JOURNAL

JUNE NEWS
June is our favourite month of the year. It’s officially dress season as everyone heads out to special occasions. Lovely to see our pretty dresses flying out the door into the warm Summer sunshine!
MAY NEWS
We launched our very first jewellery collaboration with the talented Lucy Simmons Jewellery. A beautiful collection of gold chains and colourful gemstones in pastel shades & rainbow patterns that you can layer up to match all your Spring & Summer...
APRIL NEWS
Our very first Pop up of the season took place at the very special @hutton_wandesley_stables in Yorkshire in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Care. A stunning location with a group of inspiring small businesses and lots of shoppers. A great way...
MARCH NEWS
Emily and I celebrate 4 years as a fashion retailer. What a rollercoaster it has been! We are so grateful for all the support we have had from our customers, our friends, our collaborators and our lovely brands. We love...
FEBRUARY NEWS
Buying season for next Winter has started and we are heading to London to meet our agents. We love the opportunity to reconnect, see what’s new in fashion and discover potential new brands for O&C.  Velvet magazine publishes some of...
JANUARY NEWS
2024 and a whole New Year ahead of us. Time for Emily and I to plan the new season, new pop ups and new brands. Watch this space for announcements to come. And all the while, our Winter Sale is...
DECEMBER NEWS
Christmas is well and truly here and it’s time to dress for the festive season. This season is all about sequins and silk, velvet and bows, metallics, silver and gold. Gifting is always a challenge but we have plenty of...
OCTOBER NEWS
Pop Up season s well underway and we are delighted by all the positive feedback on our new autumn winter collection. Stylist Emma Paton does a brilliant reel of all our new pieces and sets instagram alight. We’ve received lots...
AUGUST NEWS
We love the Summer season - all our beautiful dresses heading out to their balmy destinations. It's time to finish our orders for Summer 24 and time to take a short break with our families. A little time away from...
NOVEMBER NEWS
Hot off the press!!! Velvet Magazine Cambridge features an editorial of our business and we get a chance to show off our hero pieces of the season. The run up to Christmas has begun and we launch our collection of...
SEPTEMBER NEWS
All our deliveries for AW23 are starting to arrive in our showroom. This September is unusually warm this year so we are still getting orders for Summer clothes. Time to plan our schedule of newletters and new product launches. Very...
JULY NEWS
Time to head out on the road to view the new collections for SS24. Trade Fairs, exhibitions, viewings with our favourite agents and time to discover some new brands to add to our collections. We can’t wait to share but...
JUNE NEWS
The sun was shining on us for the month of June and what a relief to be able to wear our Summer dresses at last.  It was our busiest month for Pop Ups and we love nothing more than meeting...
MAY NEWS
New Parisian brand Louizon takes our world by storm this month; we are so happy it has been so well received by you all. Great French design combined with really feminine silhouettes and 70S inspired prints make this brand a...
APRIL NEWS
Spring is in the air and it is time for our new collections to launch. Our Ozzie & Clementine rails are now filled with bright colours, floral prints, pretty pastel stripes and plenty of newness.  Trends we like for SS23...
MARCH NEWS
Our newest brand Seventy + Mochi has arrived and what a joy to see all the pretty denim jackets and waistcoats fly out the door.  Delighted to be taking part in the Cotswolds Fair with a fab group of female...
FEBRUARY NEWS
There are many things you can celebrate this month such as pancake day or Valentine’s day but we love how the French celebrate the mimosa flower.  Those little golden buds of yellow that make everything seem a little less dreary...
JANUARY NEWS
What a treat to go to Paris in January for their annual trade fair! We loved meeting our brands and discovering some new ones for 2023.  A brilliant escape to enjoy fashion, food and those gorgeous twinkly Parisian streets. Paris...
DECEMBER NEWS
December brought sparkle and sequins and a mad dash for that perfect party dress or Christmas Day outfit which we were delighted to help with.  We collaborated with local author Ali Harris to bring our customers a little festive reading...
NOVEMBER NEWS
The weather is finally turning cooler and it’s time to get that Christmas shopping under way. We participated in the Rugby Portobello Trust Fair in London as well as the Glorious Edit online fair -both well established in our calendar...
OCTOBER NEWS
Now that all our deliveries have arrived and have been updated on our website, it was time at last to launch our winter collection. We went back to the wonderful Hurlingham Club in London for a pop up in aid...