Cherry Bishop

General information

Born in Helensville New Zealand , Cherry grew up residing on the family sheep and cattle farming property. At age 20 she traveled to Sydney Australia where she was accepted at the Sydney Institute of Technology (1981) and completed the first 2 years of the clothing design course offered there.

While still a student at Sydney Fashion Institute she began selling her designs at Paddington market. This endeavor met with immediate success and a conflict quickly developed between the demands of a growing small business and continued full time attendance at the institute. Cherry chose instead to develop her business which would eventually wholesale to several Australian cities.

In 1989 she traveled to New York as a tourist and fell in love with the energy and vitality of the city. The following year she received resident alien status in the U.S. and soon after opened “Halo” at 96 East 7th St in the East Village which quickly earned a customer base of hep downtown girls who came to depend on her for good prices and great fit.

While running her store “Halo” Cherry studied at the renown Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and graduated with an Associates degree in Patternmaking Technology “ Magna Cum Laude” in December 2001.

Post September 11th and following a move back home to New Zealand Cherry opened her namesake store “Cherry Bishop” in the former location of that notorious den of iniquity the “Pink Pussycat” at 500 Karangahape Rd where she continues to produce wearable clothing with a retro influence and great fabric and fit made in an extended size range of sizes 8-18.