At last, here they are: the people who put the hands into the handmade. I’m so happy to complete this Meet the Team series by introducing our sewing and cutting team, who work from a studio above our shop. Marcia and Minnie Ever since the very start, Marcia and her elderly mum Minnie (not pictured here) …
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Meet Team Skinny laMinx #4
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Online sale!
I promised to follow up our shop sale with one online, and here it is! We have substantial reductions on end-of-range and sample items, in limited quantities, so hurry, hurry, hurry! South Africans – shop in ZAR Internationals – shop in US$
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Meet Team Skinny laMinx #3
If you’ve been following this Meet The Team series of posts, you might be surprised at how many of us there are at Skinny laMinx. Even I’m taken aback, now and again! But there’s a lot to do around here, what with our Bree St shop, two online shops, a local and international wholesale business, …
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Old to New
I LOVE seeing what people do with their Skinny laMinx fabrics, and it’s even better when they share how they did it, like this fab lampshade tutorial on Hung up on ZA.
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Just a reminder…
Psst! A reminder that our annual sale starts on Friday, with 50% off Seconds & Samples this weekend (online sale to follow when we’ve caught our breath). Friday 13 Feb: 10am – 6pm Saturday 14 Feb: 10am – 2pm
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Meet Team Skinny laMinx #2
You met me and Pearl in the first of these posts, and now it’s time to introduce more of the gals in #teamSkinnylaMinx. Please meet Arlene, Melissa and Sonia, who make up our sales and marketing team. Arlene is our shop manager in the Skinny laMinx store on Bree Street. It’s no simple task to fit …
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FABRIC SALE!
NB: Apologies for those not in Cape Town, but for the moment, our sale on selected fabrics is only in the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree St, because managing the stock levels of sale items online is so tricky. So now is the perfect time to call in a favour from a friend. See below …
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Goodbye, Astrid
Oops! We’ve hardly got going on our little blog series to meet Team Skinny laMinx, and already we’re losing one of the team! If you’ve emailed the shop, or shopped online, or have visited our store on Bree Street over the last 18 months, you’re sure to have come across Astrid Schwarz – our super-capable online …
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Meet Team Skinny laMinx #1
Let’s start the new year by introducing the ever-growing, and endlessly fabulous gals who make up #teamSkinnylaMinx. First up, the head honchos at Skinny laMinx, also known as Heather and Pearl. I’m Heather, and I started Skinny laMinx way back in 2006 in a funny little studio I shared with some painters on Long Street. (See …
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