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Spring Summer Made in the UK Sneak Peek

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:29:00 GMT

Here it is as promised a video of our recent Made in the UK tour including a sneak peek at our Spring Summer range which will be available to buy online very soon, enjoy!

Love {Think} xx

Spring Summer 2012 Photoshoot - Behind the scenes

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:12:00 GMT

We had the privilege of shooting our Spring Summer collection on location at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust. Based in a former bus depot in Bridgeton Glasgow the Trust is home to an amazing collection of vintage buses and other commercial vehicles. It made an stunning setting for our clothes this season and the quintessentially British feel of the buses is just perfect to highlight the fact that all our clothes are made here in the UK! We had a lovely team for the shoot it was great to work with Gillian from Dapple Photography, Dawn from Westend Hair and Lyuda from The Academy of Make Up. We can't wait to see the final images which will be on the website soon! In the meantime enjoy some behind the scenes pics of the day.

Gorgeous hair by Dawn at Westend Hair

Lyuda hard at work on stunning colour pop red lips!

Gorgeous Antiform linen cape.

We loved the bright colours of these rollers with the Antiform Colour Block Dress.

Summer holiday!

Loved this glamorous do!

The most amazing bus interior ever!!!!!

Bringing a bit of glamour to the bus depot!

Gorgeous contrast between the red bus and stunning Nancy Dee maxi.

Just a normal day hanging out at the bus stop!

Thanks to our great team, to Mhairi our model and to Kirsten who assisted on the day. Look out for the new collection coming to www.thinkboutique.co.uk very soon!

Love {Think} xx

Think Boutique on tour!

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:27:00 GMT

Since the inception of Think Boutique, sourcing all the lovely labels that we stock in our online boutique has been an ongoing and ever evolving process. We have now reached a point where the majority of our labels are made here in the UK and I recently took the conscious decision that going forward I would only seek out and stock labels made in the UK.

It has been well documented that the UK clothing manufacturing industry has declined over the past few decades as more and more brands source cheaper manufacturing from overseas. So it was with delight that I realised that with the ethics of Think Boutique shifting a little to focus on all things UK we could play our part in what is of recent becoming a move to begin a revival of clothing manufacturing in the UK!

An added bonus to this discovery was the fact that I could go and see the clothes being made without a long haul flight! So with that I headed off on a Think Boutique tour. On the way we stopped in Manchester to check out the new collection from recycled fashion brand Love Me Again. Gorgeous brights and cute shirt dresses all made using recycled t-shirts, shirts and jumpers from UK textile recycling plants and all hand made by the lovely Tracey right here in Manchester. Tracey was in the process of moving studio so we met up to have a look at her new collection in a cute independent cafe in Didsbury which had this amazing Aladdin's Cave of a vintage book store in the back.

Just out of shot here is the enthusiastic shop owner who was delighted that we were taking some snaps among his books! We could have whiled away a few more hours amongst the amazing selection of books, many with stunning leather bound covers that are beautiful to look at before you even get to reading! But we were off to our next destination, down to Leicester to visit Nancy Dee with a wee stop off in the cute Derbyshire village of Bakewell on the way. Yes we admit it was mainly for the baked goods that we chose this place to break up the journey, but it is lovely!

Bakewell looks cute even in the rain!

Bakewell puddings!

Nancy Dee moved production back to the UK recently and with their office right beside the factory where the clothes are produced they can really see the collection through from concept to completion!

Ladies hard at work in the Nancy Dee factory.

Skilled hands at work!

Dresses ready for dispatch to stockists. We got to take our pieces away directly from the factory! For sale on Think Boutique soon!

Next stop Leeds to visit Antiform/ Remade in Leeds. The studio has had a stunning makeover since our last visit, looking good!

A rainbow of yarn waiting to be transformed into some lovely Antiform pieces.

Out the back of the studio is a room packed floor to ceiling with gorgeous fabrics reclaimed from fabric mills, clothes swaps, knitting charities (yes really!) and people's personal collections to name but a few sources. Each one has a story to tell and is waiting to take the next step in its journey of fabulousness! I fell in love with this amazing fluro pink 60s swimming costume fabric, can't wait to see how that makes its way into an Antiform collection!

Antiform's pieces are produced by a small team of makers. Diverse in their backgrounds, they range from students to nanas, they find common ground working together on the collection and helping to preserve a skill set for which demand is rapidly fading in the UK.

Sheet music wallpaper in the Antiform studio, nothing goes to waste here!

Some of the Antiform pieces coming to {Think} Boutique for Spring/Summer 2012.

We filmed our adventures too so look out for the {Think} Boutique Made in the UK video coming very soon!

Love {Think} xx

{Think} Boutique's Ethical Christmas Gift Guide

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:55:00 GMT

With Christmas only a few weeks away, here at {Think} Boutique we have put together a gift guide full of gorgeous ethical gift ideas to inspire you this festive season!

Lowie's collection of hand made knitted headbands and gloves, guaranteed to keep the wearer stylishyly warm this winter!

Lowie headbands and gloves from £22

Antiform also have a beautiful collection of winter warmers as well as some stunning accessories and bags which will make the perfect unique gift this Christmas.

Antiform Harlequin 3 Metre Scarf £65

Antiform Floral Handbag £45

It's always the little things that people need that make the difference so why not have a look at our Tamasyn Gambell notebooks made from recycled paper!

Tamasyn Gambell recycled paper notebooks pack of three £10

Or for that extra special gift try our Tamasyn Gambell scarf.

Tamasyn Gambell Pink and blue scribble scarf £35

If you are looking to treat yourself after all that Christmas shopping and need that perfect party outfit we have if covered, our Nancy Dee collection of maxi dresses will make you stand out at any occasion or this gorgeous Outsider silk blouse perfect party chic.

Outsider Silk Draped Blouse £150

Nancy Dee Gloria Maxi Dress £99

So come into the Pop Up Shop at 487 Great Western Road or have a look in our gifts section online www.thinkboutique.co.uk and enjoy the selection of beautiful ethcial gifts on offer. If you are tired of spending all your time wrapping, then why not let us take the hastle out of it for you and choose from one of our stunning ethical gift wraps and we will do the rest free until Christmas with discount code FREEWRAP!

Happy Christmas Shopping!

Love {Think} xxx

Think Boutique Pops Up Again!

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:47:00 GMT

Things have been really busy at {Think} Boutique recently! Following the success of our last Pop Up Shop in May we have decided to once again take our 'online' collections 'offline' with our latest Pop up launching on the 3rd November, just in time for the Autumn Winter season and Christmas! It's a great way for us to spread the {Think} message as well as meet our lovely customers and get a little bit festive in the lead up to Christmas! This time we have teamed up with our friends and experts in hair and beauty at West End Hair on Great Western Road in Glasgow, setting up shop at the front of their salon, with the {Think} team getting to work last week on transforming the front space from a former salon reception into an ethical fashion haven!

It was a lot of hard work but the space as well as the collection are both looking amazing, with our newly installed window displays brightening up the shop front as well as the now dark and cold street outside!

We rewarded oursleves for all our hard work on opening night, enjoying some festive mulled wine with our loyal {Think} customers and showing off our lastest collection full of winter warmers and outfits that would look great at any Christmas party as well as some gorgeous accessories which will make the perfect gifts this Christmas, all of course with an ethical fashion twist!

We hope you can pop in and see us at 487 Gt Western Road, Glasgow from now until 23rd December where we will be spreading the ethical fashion love as well as some festive cheer and if you can't make it to the Pop Up Shop be sure to check out the collection online now!

Love {Think} xx

Yee-haw! On Location behind the scenes at the Autumn/Winter 2011 Photoshoot- Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:49:00 GMT

We recently shot our new campaign for Autumn/Winter 2011 on location at the iconic Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow. The Americana backdrops, stage and luscious red upholstery made a stunning back drop for all the lovely winter pieces that will be available online soon.

It was great to work with Gillian Hayes from Dapple Photography on another successful shoot. Gillian has a great knack of capturing the feeling of each {Think} Boutique collection exactly as we envisaged it!

Hair was once again in the capable hands of Dawn Murray at Westend Hair. By far our favourite look of the day was this funky bob, it was perfect for showing off the red Antiform cape in style!

Watch the behind the scenes video here:

Love {Think} xx

Think Boutique Glasgow Pop Up

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:37:00 GMT

{Think} Boutique will be popping up from 3rd November - 23rd December 2011 in Kelvinbridge, Glasgow. After the success of our summer pop up we're back to spread the ethical fashion love. This season its combined with hair and beauty expertise from our favourite salon Westend Hair! The team at Westend Hair are experts in precision hair cutting, styling and colouring using sumptuous Aveda products making this Pop Up a shopping experience with a difference. The pop-up which will run right up to Christmas will be located in the salon and will stock our stunning Autumn/Winter collection plus some great accessories and gifts all with an ethical fashion twist.

Of course we'll be launching in style on Thursday 3rd November with a party from 6-9pm. Come along and treat yourself or start the Christmas shopping early at a night of fashion, fizz and fun and some Christmas sparkle!

For a guestlist place email us fashion@thinkboutique.co.uk

Look forward to seeing you there!

Love {Think} xx

Think Boutique Pop Up Shop | Westend Hair | 487 Great Western Road | Glasgow | G12 8HL

Happy Birthday to Think - One today!

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:21:00 GMT

We can hardly believe it but it has been a whole year since {Think} Boutique launched in style at our glitzy Glasgow launch. The fashion show, pop up shop and party that night seem like a fabulous dream now!

It has been an amazing first year from photoshoots to the summer pop up shop via establishing links with organizations like Fashioning an Ethical Industry we look back on our year with a great sense of achievement and enjoyment and look forward to what the next year will bring!

The {Think} team transforming the space for the launch party

Fun and fashion at the {Think} Boutique Launch Party!

We took some really lovely shots of the clothes throughout the year, from studio to swimming pool our varied locations created great days of photography working with amazing teams on every shoot and of course we always had behind the scenes shots, these are some of our favourites....

Part of the remit of {Think} Boutique has been to help spread the word about how fashion can be ethically sourcedFashioning An Ethical Industry conference. We hope that we can continue to find these opportunities and establish lots more wonderful links in the future. without compromising on the fabulous! {Think} Boutique founder Victoria has had the pleasure of speaking to students and various other groups about the {Think} Boutique concept and story including a slot at the

When our first spring summer season arrived we decided to take our online ideas 'offline' and the Think Boutique summer pop up shop was opened for the month of May in Glasgow's Argyle Street. What a month it was! We had an amazing time getting to know our lovely neighbours and sharing the collection with the people of Glasgow! It was fab and we plan to pop up again very soon!

Of course our year has only been made possible by you, the loyal {Think} Boutique customer. Whether we've met you through the Pop Up Shop, the talks we gave or the lovely places we took the collection to like Say No to Plastic, Eco-Monkey and Bold Souls or its been a virtual chat online. We've loved receiving great feedback, and even if we haven't met face to face yet we have loved sending our pieces all over the UK and beyond!

Well we're off to crack open the fizz, have a piece of birthday cake and get going on our next fantastic fashion year! We look forward to sharing it with you!

Love {Think} xx

For your chance to win £100 Think Boutique voucher to help celebrate our birthday make sure you enter our competition here!

Get ahead of the trends - Think Boutique top tips for Autumn/Winter 2011

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:37:00 GMT

As we say goodbye to Summer with that back to school feeling that September brings, its so exciting to welcome in the new season and the gorgeous stock that goes with it. Here is a sneak peek at what will soon be arriving at Think Boutique and how to wear this season's biggest trends the ethical way!

Sign up to the Think Boutique mailing list to be the first to know when all these fabulous pieces and more hit the website!

Love {Think} xx

{Think} Baby!

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:34:00 GMT

Things have been a bit quiet here on the {Think} blog for a while as we have been busy welcoming our newest member of the {Think} Boutique team! Seen here doing his bit for {Think} Boutique promotion, Ellis James arrived safe and well on 19th July 2011!

So after this brief baby hiatus I'm so excited to get back to all things {Think}, with Ellis as my new assistant of course!

Its shaping up to be another amazing season ahead with all the gorgeous new pieces we have lined up for Autumn/Winter and some interesting projects in the pipe line. So, as they say, watch this space!

Love {Think}
xx

Pop Up Shop Final Weekend

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:01:00 GMT

Its the final weekend of the Pop Up Shop, time definitely flies when your having fun. But we are going out in style with a fabulous mid season sale for all our {Think} Boutique customers.

Come along to the Pop Up Shop at 1060 Argyle Street Glasgow, between Friday 27th and Monday 30th to celebrate with us and have a browse of the collection, drinks and cakes. Not only that but there is 20% off our entire collection!

Don't worry if you can't make it along to the Pop Up Shop, you can still get involved in the celebrations. You can, watch the virtual tour of the Pop Up Shop below and receive 20% discount on all our items online until Monday 30th May by entering POPUP at the checkout!

Happy shopping.

Love {Think} xx

watch the video.......

Think Boutique Pop Up Shop Virtual Tour

Tue, 17 May 2011 13:40:00 GMT

We at Think Boutique felt it wasn’t fair that those of you who can’t make it along to the pop up shop miss out so we created a virtual tour just for you!

We took advantage of the sun and filmed a video capturing our fantastic pop up shop, along with some our key looks from the Spring Summer collection on location in our home town of Glasgow.

Have a look at the video here…….

Spring Summer Photography Part 2

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:31:00 GMT

For our second spring summer shoot we were lucky enough to be granted access to the currently derelict Govanhill Baths. First opened in 1914 the baths were the hub of the Govanhill community for many years until a controversial decision by the council was announced in January 2001 that they were to close the baths.

Despite a huge campaign against the decision from the community the council were determined to close the baths as planned in March 2001. On the final night of opening a group determined to show their opposition to the closure go for a swim and chain themselves to changing cubucles and other objects to begin what will be a 5 month occupation of the baths in protest until the protesters were finally removed in August 2001.

Following a long period of stalemate the planning permission was finally granted for the Baths to be redeveloped into a Wellbeing Centre was finally granted in June 2009. While the Govanhill Baths Trust work tirelessly to raise the funds required to redevelop the building it remains derelict.

Working once more with Gillian from Dapple Photography the Baths provided an amazing space for our second photoshoot. From the sheer vast white space of the main pool to the quirky cubicles of the original baths and the stunning red doors in the ladies pool there were so many locations to work with. The bright light spaces gave a really summery feel too. Again working without electricity it was a challenging but great fun photo shoot!!

The stunning main pool, an amazing space!

A quick hair and make up tidy from Colette at Richardson Murray our hair and makeup partners!

Don't fall in!

Shooting in the ladies pool, the cream pieces looked stunning against those red changing stall doors

The original baths where many tenement dwellers came for a weekly bath!

Final images were taken in the steamies area which is now home to a large population of pigeons!

Some of my personal favourite final pics from the shoot!

The Nerola Jumpsuit really pops with the white tiles of the main pool.

The Double Layered Shirt Dress looks stunning against the red background.

The Elodie Dress in the baths.

Jasione Jumpsuit and Double Layered Belt on the edge of the main pool.

Thanks to Gillian from Dapple Photography for her stunning pics, Richardson Murray for gorgeous hair and makeup and Govanhill Baths Community Trust for access to the pool for the day!

Love {Think} xx

Think Boutique Pop Up in Glasgow

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:46:00 GMT

After lots of hard work our very first {Think} Boutique Pop Up Shop officially opened this week here in our home town of Glasgow. Its a great chance to get out and meet some of our customers, spread the word about {Think} and to have some fun (hopefully in the sun)!

We're popping up for 6 weeks with our summer stock so it made sense to make summer in the city the theme for our shop fit so we put lots of effort into sourcing appropriately summery items to give our shop a quirky, fun look!

One of our favourite items is our cute picnic hamper. We overcame the temptation to fill it with snacks and head to the park when the sun came out and used it for displaying our scarves and bags instead!

The changing areas continue the summer holiday theme with retro cruise poster screens!

Who needs sunshine to sit on the lawn in a deckchair!

Retro suitcases make a great display for our sweet Luva Huva underwear!

Beautiful ethically made planters filled with gorgeous tulips courtesy of our friends at Glasgow Wood Recycling the perfect summery finishing touch to the window display!

We hope you can pop in to see us at 1060 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8LY where we'll be popping up until 30th May! We look forward to welcoming you in!

Love {Think} xx

Spring Summer Photography Part 1

Thu, 12 May 2011 21:23:00 GMT

This season we decided to take our photoshoot on location. We worked with photographer Gillian Hayes of Dapple Photography to come up with locations that great backdrops to show off the clothes and were in keeping with the ethos of {Think} Boutique.

Our first location was 'Dear Green Place' the home of Glasgow Wood Recycling a social enterprise that produce home and garden reclaimed wood products. As well as the environmental credentials of their products Glasgow Wood Recycling also provide volunteer and training opportunities to local people, as a practical way of tackling poverty and social exclusion. The yard is full of nooks and crannies, interesting objects and great back drops so it was the perfect location for our first shoot.

A touch up from our fab hair and makeup artist Colette from Richardson Murray in Kelvinbridge. Quite a challenge working outside with no electricity but a gorgeous result as usual!

Gillian climbs up to get the right angle!

Who said being a photographer on a fashion shoot is a glamorous job!

We loved the contrast of this acid green bird house, fuchsia skirt and canary yellow top against the plywood back drop it really pops!

There were loads of cute props for our model Eilidh to use this sweet bike with flowers growing in the basket was just too perfect for the Adela dress!

The ends of the wooden boards all piled up make such an interesting back drop for the floral wrap skirt, just add wellies!

Eildih strikes a pose between piles of planters!

It was a freezing cold day and EIlidh still managed a few laughs, mainly down to Garry's jokes!

This is one of our favourite images of the day the paper bag shorts look great!

You can check out all the other images throughout the website too!

Love {Think} xx