Autumn Essentials: Belleza Boutique

Loved Lincoln local, Belleza has been providing women with gorgeous garments from top quality brands for years. Owner Anna Green recently opened her second store at The Crossing in the heart of Christchurch CBD, opposite Country Road. The boutique brings a thoughtfully curated collection to the city, with plans to blend clothing with her passion […]

From the Editor: 04 March 2021

Each fortnight at Metropol we’re privileged to showcase the new and noteworthy. On our pages, across cuisine, fashion, home, beauty, health, hospitality, architecture, motoring, events and travel we aim to bring a definitive collection of what’s worth knowing about in Canterbury and the South Island.     And in this issue, we start as we […]

City Chic: Belleza Boutique

Loved Lincoln local, Belleza has been providing women with gorgeous garments from top quality brands for years. Owner Anna Green recently opened her second store at The Crossing in the heart of Christchurch CBD. Opposite Country Road, the boutique brings a thoughtfully curated collection to the city, with plans to blend clothing with her passion […]

Racewear style picks: The Crossing

The Crossing is the heart of fashion, beauty and retail in the Christchurch CBD, so Metropol asked those in the know what their style picks are for nailing Cup Week looks – and beyond.       “My pick for spring is anything from our Lucy floral print – they are perfect for all events […]

Quality and character: Wilson and Hill Architects

For 25 years Wilson and Hill Architects have been delivering quality architecture to clients in Christchurch and beyond, to the whole of the South Island. The Crossing, ECan building, and Forté Health represent just a sample of Wilson and Hill’s post-earthquake designs characterising Christchurch. With their workload increasing, directors Chris Wilson and David Hill asked […]

Book-tacular 2020

With the Christmas hurly-burly done and dusted, Piccadilly Bookshop’s Neville Templeton takes time out to share a bit about what’s up for 2020.   What’s your New Year looking like so far, Neville? Both staff and customers are enjoying the oasis of calm post-Christmas, but we’re still busy finding books for our avid readers, and […]

Heart of the city: The Crossing

Feel the pulse of the heart of the city at The Crossing, where energy and spirits are sky high. This destination shopping hub within the CBD realises what we dreamed of for our reborn city. “The vibe is great, you get the sensation of shopping in Sydney or Melbourne, wandering the al fresco lanes where […]

The Crossing

Crossing Over in the city: Exciting new spaces continue to open up in the heart of the city

From a conservative post-Victorian city to a bold and innovative urban hot spot, Christchurch has emerged as a province that packs a proverbial punch. The exciting new spaces that continue to open up in the heart of the city are driving this exciting change and commanding attention, not just on a national level but also […]

Cutler & Co

Looking sharp for work & play: Cutler & Co’s new flagship store offers stylish and quality menswear

Christchurch’s own menswear brand, Cutler & Co, has a new flagship store. On the Colombo street-side ground floor of The Crossing, it’s offering a warm, heritage-infused winter range. Having expanded out well beyond Canterbury’s borders to premium retail stores throughout Australasia, Cutler’s clothes combine tactile, quality materials with sophisticated ease of wear. European in styling, […]