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Betty’s Boutique- Secret Pop up
Hey lovelies!!
I was invited along to this cute secret pop up shop on the weekend. Me and Coco (Fashion Blogger) met Maeve the co-found of Betty’s Boutique during Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair.
https://www.facebook.com/events/483114355148798/
Betty’s Boutique is a Secret Pop-Up shop specialising in good quality Retro and Vintage clothing and nick-naks.
We will also be exhibiting oil paintings and prints by Artist Maeve O’Loughlin whose work is inspired by Retro Fashion.
The shop will be open Saturday & Sunday and throughout the day there will be a Tea Party with Soulful Tunes and Fancy Cupcakes.
Saturday night the shop will be transformed and they’ll be an underground private party
The vintage pop up boutique was a two day Saturday and Sunday event from 10am-7pm with an evening party.
The Pop up shop was located at the top of Leith Walk, Edinburgh. Leith walk is an accessible locations, 5 minutes away from Edinburgh Waverly Train Station and has access to a number of central bus routes.
It was clear to see Bonny and Maeve the founders of Betty’s Boutique had put a lot of time and effort to decorate the vintage theme of the underground shop space. The founders have a great ying and yang bound together as vintage fashion lovers, Bonny vintage fashion and events experience and Maeve an upcoming artist.
Before the Event Bonny and Maeve ensured they keep the customer’s interested by posting images from Maeve’s paintings and marketing the tickets for the after party. The events page on Facebook had great comments from the audience about the paintings. Maeve’s art creations were displayed for customers to buy. So quirky and unique!Facebook comments such as –
Your paintings are beautiful
I love this!
SO wish I could be in Edinburgh this weekend to come to Betty’s boutique!
Wowsers. Beautiful!!
I will definitely try to pop by and buy this… I love it..
The mouth watering cupcakes were made by Josie Lancaster. My Instagram post of the cupcakes got a lot of attention from my followers (Yum!).
With music playing in the background and all shoppers genuinely interested in the items, I say what a great job with marketing and promoting awareness for the secret pop up!
I hope to see more from Betty’s Boutique! With the idea only 6 weeks old I believe the founders are doing great! Keep it up!
Dream to Inspire ❤ ❤
Sultana ❤
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Vintage Princess
Hey beautiful readers!!! Excited to post this blog! Follow up from Charity Fashion Show.
Just to keep my readers informed I’ve got myself a bloglovin account! I love this concept as it connects all bloggers from different sites ie WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr.
As you might be able to tell I love fashion, styling and beauty! As I’m not a fashion blogger I don’t focus on fashion and beauty. I want to keep my blog primarily on Events as I mentioned on my ‘Abouts’ section. I believe Events blogging is a niche in the market. So for the Fashion, Styling and beauty side of things I’ve created a Facebook Like page. This involves regular interaction with my followers, giving shout outs to talented people in Scotland ie other bloggers, designers, boutiques, brands, events, company’s ect. I want to also post a mood board for my outfit for a particular event, outfits/style I am inspired by and lookbook from local street stylist and celebrities.
I had a vintage themed weekend! With the Vintage Glamour Charity Fashion Show on Saturday Evening and Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair on Sunday.
Pre Event
As an invited blogger I helped promote the Fashion show for Cancer Research. I used my networkings experience and advertised the event poster through my social networking sites. I felt as an Events Blogger it is as important to not only market the event but also to share charity awareness. I shared the The latest Cancer Research commercial available on Youtube Cancer Research 2014.
To help create a buzz, I also created a mood board with the concept around my outfit, the Charity Fashion Show was themed around Vintage Glamour! This image alone got 568 views on facebook and over 30 likes on my Instagram.
Glamour Vintage mood board-
“Vintage glamour theme for tomorrow evenings Charity Fashion Show! I’m thinking vintage white lace and a statement head piece.
Being the biggest Kardashian fan I am inspired by Kim Kardashian’s lookbook. It’s always fun to wear this jewellery piece with classic or modern dresses for the extra glam and style!I done my research and can see the local jewellery boutique Prestige by Shama sell such statement pieces!
Ladies have a look”
Fashion Show
As you walked into the event there was plenty of entertainment all round! There was a bagpiper playing outside and a Harp playing beautifully inside the venue! Attendees were given a warm welcome from supportive friends and family of Lauren.
Before the show started I got exclusive access to behind the scenes. We got the opportunity to network with the designers, Models, Egg Hair and Body (Make up and Hair Stylist), the organisers and the photographer.
It’s great to hear how close a connection the Fashion Events industry is in Scotland. Alison the owner of Red Carpet Luxury Dresses was part of the Edinburgh Metropolitan Fashion Show 2013 (Year previous to Edinburgh Metropolitan Fashion show 2014). And also Monika Wiktorowicz a model I’ve worked with a number of times now.
The designers were Pan Pan Bridal, 21st Century Kilts, Bustle Boitique, Those were the days Vinatge and Red Carpet Luxury Dresses and Psychomoda.
There was 4 very handsome male models who were modelling the 21st Century Kilts. They were all athlete – ABC Fighter John Thain, Footballers from Queens Park Football club Grant Mosson, James Baty and Liam Gormley. I got the cheeky chance to sneak a photo with them all. The guys were great on the catwalk! James Baty even told me that he was more nervous doing this than before a game! But had a good laugh!
One of the event aspects that stood out for me was when the audience got the chance to engage with the event. By texting questions for the male models, these questions would pop up on the screen and you can ask anything! 😉
Extra event concepts was there was a musician singing live with a very 1950s feel of sound. A astonishing amount of great raffle prizes included Motel Brown goodies bags, Cheynes Hairdressing, Charlie Miller Hairdressing. The auction prizes was amazing! 2 x Tom Jones concert tickets, Canves painting of Hearts FC and Hibs FC, auctioned a boxing training session and even dinner dates with the models.
Post Event
Nicole The Fashion Blogger I attended the event with, has also been recognised for her unique style. She was in the style column in the Evening News!! Please check her fashion Blog on the Vintage Charity Show.
I loved dressing up for this Fashion show and loved the vintage glamour theme. We got positive feedback from attendees and via social network posts. I met and spoke to a lot of great personalities within the industry, I even met the representatives’ from Cancer Research and Shelter Scotland.
Lauren has done a great job and has made all her friends and family really proud! She looked gorgeous! Hair and Make up done by Egg Hair and Beauty
Photo Credits: Gav Young
Dream to Inspire ❤ ❤
Sultana ❤
The Scottish Asian day at the Races
Hey beautiful Readers!! Anyone that follows me on instagram, Twitter or my new Like Page on Facebook- I was a feature blogger on Scotbloggers!! This was a follow up from my post on the Scottish Wedding Exhbition 2014.
Find my feature post: http://scotbloggers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-scottish-asian-wedding-exhibition.html
The creator of Scot Bloggers- Claire has been great with me! Always helpful, engaging and retweeting on social networking links!! She said my Feature post was the most popular this week on the Scot Bloggers site! I have also been asked if Id like to have a sharing button on the Scot Bloggers Blog page! Exciting times!
I had some great feedback and support about my feature blog within the Scottish asian community! Great to see people find my work interesting and inspiring! ie Dream to Inspire 😉 😉
Feedback such as-
Eli Couture – Glad to see bloggers like you covering events in Scotland. Good Work!
Husna Designs – Well Done again! So talented!
SKM Couture – Brilliant, Thanks so much Sultana Malik, Great review.
Sophina Zaheer Henna Artist – Fantastic read Sultana. Thank you so much for the amazing response. Much love
Faisal Latif- Photography – Even gave me pointers and tips! And advised me on some constructive criticism to double check my spelling and grammar.
Nadim Saleem was extremely appreciative for my positive response and want me to-do exclusive interview with the recognised Fashion chorographer! Watch this space!!!
Hey little lovelies excited to be a feature blogger on Scottish bloggers! Only started blogging a few months ago! I initially started to get my name out there and to show case my expertise in Events management and the Fashion industry. I also encourage and market the organisers and team behind Events and Fashion shows. I am loving the vision behind Scot Bloggers! Great stuff and such a good way to network! I’ve been engaging with other @scottishbloggers on twitter! Found some great co-bloggers!
This feature is a follow up from my post on The Scottish Asian Wedding Exhibition. I wanted to blog especially about this event as I feel it will encourage audiences to visit different cultural events and Fashion shows. I hope to encourage the growth of the scottish and Asian events and Fashion scene.
What a fun day out! As you walk in you were given Asian Sweets from Amala Foods and a S.A.W.E bag which had a number of leaflets.
Sponsors and associates
Clothing- boutiques Eli Couture, Image Collection by Nimraah, SKM Couture, Hair and Beauty Wink, Iqrara Hair stylist and makeup artist, Perfection by Mona, Smeena Make up Artist Henna Artist Mehndi by Sophina,
Jewellers Marbel eric, Zaiba Jewels, adaa Jewellery,
Entertainment service Royal Dhol Force- Jas, Staging J’adore, Catering Own catering wedding at Hamilton Park Racecourse and Mirror Finish – Vehicle Appearance Specialist
Photography – Faisal Latif who was also the official photographer for the Edinburgh Charity week Ladies night.
The stalls were displayed in a beautiful and professional manner.! The largest stall was the yummy cakes stand. J’adore who is a décor and food service company (also helped at the charity week fashion show) provide the amazing food for the attendees!
One of the main sponsors at this event was Sonique Sounds the only Asian female DJ in Scotland! You go girl! Who Run the world!!!
There was 3 catwalk productions throughout the day, I attended the 2nd one. Proud to see Edinburgh’s very own SKM Couture rocking the runway! And two of the models I’ve worked with before Stephanie Mcgovern and Urszula Prokop, the ladies worked professionally as always!
Nadim Saleem was the Fashion Choreographer at this event! Nadim is a well recognised events organiser within the Asian fashion industry! Please find his page and you’ll see a huge list of fashion productions he has choreographed. Before I started blogging I’ve attended a number of events he has produced! And what a talented man! Truly inspiring! I hope one day to be as recognised for my talent like Nadim.
I had the amazing opportunity to introduce myself to Nadim. Even as a busy man I watched him stop for photos with fans in the audience! Very humble and grateful! I hope to be part of Nadim’s upcoming projects! Exciting times and a huge step for me as a Events Assistant!!
Great turn out for the S.A.W.E considering it was their first event and the weather was miserable! Really proud of the Scottish Fashion Events industry and it’s continuously movements! I hope you enjoyed this post! Follow my page http://www.Facebook.com/Sultana.malik, Tweet me at @sultana_malik, for Style and Beauty #Lookbook find my Instagram @sultana_malik and last but not least my passion and my knowledge Events Blog- http://www.sultanamalik.wordpress.com
Dream to Inspire ❤ ❤
Sultana ❤
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