TOTES AMAZING
A while back, whilst styling a lovely client, we got to talking about another lady, with a love for colour.
‘Have you heard of Totes’ Jan said
’Like, as in the ‘tote’ bag’ said Lauren
’Nooooooo, like as in the awesome runner/fashion lover/blogger’
’Ahh - no?’ said Lauren
’Well, you must must must - she’d love your products!’
And that’s basically how it all started.
The next day I messaged Alison Stankard and mentioned a friend had put me onto her and I wondered if she may like a few of our pieces to try. She said she was very honoured and that people never send her stuff!
So my products went down South, the lego coloured ones anyway. And I got on with my day.
A few weeks later, another friend sent me some images from her social media, of Alison wearing my designs. Not just wearing them though. Rocking them. She looked wonderful and really gave the designs a fabulous canvas.
We had a quick chat about doing a collaboration, and after a series of events, we got a little date in the diary.
The thing about my products are this;
They were created on my kitchen table.
They are designed with the wearer having an interest in COLOUR
They are a statement piece, setting off any outfit into it’s own league.
You come to them in your own time. It has to be organic or it isn’t going to work.
People just ‘get them’, adore them and wear them even better than myself at times.
The collaboration with Totes really started out of a mutual respect for each other’s style, the love of colour and supporting small business. Since meeting ‘in person’ in Manchester, i’ve realised that there are just some people who are genuinely out to help others and spur them on. As a fellow mother of three (plus a dog) I’d like to thank Alison for being such a ray of sunshine on a cloudy Manchester day.
