Wild Child comfy clothes from New Zealand


Wild Child striped white and blue-grey shirt. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury.

Wild Child large shirt, size 18, from label Wild Child. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.


The dusky blue cap is from Primark,  Britain's big budget clothing chain. It hs six teeny breathing holes. 

New Zealand Op Shops 

I bought this Wild Child shirt from a charity shop, known as an Op Shop, in New Zealand. Charity shops were not making enough money and were seen as downmarket shops for second hand outdated clothes. So a bright lady introduced the name Op Shops for Opportunity Shops, which is what they are now called in Australia and New Zealand.

Back in the UK, 6 months later, I discovered this top languishing in my holiday suitcase, never worn. The shop label still attached. So the item is new to me!

The shop label says Hospice shop, Tairawhiti. The garment cost me 9 New Zealand dollars.

The Hospice Shop Label 

The back of the label says: Donated goods are vital in raising funds to ensure Hospice Tairawhiti services remain free of charge. Thank you for helping us turn second-hand goods into first-class care.

Tairawhiti

Isn't that beautifully expressed.

Wild Child Ladies Clothing Label

I looked up Wild Child label clothes and found them on several sites including Designer Wardrobe, Etsy and a few others.

Designer Wardrobe's site showed two more garments with similar colour and a narrow white stripe and wide denim grey blue pattern.

Their styles are loose. I would say comfortable. Fits larger sizes and people with ballooning or oscillating weight. 

But a touch of style. I really like the fold up tab sleeves. 

Buttons

The shirt front has nine buttons. Pearly white, flat.Two more are on each cuff. One on each tab. Total fifteen. A lot to replace if you lose one. 

Spare Button

Fortunately there is one spare button. So that makes 16 in total. Two packs of 8, or one of 16, or four of four, if you wanted to repace them all with something fancy.

 I do like garments which have a spare button. The button is supposed to be there so you can test whether the buttons will survive your washing machine.. However, I never take them off and test them. I always regard them as spare buttons, kindly provided by the considerate manufacturer.

After you lose one, you will be sure to check all the others and oversew all the others or at least those which look loose. Two holes, so easy to sew neatly.

Fabric & Cleaning

The fabric is not cotton but 100% viscose. Made in China. You can wash it to 40% or dry clean. They say turn inside out, which I presume protects the buttons, as well as the surace of the fabric. The material feels light and soft.

Creasing And Ironing

As you can see, it has come out of the suitcase crumpled. The instructions are all in English. No silly symbols. It says warm iton.
I never iron. I prefer to wash things out in cold or luke warm water. Pull them straight and hang them to dry over the bath.



The Creased Collar

It might improve with ironing. The collar does not sit smartly. You can buy collar corners in metal or plastic. Pliain plastic ones can slide inside if there is a slit or you make one. Or decorative metal clips

The Cuff Tab

Tabs on shirt sleeves. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The tabs are what sold me this style. I love tabs.

It is not smart. Not fitted. Loose. Subtle. Inconspicuous. Practical. For wearing out in the wild.

What would you wear it with? Jeans. Off-white. Plain colour.
I asked my husband, 'What do you think of this blouse?'
He replied, 'I think it's a man's shirt, re-purposed as a woman's blouse.'

I found other wildchild or Wild Child companies in India and New York, making clothes for children and men. I think they are separate from the New Zealand company.

Useful Websites

https://designerwardrobe.co.nz/shop/?brand=wild-child

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