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March 20, 2013
I have a new name for my ethical business – Evie & Roo. Imogen’s Wardrobe has grown from an organic dress label into a kids wear brand with a conscience and it was time for a re-brand.
There is a brand new blog included on the new website at www.evieandroo.co.uk please pop over and follow, you can also sign up to the newsletter at the bottom of the page.
The name was inspired by being a Mum to a little kangaroo fan. It also reflects the stories children love, like Winnie the Pooh, Kanga and Roo, stories which are behind the designs you see on the blog. The collection at Evie & Roo is hand designed in organic, fair trade and sustainable fabrics, which gives it an interesting background story too.
Special offer for your Little Pirates
To celebrate the launch of Evie & Roo, there is a special customer offer on all, fairly traded and ethically made, long sleeved pirate t-shirts for boys and girls ages 2 up to 7 years. Just use the code FAIR in the new shop checkout for 15% of a unique, hand designed, t-shirt that supports fairly produced children’s wear.
- Fair trade and fearsome
Pirates on the rampage
There are some brand new photos of the collection on the website and here are some of the out-takes from the pirate t-shirt shoot. The Mum team at Evie & Roo risked life and limb styling the pirates in action with real pirate swords!
Observer Ethical Awards
- Vote for us or walk the plank!
Evie & Roo is entering The Observer Ethical awards Retailer of the Year category. Each vote will help grow a rainforest tree with Cool Earth, so please take a minute to
nominate Evie & Roo using this link and support your very own tree.
Thanks Beth
Images © by Cocoa Rose Boutique Photography
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November 8, 2012
Imogen’s Wardrobe has launched a brand new shop Toward The Stars with empowering gifts for girls.
This unique global market place offers products which encourage girls to reach their full potential and discourage stereotypes, right up our street!
We have included all our favourite designs in the new shop, with the girls pirate t-shirts as one of the main features. We couldn’t resist designing some brand new accessories following the theme of challenging gender stereotypes. These hair bands are sustainably embellished with quirky designs, featuring recycled bottle felt and re-purposed fabrics.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Pirate Hair Band £5 (£1.50 P&P). Sustainably made featuring recycled bottle felt and linen.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Pirate Hair Band. Featuring recycled bottle felt. £5 (£1.50 P&P)
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Pirate Hair Band. £5 (plus £1.50 P&P) Featuring recycled bottle felt and linen.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Fire Engine Hair Band. £5 (plus 1.50 P&P) Featuring recycled bottle felt.
You can shop for Imogen’s Wardrobe at Toward The Stars and Etsy
Or place an order on our Facebook page.
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October 3, 2012
Little flower girls do the most important jobs at a weddings, including throwing confetti with squeals of excitement, playing sword fights with posies and hiding under tables with handfuls of wedding cake.
This is why Imogen’s Wardrobe decided to order in some beautiful organic fabrics and design the perfect flower girl dress with big pockets to accommodate, confetti, cameras, posies, favours or any other essential items for the job.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress handmade in organic cotton with vintage embroidered pockets size 4-5 years £42. Sizes 2-3, 3-4 and 5-6 years available made to order.
Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress is a different take on the old American vintage style pillowcase dress. This dress is perfect if you are looking for something simple, natural and child friendly.
Handmade from lightweight organic and fair trade cotton, the dresses have deep vintage linen handkerchief pockets and are lined with soft organic cotton. They feature big organza shoulder bows, which can be matched to your colour theme, for dramatic effect at your event.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress organza ribbon shoulder tie.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress rose petal pocket.
The dresses are loose and comfortable with adjustable bow fastenings at the shoulder (the ribbons are sewn into the dress casing for safety), and they are machine washable.
Each Little Flower Girl Dress comes wrapped in tissue, in its own gift box, with a cute flower girl story on the hang tag to make this dress even more special for your little girl when it arrives.
To order an Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress, you can leave a comment here, visit our Facebook page or Etsy shop. Or email beth@imogenswardrobe.co.uk
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress in organic pink cotton with vintage handkerchief pockets and organza ribbon ties size 4-5 years £42. Also available made to order in sizes 2-3, 3-4 and 5-6 years.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress in pink, bow detail.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress with petal confetti pocket.
Imogen’s Wardrobe Flower Girl Dresses are one offs and limited edition because they feature vintage fabrics. If you like a style and colour that is sold we can re-create it using similar fabrics.
To order an Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Flower Girl Dress, you can leave a comment here, visit our Facebook page or Etsy shop. Or email beth@imogenswardrobe.co.uk
The designs you see on this page are protected by international copyright.
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August 20, 2012
When it was time for Imogen’s Wardrobe to put together a brand new school uniform for ‘first day at school’ we were inspired by those, oh so cute, checked summer dresses and bedtime tales of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. In the story, little Lucie from Little Town Farm looses three handkins and a pinny.
This Imogen’s Wardrobe Farm Yard Pinnie dress would be perfect for any Little Lucie to wear, school or play. It is handmade from 100% organic cotton with a zip front fastening and large patch pockets.
We hope that this little Beatrix Potter inspired pinnie won’t get lost at school!
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Farm Yard Pinnie. Handmade in Edinburgh from 100% organic cotton. Sizes 3-4y, 4-5y and 5-6y £25 (larger sizes available on request)
The Farm Yard Pinnie is handmade in Edinburgh from 100% organic and fair trade cotton. The fabric is handmade on wooden looms by a family run business. This dress would be a beautiful, sustainable and guilt free addition to any school or nursery wardrobe.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Farm Yard Pinnie ladybird zip fastening with farm animal shoulder detail.
To order the Farm Yard Pinnie Dress by Imogen’s Wardrobe you can leave a comment on this blog, go to our Facebook page or email beth@imogenswardrobe.co.uk
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Farm Yard Pinnie back
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June 1, 2012
All of the designs you see on this blog are inspired by stories, fairy tales and nursery rhymes and when Imogen’s Wardrobe saw the Faerytaleish Pinterest Writing Contest at Yearning For Wonderland it was too much to resist an entry.
This little children’s story was inspired by the beautiful fairy boat image below from Ruanna’s Faerytaleish Pinterest Board…
Fairy Boat
…and, of course, our favourite little girl pirate dresses.
© Imogen’s Wardrobe Little Girl Pirates
Imogen’s Wardrobe Faerypin Contest Entry
A Forest Fairy Tale
The forest was dark, it was the night, a flash of a sword a wing shining bright. Moonlit silk she wore on her head, silver skull and cross bones, “I’m captain!” she said.
The little girl captain and her tiny crew leaped through the forest wearing big hats of blue. On vines like rigging which moved in the breeze the little girl pirates swung high in the trees.
On the edge of the forest was an enchanted lake, fed by a river shaped like a snake.
A ship, fit for a queen, was tied by a rope, to the edge of the lake near the steep forest slope. Where the little girl pirates rested their heads, on hammocks of gossamer and fine silver thread.
As the sun rose, the fish eagle flew, swooping and scooping up fish for the crew. Life there was easy when the forest was growing, but the littlest shipmates had no way of knowing.
That one day the forest would fall to its knees, loggers were chopping and chopping the trees! Who thought it was right to plunder the land, and leave it a sight Pirates just couldn’t stand.
The fish eagle landed to tell them the news, “The forest is going on trucks that form queues!”. The little girl captain said “That can’t be right! They can’t take the trees, for them we will fight?”
“And what of the birds, the creatures and plants?” said the little girl shipmate who wore bright red pants.
The loggers looked up, oh what a sight! The little girl pirates were ready to fight. Swords flashed in the moonlight and quick as can be, the loggers were taken and tied to a tree. As if by magic gold dust was sprinkled, trees shot to the sky, the canopy twinkled. Magic beanstalks you ask? How can that be? Because the little girl pirates were fairies you see.
The End
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May 18, 2012
The elves at East Rose Cottage are working extra hard to finish the preparations for the Edinburgh Baby & Child Show. We will be doing our first ‘show and tell’ of the lovely new organic dress collection at the event on the 26 May.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe designer dress collection. Handmade in Edinburgh from organic and fairly traded fabric sizes 6m to 6 years. Prices from £29.99 to £39.99 Each dress comes with its own little label story.
There will also be cute new accessories to match, plus a new addition to the range; fairly traded and ethically made tops to go under the pinafore dresses.
Your favourite Little Girl and Little Boy Pirate Tops will be making an appearance at the show in pirate sizes 2 up to 7 years. The tops, long sleeved for the Scottish weather, are all ethically made with hand appliqued pirate ships.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe for my little brother. Little Boy Pirate Tops. Ethically made and fairly traded 100% cotton, hand appliqued in Edinburgh £25
©Imogen’s Wardrobe, Little Girl Pirate Tops. Ethically made and fairly traded 100% cotton, hand appliqued in Edinburgh. £25
Imogen’s Wardrobe designer baby wear range will also feature, with cute little baby hats in 100% organic and ethically made cotton…
©Imogen’s Wardrobe I’m a Little Teapot organic baby hat £12
and cute ‘I’m a little teapot’ baby tops with hand appliqued retro teapots and teacups.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe, I’m a little teapot organic baby top 3-6m, hand appliqued with retro teapot and cup. Baby tops from £15 to £20
The Ladybird and Dotty Daisy dresses will be there too, including special ladybird headbands and daisy clips to finish off the look.
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Ladybird Dress. Handmade from organic cotton with a little ladybird pocket. Sizes 6m to 6 years, prices from £29.99 to £39.99
©Imogen’s Wardrobe Dotty Daisy Dress. Handmade from soft hemp cord and Cath Kidston print. Sizes 6m to 6 years. Prices from £29.99 to £39.99
You can also follow the story and order from the Facebook page and if you love the designs you see here please leave a comment.
Beth designer/maker at Imogen’s Wardrobe
Twitter: @imogenswardrobe
Email: beth@imogenswardrobe.co.uk
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March 26, 2012
Birthdays are really special and exciting when you are little, so Imogen’s Wardrobe decided to design a unique birthday dress for the occasion.
When the dress was finished, we road tested it with Birthday tea for Daddy at Centotre on George Street in Edinburgh. Meringues with chocolate sauce was our chosen pudding and the birthday cake dress loved Centotre’s special Italian chocolate sauce too! Luckily it washed clean out on a gentle cycle and our little “I am 4 dress” is ready to wear at the next birthday party. This dress comes made to order with candles for 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 years.
©Imogen's Wardrobe handmade, organic velvet, designer birthday dress size 4-5 years £39.99 made to order. Also comes in sizes 1 up to 6 years (£34.99 for the baby sizes 1&2)
All of the designer dresses at Imogen’s Wardrobe come with their own unique story because the designs are inspired by family life and the fabrics are organic, sustainable and ethically sourced. There is a little nursery rhyme on the hang tag too, so that your little one can enjoy the story that comes with her dress design…
Pat a cake, pat a cake, bakers man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Pat it and prick it and mark it with a B,
and put it in the oven for baby and me.
©Imogen's Wardrobe Birthday Cake Dress. The cake is hand appliqued with organic and designer fabric, the candles are made from recycled bottle felt.
The girl’s designer birthday cake dress is made from 100% organic velvet, trimmed and partially lined with organic cotton plaid. The cake is made from sustainable organic hemp cord, iced with organic cotton and Cath Kidston designer fabric and the candle flames are 100% recycled bottle felt. A beautifully designed, guilt free birthday cake!
Imogen’s Wardrobe dresses are generously made to allow plenty of room for growth and they are all machine washable.
To order this dress you can leave a message on this blog, go to Imogen’s Wardrobe Facebook page or visit Imogen’s Wardrobe Etsy shop
©Imogen's Wardrobe Birthday Cake Dress button detail.
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January 23, 2012
This design was inspired by my daughter’s little wooden Matryoshka Russian dolls, the dolls get smaller as the dresses get smaller and the smallest size is a cute little 6-12m baby size. The one featured here is size 4-5 years, perfect for little Matryoshka fans to play in. Handmade from soft organic and fair trade needle cord and finished off with strawberry buttons, it is generously made to allow plenty of room for your little girl to grow.
© Imogen's Wardrobe Matryoshka doll, handmade organic cord dress size 4-5 years £39.99. Also available in sizes 6-12m, 1-2y, 2-3y,3-4y and 5-6y.
© Imogen's Wardrobe Matryoshka doll dress strawberry button detail
© Imogen's Wardrobe Matryoshka doll dress back
You can order Imogen’s Wardrobe dresses directly from the Facebook page at facebook.com/imogenswardrobe in the organic handmade dresses folder, or you can leave a comment here.
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November 30, 2011
Whilst getting the new designs ready for the very first Imogen’s Wardrobe Christmas market, I noticed the red pirate t-shirts hanging up around the studio were looking very festive. So I braved the weather in the Cottage garden to try and get some half decent photos of the Red Pirate Collection for you. Our favourite Imogen’s Wardrobe Pirate story is below and it will be included on the t-shirt labels at the market. (see the events page for details)
© Imogen's Wardrobe Little Girl Pirate t-shirt, ethically made and fairly traded, hand appliqued in Edinburgh and finished with a real coconut button. Size 4-6 years £25
The little boy pirates crept onto their ship, with a chest full of treasure and some rope for the trip. They heaved the mainsail until it was tight, moonlit blue silk, what a magnificent sight.
“Hoist the pirate flag”, ordered the Little Boy Captain, “There’s land up a head, be ready with those swords men.” So they landed on a treasure island and set about digging, on a beach full of coconut buttons which they used for the rigging.
© Imogen's Wardrobe Little Girl Pirate t-shirt, ethically made and fairly traded. Hand appliqued in Edinburgh with new and organic fabrics and a real coconut button. Size 2-3 £25
© Imogen's Wardrobe Little Boy Pirate t-shirt, ethically made and fairly traded. Hand appliqued in Edinburgh using repurposed and organic fabric and a coconut shell button size 4-5 years £25
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October 28, 2011
When these beautifully soft and ethically made baby t-shirts and hats arrived, Imogen’s Wardrobe had to include them in the teapots and pirates range. Made from 100% cotton, the pirate flag and liberty print teapots are hand appliqued.
Ethically made 100% cotton baby teapot hat and t-shirt, hand appliqued with Liberty print. T-shirt sizes 3-6, 6-12, 12-18m £20. Baby hat one size £12.
The t-shirts and hats are also fairly traded.
Ethically made baby pirate 100% cotton t-shirt and hat with hand appliqued pirate flag. T-shirt in sizes 3-6, 6-12, 12-18m £20. Baby hat one size £12.
These cute little baby sets come with their very own pirate and teapot stories on the label.
Baby pirate label story…
The Little Boy Pirates crept onto their ship, with a chest full of treasure and a rope for the trip. They heaved up the mainsail until it was tight, moonlit blue silk, what a magnificent sight.
“Hoist the pirate flag”, ordered The Little Boy Captain. “There’s land up ahead, be ready with those swords men.” They landed on a treasure island and set about digging, on a beach full of coconut buttons, which they used for the rigging.
Ethically made and fairly traded 100% cotton baby pirate hat, one size £12.
Baby teapot label story…
I’m a little teapot short and stout, here’s my handle, here’s my spout. When I get all steamed up hear me shout, lift me up and pour me out. I’m a very special pot it’s true, let me show you what I can do, I can change my handle and my spout, just tip me over and pour me out.
Ethically made and fairly traded 100% cotton baby teapot hat, one size £12.
To order any of these hand appliqued t-shirts and hats you can leave a comment, or visit facebook.com/imogenswardrobe and order from there.
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