Stock and Secrets

We have had a few emails regarding the nature of our shop and asking we only have designer stuff in! Well, we are just a lovely little shop with AMAZING patrons who donate brilliant items.

We don't just sell designer items of course. The majority of our sales and donations are of your regular items from the high street. For under £5 you can collect a variety of things, skirts, tops, trousers, dresses....
Topshop, Topman, Marks and Spencer, Cos, White Company, Hobbs, Jigsaw, Jaeger, Levis, TM Lewin, Thomas Pink, Zara, the list goes on.

These are then supplemented with our designer rail (and designer sale basket - up to 75% off! Bargainous!) and our shelf of designer shoes and bags.

Obviously this blog wouldn't be as interesting if I just posted photos of an M&S t-shirt for £3 or a Zara skirt for £5. We just want to show off all the goodies, but we do rely on these regular donations to keep coming in to keep our shop floor full of fresh stock

We put new things out EVERY DAY - although Monday and Tuesday is when the bulk of it goes out.

So whenever you are passing pop in as you never know what you might find!

Finally I have a little secret to tell you, as it is a new year and well, we like you, so will tell....Shush now....Lean in a bit, don't let *them* hear....OK, here goes
We at Brook Green HALF PRICE things once they have been out for 2 weeks on the shop floor.Then after another week they get sent to another shop to try selling it there.
There. I said it. That is our secret.

Although pretty much everyday some customer comments "Oh I saw a garment which I wanted but was waiting for it to be half priced and now it is gone."
That is the risk you have to take I'm afraid. And no, we won't discount it before hand. Sorry, but it doesn't work like that.

So now you know our secret. Time for a tea break.

Bye for now
BG

Happy New Year!

The festivities are nearly over for another year and as 2013 disappears over the cloudy horizon, in rolls 2014 with new exciting things for Brook Green (We hope!)

We would like to thank every customer, every donor, every gift aid sign up, and everyone reading this blog for their support and patronage this year, in keeping us full of goodies and raising money for Trinity Hospice.

We have improved sales on last year and intend to keep the upward trend, but we couldn't do it without you all, 

so we sincerely thank you.

And as a little treat (and to copy all the big shops) we have our January sale on.
Up to 75% off!!
So with tops from as little as 50p, dresses from £2, and coats from £5, treat yourself to a new wardrobe at Trinity Hospice Brook Green.

But then of course you realise your wardrobe is too full/full of things you now hate/things that don't fit and you need to have a clear out.
Well please bring them to us, during opening hours, and we can make very good use of them.
Without your awesome donations our shop would be empty and we would be sad and that would never do :(
Also as I mention pretty much every post (Sorry...I'm not sorry!! Gift Aid is worth mentioning every time as it all adds up!) if you are a UK taxpayer we can claim Gift Aid on any time as we sell it and this helps more money go to Trinity Hospice, which is why we are here in the first place!

Enough shop talk now...

We hope you have a lovely New Year and look forward to whatever the future will bring.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(Picked this one as 1) They haven't got to that part yet here in London 2013, 2) Big Ben explodes! and 3) It was the first one I found on YouTube...)

Bye for now
BG

Christmas and New Year Opening

It's been a while, I know, but we have been so busy with all the brilliant pre-christmas clear out donations and making sure all our party frocks are looking great and ready to sell, and making the shop super festive.

We have changed the windows with more fab gowns and the like, and have a mini sale happening, so it has been super hectic. But we haven't forgotten you. More goodies on their way to be blogged to tempt you in in the new year.

Plus we will do a proper sale (up to 75% off! Can't go wrong with that! Fact.) in January.

BUSY BUSY!

Finally our opening times over this festive period -

Tuesday 24th Christmas Eve : 10am - 3pm
Wed 25th IT'S CHRISTMAS! : CLOSED
Thurs 26th Boxing Day : CLOSED
Fri 27th December : CLOSED
Sat 28th December : Normal times
Sun 29th December : Normal times
Mon 30th December : Normal times
Tues 31st December : 10am - 3pm
Wed 1st January : CLOSED
Thurs 2nd January : Normal times

After all the excitement of Christmas and the New Year starts, if you have a clear out or just want to get rid of some of those "What were they thinking" presents, bring them along to us while we are open and we will gladly take them. Don't forget to sign up to Gift Aid if you can!


We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Bye for now
BG

Christmas Gown Windows

Still 8 days till Christmas and so time for more party wear and ballgowns in our festive window. Although not sure how many people go to balls now? But then I would love to wear one fo these down to the shops. Just pottering about Sainburys in something totally sparkling and poofy!

Now these are a bit more special, sumptuous silks, and hand beaded couture, hence we are showing them off to you, but as I said before, we have many many more in stock at the moment, although they are selling fast, so please do pop in to see our full selection of party/cocktail dresses and gowns.

BCBG and Gai Mattiolo outfits

Temperley and Joseph dresses

Joseph red silk wrap dress £36
Temperley White cocktail dress £80
Red Amanda Wakeley scarf/wrap £25
Gai Mattiolo Couture blush silk and beaded gown £200
BCBG MaxAzria red silk dress £40

I think the Gai Mattiolo has something of a 'Marilyn Monroe' look about it and think it is fab! You will definately turn a fair few heads wearing it!

Also in the window are Trinity Hospice Christmas cards, which we are getting down to our last few packs! These charity cards for Trinity are priced from £1.99 a pack of 15.

Bye for now
BG

Handbag Timewarp

A bunch of vintage and retro handbags for you today.
A brace of bags? Bundle of bags? Ballows of bags? We need a name for this. Answers on a postcard...

Anyway, where were we? Ahh yes.
This handbags are a mix of retro and vintage, from 1950's up till now.

Some are leather, some are faux leather and some are plastic, but we love them all equally. Here are a small selection, so if you want to see the rest, pop in and say hello!

Gold and white striped - £18

Pink - £12

Leather embossed bag - £18

Bye for now
BG

Butterfly Bling

We do love a bit of funky jewellery and this piece will certainly get noticed when worn.

This gold metal butterfly is about 3 inches across and is covered in these lovely bold glass jewels.

Wear on a coat, or how about using it as a belt 'buckle' on a simple black dress.
It can be worn with a funky tartan print for a bit of a clash (which we love here), or even a bold floral scarf perhaps?
There are also some hooks which would take a chain or piece of ribbon, so could easily be converted into a necklace or even a hanging decoration.
The possibilities are endless!
£18

Hopefully this will just fly away...

Bye for now
BG 

Party Dresses (with added glitter)

So this is Christmas, as the song goes, and what have you done? Although I think John Lennon was going for something a little deeper than making sure you have some decorations up, we have Xmas'd the shop ready for the coming weeks to put customers in a festive mood.

We have dug out all our party wear and ballgowns from the treasure trove in our back room, primped and pressed them and with some added feathers/sequins are trying to glam up the window.

Showing you the night view...

 From left to right - 
(Plunging dark green cocktail dress, just seen behind window dummy, £16)
Green ombre sequin dress £40 
Gold glitter Zara shoes £12 
Black Jaeger dress with neck detailing £40
Black ASOS heels £10  
Sequin bolero £4 
White vintage Harrods dress £45 
Black Zara shoes £10 
Black and White sequined French Connection dress £18 
Grey buckled Zara heels £12 

The beautiful detailing on the 'mermaid' dress

The Christmas tree in the window isn't for sale, but we have many others in store for sale from £3. (Sadly no real ones, but we do have some Pine forest air spritz...)

We shall be updating the window as often as possible, and of course when things get sold, so the ballgowns, cocktail dresses and party wear will keep being refreshed until Jan and all those Christmas/New Year parties are over!
So please pop in and ask if you don't see anything you like on the shop floor as we may have something in the back and we want to make our customers happy, and glam.

Men's suits and shoes are also available, so men you have no excuse to wear jeans and trainers this year!

Bye for now
BG