own label. The geographical isolation of Arrowtown and the sheer beauty of gave me determination, a point of difference and a clear vision. Regular trips to Vietnam are truly inspirational and living at the bottom of the World in a certain state of creative isolation, so to speak, gives me the drive!

My family and I left Arrowtown in January to return to my hometown of Dunedin, where the opportunity arose to open a spacious new workshop and boutique giving the public their first opportunity to view and purchase from my entire collection.

The Tamsin Cooper label is family owned and I work closely with my husband a graphic designer and sculptor. I also have a creative, hard-working team of women who ensure that our day to day business runs smoothly! Working with Vietnam is challenging and amazing, their talent and skill for hand embroidery and bead work is brilliant and the quality of their work sensational. Producing my designs using such talented workmanship is why I believe my finished designs have so much spirit!

The Collection

Tamsin’s Summer 2012 collection is a celebration of the ‘oh-so-pretty’ and affordable luxury! With five gorgeous design stories that blend femininity, whimsy and deliciously vibrant summer colours, this collection has something for all lovers of timeless beauty. Each piece in Tamsin’s collection is unique in it’s own right. With her signature embroidery designs exquisitely hand stitched and applied by skilled artisans, creating individual hand crafted works of art which will be treasured for seasons to come.

Tamsin Cooper accessories and clothing are available in over 100 stores nationwide, on-line at www.tamsincooper.co.nz and at the Tamsin Cooper Boutique, level 1, 30 Moray Place Dunedin, New Zealand

Tamsin Cooper Velvet Coats... the ultimate fashion accessory

Tamsin’s signature velvet coats are the ultimate fashion accessory and are available in a simply stunning range of styles and lengths from nipped-in waisted jackets, dress coats, swing, opera, evening and fitted. Tamsin’s coat collection is embellished with hand-stitched luxury; striking beaded designs and delicate floral embroidery feature, blending perfectly with the opulent silk/viscose velvet and the extravagant 100% parachute silk lining.  

Tamsin Cooper’s 2011Winter Coat Collection revives the elegance and glamour of the ’Silver Screen’ era, combining her signature silks and velvet with this seasons chic designs. The collection is in turn charming and flamboyant, with a nod to vintage sweetness yet embracing red carpet drama!  The Winter 2011 collection features an intriguing palette of stunning colours including sumptuous pomegranate, vivid sapphire blue, deepest ruby red, indulgent crimson, chic grey and dramatic jet-black.

Tamsin’s collection of coats has a timeless grace with each a limited edition design that will become a true heirloom piece.

For coat enquiries or to back order a style or size not currently available on-line
contact the Tamsin Cooper workshop, sales@tamsincooper.co.nz  or phone:  03 471 9090 or visit level 1, 30 Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Also available in selected fashion stores nationwide.
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