Friday, 20 September 2013
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
NEW Natural Beauty Workshops are here!
Ready for a beauty spring clean? Then join us for our first series of 'Natural Beauty Workshops' at our Angel studio. Find out more and how to book on our Workshops page
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
And the winner is...
Thrifty Couture dressed up last night and went to the Sustainable City Awards, and won!
The Awards are the UK's foremost recognition of companies, big and small, who are going that bit further to make a difference to their environment.
For Thrifty as you know, reusing what historically goes into landfill, is the basis of how we operate and the first of our three tenets. We are currently up to 1.3tonne of clothing and cloth and counting
Showing others how they can re-purpose their own garments so that they too get infected with the habit - and pass it on - is our second tenet.
And thirdly, we retrain the unemployed or those who find it very hard to even get in the interview queue, and that is our last, and possibly, our most important tenet.
Hot off the photographer's Mac ...
The overriding theme of the awards was Sustainable Fashion and the lovely Livia Firth was presenting alongside Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE, who will be Lord Mayor next year.
The fashion category awards went to long established warriors in the sustainability war, the amazing Patchacuti and People Tree.
The Awards are the UK's foremost recognition of companies, big and small, who are going that bit further to make a difference to their environment.
For Thrifty as you know, reusing what historically goes into landfill, is the basis of how we operate and the first of our three tenets. We are currently up to 1.3tonne of clothing and cloth and counting
Showing others how they can re-purpose their own garments so that they too get infected with the habit - and pass it on - is our second tenet.
And thirdly, we retrain the unemployed or those who find it very hard to even get in the interview queue, and that is our last, and possibly, our most important tenet.
Our little enterprise won the "Greening the Third Sector" category which
recognises and rewards the efforts of voluntary groups, social enterprises and charities
across London, who are making real improvements to their ecological
footprints by reducing waste, using energy and water more efficiently
and cutting down on transport and resource use.
The award is in association with The City Bridge Trust and The Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.
This was amazing, but the biggest surprise was yet to come when Simon Mills announced the Overall Award Winner. It was Thrifty Couture again.
In the excitement none of us took photos - so I'll be back with some glossies a bit later. But in the meantime here is a photo I took last night of our two awards and the two certificates we collected for our sister company, GetMoreBikes. A big thank you to collaborators ReWorks who were on hand to hold one of the trophies.
Hot off the photographer's Mac ...
The overriding theme of the awards was Sustainable Fashion and the lovely Livia Firth was presenting alongside Alderman Fiona Woolf CBE, who will be Lord Mayor next year.
The fashion category awards went to long established warriors in the sustainability war, the amazing Patchacuti and People Tree.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Winter Wonderland workshops are here
We are delighted to offer our fun series of Christmas craft workshops with Offset Warehouse, the ethical clothing and interiors specialists!
Spend time on a Saturday creating some wonderfully unique, hand-crafted items - perfect presents for special people. With easy to more advanced designs to choose from, make and decorate lavender bags, herbal hot pillows, cushion covers and Christmas decorations and more. All materials provided and seasonal refreshments included!
Just £35 for one adult and up to two children (suitable from 8 years old)
Full information and dates, and booking are all HERE
Spend time on a Saturday creating some wonderfully unique, hand-crafted items - perfect presents for special people. With easy to more advanced designs to choose from, make and decorate lavender bags, herbal hot pillows, cushion covers and Christmas decorations and more. All materials provided and seasonal refreshments included!
Just £35 for one adult and up to two children (suitable from 8 years old)
Full information and dates, and booking are all HERE
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Free Range Art & Design Graduate Summer Show, Glasshouse, E1
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Thrifty Hammock Workshop Brings the Sunshine
Thrifty Hammock Workshop Brings the Sunshine
After the obligatory sun-dance we struck lucky ...
Here are (l to r) Kate, Hannah and Debbie with their finished and most beautiful thrifty hammocks - can't wait to see them hung ladies!
After the obligatory sun-dance we struck lucky ...
Here are (l to r) Kate, Hannah and Debbie with their finished and most beautiful thrifty hammocks - can't wait to see them hung ladies!
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