Earlier this month I went along to a special event organised by the lovely Esther Freeman from
Ms Wanda's - with whom I have teamed up for an exciting new project...more info soon! - at the
Harry Smiles vintage pop up shop off Exmouth Market.
Ms Wanda’s is all about finding fashion solutions that don’t compromise people’s human rights or destroy the planet - you can read more about her
here - and during the evening we had the pleasure of browsing through the
Harry Smiles super vinatge collection - I wanted to buy so many items, but had to contain myself to the special dotty jumper below, which I loooooove - as well as
Ms Wanda's own collection and through items from upcycling/recycling designers she represents, such as
Round London,
Sweet Notions and
Dirty Pretty. We also saw Cecilia from
Round London in action customizing an old unflattering gown into a pretty day dress with a few clever tricks and listened to fabulous Veronica Crespi from
REWARDROBE explaining and showing us with examples of items in the shop how one can dress using vintage/second-hand/upcycled clothing even for a crisp office occassion - highlighting the fact that a lot of us are for example a little scared of vintage as an everyday dressing up solution, but it is the way you put things together! It was really great to meet the
Harry Smiles ladies, Emma Smillie and Kelly Harrington, and a huge thanks to them for lending me a gorgeous festival dress for my selling 3-day stint at the
Vintage Weekend at the
Southnbank Centre from 29th-31st July! - will defo post a photo with me in it!
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| Cecilia from Round London examining the unflattering gown.... |
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| Cecilia from Round London with her model after the transformation of the dress! |
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| Veronica from Rewardrobe about to transform a tie into a belt! |
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| ...and the beautiful result! |
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| ...and closer look of the tie-belt |
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| Veronica answering questions from the guests |
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| the lovely Esther from Ms Wanda's (in the middle) talking to guests |
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| a lovely skirt by Ms Wanda's made out of a pillow case!!! |
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| ...and the lovely Jayne Flax who was a young journalist from the US interning in the shop! |
