I haven’t posted in over a month! Christmas was absolutely crazy this year, one of the many joys of retail of course being that I only had Christmas day off. Obviously because I haven’t posted in forever I have loads to talk about! First of all BoutiqueVintage has officially changed to Retro Robin. The website is currently being designed and built by the lovely people at EKMPowershop.com, the logo has been drawn up and I have a date to go and handpick all of my stock in early February. This is probably the most exciting thing I have ever done, I loved running the market but because I was working 6 days a week I never got to dedicate a lot of my time to picking out stock. I cant wait to get to the warehouse and start choosing things to sell. I’m pretty nervous about having an ecommerce website, it makes it all official and will need a lot of my time to continuously update the stock, send out the orders, keep on top of customers etc etc. Unfortunately due to my day job getting so hectic over Christmas I have had to stop trading on the market for the time being. I’m hoping to get back on there in summer when we quieten down a bit but for the moment I have had to give it a miss. I am absolutely gutted as I really loved being there and doing what I love, BUT I’m hoping that the website is going to be just as much fun, and also give me more flexibility and a wider audience.
Next news update is that later this year my partner and I will be leaving the lovely city of Cambridge. We have been looking at Norwich, Brighton and Reading but I all depends on work for the both of us. Of course I’m sure that in a few months time I will have been able to quit my day job and will just be running my lovely website! I have been approached with an offer to do a concession in a high street store however I have a few worries. Because my stock is vintage I will only have one of everything and cant order more in. I’m not sure if the cost of renting out a space in the store would be balanced out by the sales. Anyway, I need to do a few more sums before I decide on anything but would love to hear what you think, would you buy vintage from a high street store? Do you think vintage clothing is accessible enough? Would you like to see more vintage on our high streets?
Final news is that I will be starting my next piece for Cambridge news this week, I have a few ideas laid out but can always do with more! If you have any questions on the best places to buy vintage or things to watch out for, popular eras, styling tips….anything! I am currently working on style dilemmas that I have been sent with a few pictures and hints and tips, of course it will be posted on here before it goes anywhere else. Tweet me @hollievintage and let me know what you think of my vintage concession idea and any pieces you would like to see on here and in Cambridge news xx
