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On the Street
Mark Unwin is recognisable from his work with a number of local companies including Graeme Dingle Foundation, Borough Wines with Socially Good Enterprises, Rainbow Ski Area, Cordall and the Economic Development team at Marlborough District Council. This means he’s no stranger to dressing up for fundraising events and he loves to have a bit of fun with it.
What are you wearing today?
Ben Sherman t-shirt and Nuew jeans – both from Thomas’s, Happy socks, Diesel shoes from Farrys Menswear and rainbow jacket I got online from WD Styles. Last year I got to wear this jacket for the first Start Up weekend in Marlborough; 40 people working together to create a business in 54 hours, and then backed it up with the Rainbow Ski Field Snow Ball on the same weekend.
What is your style?
Dad style with a touch of over confidence and colour. Dressing well or dressing up creates a good vibe for me. I have always enjoyed costume parties (which is a frightening sentence to type). A favourite for my wife and I was a Rubik’s Cube party where we started in six colours and finished in one. I guess my style is not taking my self too seriously.
What is most of your wardrobe made up of?
A random collection of online purchases from Tipsy Elves and Shinesty, and basics from Thomas’s and Farrys Menswear (in Wellington).
What are you loving at the moment?
Boom Town lager, Marlborough oysters and the descent into summer.
Where do you buy most of your clothes from?
Thomas’s and online - it’s the best of both worlds. We are so fortunate in Marlborough to have Thomas’s in town.
What is your approach to shopping?
A once-a-year in person frenzy and regular online regrets.
What is your all-time favourite purchase?
I purchased a morning suit for a friend’s wedding, even putting it on builds excitement for what’s in store, never had a bad time wearing it.
What has been your worst clothing disaster?
I started my first-year university in all whites with some cane shoes, shouldn’t have been allowed out of my room. What wardrobe item should everyone invest in?
Colourful socks and a great pair of jeans.
Do you have a style rule you always obey?
Would I be happy to be seen dead in this?
If you could raid one person’s wardrobe, who would it be?
Gerard Farry from Farrys Menswear, he always looks the part.
Finish this sentence – You would never catch me wearing…
‘So Fine’ jeans.
Bathroom renovations without the inconvenience
Gone are the days when you have to leave home while your bathroom is a no-go zone. Ross McWhirter and Kelly Hammond of RM Plumbing built the first bathroom trailer after seeing first-hand how frustrated and stressed their local plumbing customers were when faced with the inconvenience of not having a working shower or toilet, or both. Onsite Ensuite was created with the region’s renovators and homeowners in mind. Mobile bathrooms on wheels. They are a brilliant and innovative solution to the problem of not having a toilet and shower to use while bathroom renovations or repairs are taking place. They are equally the ideal mobile convenience when hired for Marlborough weddings and events. Self-contained and fully insulated, all threebathroom trailers available are fitted out with a full-sized shower area, complete with high flow shower mixer. The vanities, with large mirrors, have storage space underneath. Along with flushing toilets and extractor fans, the bathrooms are well lit and roomy. “Every aspect has been carefully thought out to ensure your comfort, right down to the towel rails, wall hung hooks and heating,” says Kelly. Each of the bathroom trailers have similar features with different layouts to make full use of the roomy interior. Kelly says, “Customers are often surprised that the interior is bigger than what they are used to”. Ross and Kelly are excited by the recent addition of a third bathroom trailer to the fleet, one with disabled access, wet floor shower, ample turning area inside and a sturdy ramp for those who need it. Onsite Ensuite's bathroom trailers are connected to power with an extension cord to the nearest power point and cold water comes in from an outside hose tap. Hot water for the shower and vanity is supplied by way of a gas califont or a fast-cycling electric hot water cylinder, depending on the specific bathroom hired. The bathrooms do not have onboard holding tanks for waste water, instead the toilet and greywater waste are simply pumped back to the client’s on-site septic system. The response to the Onsite Ensuite concept has been excellent with customers thrilled that they can stay in their homes while work is carried out on their bathrooms, saving the cost and stress involved in relocating. A recent customer summed up their experience with the Onsite Ensuite, “This was a game changer when we renovated our bathroom, I quite simply couldn’t have survived without it. Every bathroom reno should allow this in the budget, it made life so much easier and stress free!”
