Designer Preloved Styling Tour - WELLS SOMERSET

Designer Preloved Styling Tour - WELLS SOMERSET

KATIE YOUNG GERALD IS LAUNCHING UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE STYLE SHOPPING TOURS FOR THE CONSCIOUS CONTEMPORARY WOMEN

By Katie Young-Gerald

Select date and time

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00 - 13:00 GMT+1

Location

Loaf Cafe (Meet outside Courtyard)

38 Market Street Wells BA5 2DS United Kingdom

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

TO BE A PRO FASHION FORAGER TAKES DECADES OF GOLD DIGGING IN UNEXPECTED PLACES. THESE CLOTHES SOURCING TOURS ARE FOR CONSCIOUS WOMEN & MEN WHO LOVE TO HAVE UNIQUE STYLE.

Anyone can shop on the high street or a department store, but if you want a truely individual and unique wardobe of playful outfit that your personality and purpose, then you need this tour!

Find stunning unique and timeless items from rich pickings that many people are unable to find. Join other rare fashion treasure seekers whilist having support from a passionate sourcing queen and multi award winning fashion designer. You will be helped to you find clothes that make a look and feel beautiful & unique, adding only pieces to your wardrobe that’s perfectly suited you!

Find tours in other treasured places in Somerset. Not in Somerset? London, Brighton, and Bath are available upon request too.

We are offering one a month so make sure you book in quick as spaces are limited to 8 and include tea, at a stunning location at the end of the tour. 

This tour also coincides with the ancient & famous market food and craft where theres also great vintage finds!

Once you’ve booked, we will send you the location of the meeting point details.

Need to customise to fit or add a unique sparkle? Join a Customising Clothes workshops and not need to sew(would be an advantage) but be supported to make something you find or have your cupboards you'd love to transform. Get a discount code for all the Tour Riders!

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ITS PERFECT FOR YOU IF

  • You’re terrified of stepping forward in a charity shop and need your hand holding to take that SUSTAINABLE next step in reusing underused, beautiful garments that need a new owner and also help a charity along the way.

  • Discovering a new YOU and expanding your style repertoire to really make you have a stunning and unique style of your own that’s right for you.

  • You want to be INSPIRED and have an experienced style gurus on hand to give you advice.

    You’d love to go on this sustainable shopping adventure with a group of like-minded and interesting women, which you get to confer with on insights, breakthroughs and brilliant finds at the end with a cup of tea!

 

WHAT YOU WILL GET

  • 121 expertise on how to find gold quickly in second-hand shops.

  • Styling tips that are UNIQUE to you, that suit your brand, style and colouring.

  • How to find INCREDIBLE basics (especially using Verity’s expertise who has an eye for luxury)

  • How to spot the labels, be given a rich picking of shops (usually 3 to 4 per location to browse in) and hopefully find your treasure to try on and buy.

  • Help with suggested adjustments and fit as Katie will be bringing her pins and tape measure!  

    • how to mix secondhand with new

    • Help in expressing your unique personality and colour through clothes that truely honour you.

  • Learn how to shop sustainably by caring for the planet, your purse, giving new life to your wardrobe and giving back to people that really need the charities support.

  • Advice on how to CARE for clothes better so they last longer and look better.

Katie has been a passionate, sustainable fashion collector and designer since she was a child for over 35+ years! She knows her way around a second-hand and Vintage shop like nobody other.  Katie has a unique style and an eye for spotting gold and then translating that into a stunning individual look for the wearer. She’s frequently spotting items for family and friends at bargain prices with bespoke beauty and now this service is going to be launched inside of the sustainable styles shopping tours beginning in 2020 new year, new you, from waste to wealth the future of sustainable fashion begins here!

The idea was hatched with, Verity, after Verity edited Katie's book "The Textile Touch" and discovered their mutual passion for charity shop and second-hand shopping and a passion to share with others this unique and eclectic way of finding clothes. 

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Katie Young Gerald is a multi-award winning designer and supplier to British hospitality and heritage brands.

As well as being the founder of Bespoke Textiles, Katie is also the author of the book The Textile Touch on ‘How Five-Star Hospitality and Heritage Brands Create Their Signature Style Through Textiles’.

Katie’s passion is for second hand and vintage inspired collections and is known for being the voice of Style & Sustainable supply.

£66