1. Dame Trelise Pamela Cooper is a fashion designer from New Zealand.
19 Facts About Trelise Cooper
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Trelise Cooper attended Henderson High School, and volunteered at Lifeline crisis support service as a teenager.
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Trelise Cooper left school at the age of 15 and married two years later.
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Trelise Cooper then took a break from business to have a baby, and returned in late 1996.
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Trelise Cooper produces Trelise Cooper Interiors, a fabric range made in association with textiles house Charles Parsons.
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Trelise Cooper is a patron of the Breast Cancer Research Trust, an advocate for domestic violence awareness and supports Habitat for Humanity.
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At 2009's New Zealand Fashion Week Trelise Cooper initiated an onsite house build to promote this charity.
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Trelise Cooper is an environmental supporter, producing eco bags for supermarket chain Progressive Enterprises.
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Trelise Cooper is involved with the UN-sponsored organisation MARITAGE International, which connects young women in developed and developing countries, and mentors young people in New Zealand.
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In December 2005, Trelise Cooper was involved in an intellectual property dispute with fellow New Zealand fashion designer Tamsin Trelise Cooper, objecting to Tamsin registering her name as a trademark.
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In July 2007, Trelise Cooper agreed to drop the suit and let Tamsin Trelise Cooper operate under her own name.
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In 2004, Trelise Cooper was named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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In 2015, Trelise Cooper announced that it will be her final year as a manager.
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In 2018, Trelise Cooper was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame.
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In 2014 Trelise Cooper sparked controversy when she repeated the same offense made by Victoria's Secret in 2012 and Chanel in 2013 by having models wear sacred Native American feathered headdresses.
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Trelise Cooper stated in her apology 'I genuinely respect and honour all cultures, races and religions.
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In December 2020, Trelise Cooper was criticised for naming a new floral polyester dress design the "Trail of Tiers", after the forced relocation of about 46,000 American Indians between 1830 and 1850 by the United States Government.
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Trelise Cooper apologised for the hurt caused by the dress's name design and announced that the design would be removed from stores.
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Trelise Cooper has a husband, Jack, a stepdaughter, Nadia Cooper and a son Jasper Cooper.