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Verge Girl: Sister’s loan from parents now turned into a global fashion success – New Zealand Herald
Brisbane sisters asked parents for a loan to open fashion store, now it’s worth millions.
Sisters Natalia and Daniella Dionyssiou were just 17 and 19 when they opened their first fashion store in Brisbane in 2007. They started small with a “tiny” space while they were both studying fashion design.
The pair had been working part-time in their parents’ shoe shop in between their studies, and started selling hand tie-dyed silk duster coats and kimonos they made themselves.
A $30,000 loan from their parents was “just enough” to buy stock and open the doors on their first shop, which …
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