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Over a period of fourteen years Annah Stretton has forged a hugely successful path through the New Zealand Fashion Landscape Her first catwalk show at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week was in 2007. Annah Stretton founded her fashion empire on a Waikato dairy farm. Within a year she had turned over her first million and in 2008 was named on the New Zealand Honours list and received The New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Business, Fashion and the Community. With passion, determination and sheer hard work, the mother-of-two quickly grew Stretton Clothing Company and its signature Annah Stretton label into a $10 million a year business, with 30 retail stores in New Zealand and a growing global market in 150 international accounts encompassing North America, The United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and Australia.for her highly desirable clothing collections. Working with a team of over 130 women and proudly producing all of her clothing in New Zealand, Annah's company's vision remains as focused as ever, to be the strongest womenswear retailer in New Zealand! As Chairperson of Fashion Industry New Zealand, recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2005 Retail), a predicted turn-over of $10,000,000 for the 2006-2007 period and after her 5th year of involvement in ANZFW, Annah continues to reinforced her role as an industry leader. |  |