The renegade craft fair

Feeling crafty? Coming up is a weekend at the Truman Brewery filled with contemporary indie-craft artists showcasing their wares.

 Championing innovation in craft and a Do It Yourself spirit, it looks to be a weekend of crafty, hand made fun, we’re be down there, will you?

Its free to get in to, so why not…

Fashion Antidote stitching at Selfridges

As a part of Selfridges' Big Open House event last weekend, Fashion Antidote ran Embroidery workshops with some beautiful Yves Delorme pillow cases, alongside Naomi Ryder the textile illustrator.

We taught hand embroidery, participants stitching a loved ones initial onto a pillow case to take home, a great gift.

Customers enjoyed a free class and took home a sewing kit,and the lovely pillow case - quite the goody bag!

 

Naomi Ryders beautiful creative embroidery combines this essential practical sewing skills with beautiful illustrations and portraits. See more of her work here, and watch this space for a creative embroidery workshop of our own at Fashion Antidote very soon!

Luxury embroidery event with Selfridges & Yves Delorme

As a part of Selfridges' Big Open House event this weekend, Fashion Antidote are heading down to run Embroidery workshops with some beautiful Yves Delorme pillow cases. 

Learn to hand embroider a loved ones name onto one of their luxury pillowcases, and take the pillowcase away with you.

Come along for the free class, with a sewing kit, and while your there enjoy a free hand massage, and the opportunity to win some amazing prizes, plus much more. 

See the website here for more info on how to book your place.

Loving East London

This shop front illustration has recently popped up right around the corner from us - we saw the process of the painting going up last week and the finished product is so striking. Never a dull minute in our creative corner of London.

We like to make the most of being based in such a creatively rich area, by integrating tours and trips around the local markets, studios, shops boutiques and exhibitions in with our regular short courses.

We call these our Fashion Days Out, and they are exactly that, a chance to get out about in London visiting the most amazing and inspiring fashion destinations. Based on either Vintage fashion or InsideLondon fashion and culture, our Fashion Days Out make the most of our wonderful city and combine lectures, talks and sewing skills with guided tours and visits (and a fair bit of shopping)

Have a peek at the site for more about these fabulous weekends and for details on how to book.

Special event coming up?

We can also tailor days or weekends to you – if you’d like to organise a Fashion Day Out with a group for a special event, birthday, anniversary, celebration or part of a holiday – we can tailor a package to your interests and find a date to suit you. We just need confirmation of a group size of at least 8. Call for more details on 02073753235 or email info@fashonantidote.com

Calling All Vintage Lovers...

Fancy a spot of sewing, and a vintage forray into East London, armed with all the expertise and know-how of a vintage expert? 

Roam the unbeatable selection of vintage and retro shops and markets Spitalfields and brick Lane has to offer with our vintage fashion expert as your tour guide, and then head back to our nearby studio to learn how to make your own vintage inspired garments. 

Over the two days shop, sight see, stitch and sew to make a beautiful dress ready to wear and take home. 

The perfect retro weekend, great as a gift especially with christmas just round the corner!

To book, and for more info check out the website.

Fashion Antidote at Vintage at Southbank

 

Pop down and see us at Vintage festival this weekend!
Tickets still available here.

Fashion Antidote success stories - Kirby Stebbing

Another success story, this time in the form of the inspirational Kirby Stebbing. Kirby visited our upcycling workshop at the Ethical fashion event at the Museum of Childhood. In the workshop we ripped up old shirts and created great unique skirts, in a variety of colours and fabrics. Kirby rose to the challenge and created the skirt you can see from the pictures below. 

Here’s what Kirby says about us: “The tutors at the Fashion Antidote skirt workshop were really helpful and I was glued to their sewing machine creating the skirt from men's shirts. When I looked at my watch we'd missed the Tatty Divine workshop, bummer! I was a bit gutted but I think you'll agree it was worth sticking to the skirt making.”

 

Kirby was recently involved in an unfortunate road accident, and whilst being on the mend she has been dabbling in craft and creating beautiful handmade ditties, check out her blog, Kirby Jane crafty. As Kirby says in her blog review of the ethical fashion event, such a life changing experience has drastically changed her body image and given her a ‘life’s too short’ mentality. “I've never been much of a skirt wearer, I wish I'd had my legs out more before my accident but going through such a life changing experience and having my body image changed so dramatically has made me appreciate my body more. I didn't think twice when I started making this skirt the other night. I'm going to wear it with leggings and probably boots but I'm going to be proud of my body and the first skirt I've ever made!” 

We’re so pleased to of been a part of Kirby’s inspiring story, we hope this is the first hand-made skirt of many!

Fashion Antidote Featured In Cloth Magazine

Those lovely people over at Cloth Magazine have featured Fashion Antidote on their website, click here to have a better look, and have a look around their site too.

Ethical Fashion in the age of austerity

Fashion Antidote at the Ethical Fashion in the age of austerity event!

At the V&A museum of Childhood, 3rd March 6-9pm.