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National Identity, Tradition and Decoration Combine as a Fashion IconFrom plastic tiki salad-servers to diamante-outlined tiki printed knits, there is no mistaking that the traditional Maori ornament is back in vogue.
We just love the tiki," says Denise L'Estrange-Corbet, of World. "I think it's a great New Zealand icon, and something that all New Zealanders recognise, wherever they are in the world.
If you see the tiki you just think of home, and for me it's just a great symbol of New Zealand - not just Maori, but the whole of New Zealand."
Not only is it an icon, it seems that the tiki is one of this season's top fashion embellishments.
This winter's Workshop collection sees them adorning everything. Prints abound on denim and cotton, hanging alongside some clever pieces which take the tiki outside its usual sphere.
There is a tiki belt (a brass tiki serving as the buckle), and a merino knit which has a tiki femininely traced with diamantes.
Workshop owner and designer Chris Cherry has a personal love of the tiki.
"I love the tiki's strength and simplicity," says Cherry. "I respond to it on a very basic instinctive level. It is believed that the tiki represents the first man - maybe it's something to do with that.
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