{ Think } blog

The {Think} blog is about fashion and ethics coming together in one place, letting you know what's been happening in the world of {Think} the newest products, events and happenings. We’d love to hear your comments, thoughts and ideas and hope to develop an online community where fashionistas can share their ideas while shopping for gorgeous fashion, what more could a girl want!

{Think} Boutique's Ethical Christmas Gift Guide

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

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!

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

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

Sunday, October 30, 2011
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

Monday, October 24, 2011


{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!

Friday, September 09, 2011

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

Monday, September 05, 2011
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!

Sunday, August 28, 2011
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

Friday, May 27, 2011


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

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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

Thursday, May 12, 2011
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


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