MY
PASSION
My goal and passion is to bring the
New Zealand pageant and dance industries affordable, creative, glamorous,
and award winning costumes. Costumes that you will be proud to wear and showcase your country, our Aotearoa New Zealand,
to your fellow Kiwi's and to the world!
My costumes are works of art,
they are all carefully thought out and
hand made by me with love and Kiwi pride.
They all have a background story of
New Zealand threaded into each costume,
stitch by stitch, rhinestone by rhinestone.
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I hope that you enjoy wearing my costumes
as much as I enjoy making them!
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Jo Marie
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MY
CLIENTS
I can proudly say that Jo Marie Wearable Art
has won Best in National Costume
at Miss World New Zealand for
2017, 2018, and 2019.
This is an achievement I am really proud of, and I am equally proud of my clients that have gone on to represent New Zealand all around the world.
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LETS
COLLABORATE
I am more than happy to collaborate on ideas and bring those ideas together and create a National Costume or Dance Costume (later in 2024) with you in mind, and I'm pretty good at it! I have been winning several awards and my costumes have traveled all around the world.
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I love working from inspiration pictures and ideas, BUT costumes need to naturally evolve as you work and you need to allow that freedom and let it be what it is going to be, otherwise things start to look "forced". The hours that go into my costumes, the sewing, the hand beading, the gluing, the sourcing supplies, is hours and hours and hours. As a guideline, a National Costume will range from $500-$1200.
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And remember, my past catalogue of National Costumes are available for hire from The Pageant Store! With new costumes made by me being added. Meg is the owner of The Pageant Store and is also the National Director of Miss New Zealand Ltd and can guide and help you with hiring a Jo Marie Wearable Art National Costume and with everything pageants!