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Winter is drawing in here in York, with dusk arriving earlier and earlier and the temperatures dropping. The city is beautiful with the start of the twinkling fairy lights and Christmas decorations being installed, and giant fir trees being hoisted into position. Here at the boutique we have loads of exciting knitwear and goodies to keep you cosy and warm and cossetted through the chill. We’re preparing for our next fashion event at The Dean Court and also gearing up for the St Nicholas Fair and the Festival of Angels (where you’re guaranteed snow as well as hot drinks and fabulous ice sculptures as well as unique stalls and shops in the Quarter) You’ll need some of our fabulous thick fair isle socks made from 100% wool in Nepal, lambswool gloves, mohair legwarmers and a crochet beanie hat to keep you toasty! And that warm feeling will continue inside as you know you are supporting Fair Trade and ethically produced goods-what’s not to like?

Our competition winner from the October promotion is Hazel Cox, who has £100 credit to spend on clothing instore. Congratulations Hazel!

If you’re stuck for gift ideas, have a peek at our webshop, we have lots of fun and unusual items and we are very good at pretty wrapping! Or we can do credit notes for gift vouchers/personal styling sessions.

Hope you can pop in to see us sometime, the shop is looking lovely and we are happy for people to browse and try on.

See you soon!

Didn’t we have a fabulous time last night at an exclusive “She Loves York” girlie charity evening in aid of  Macmillan. It was great to have my lovely shop assistants Janet and Plum modelling some of the new autumn/winter collection.

At the event we launched our Autumn Competition for the chance to win a £100 clothing voucher to be spent in the shop.  We welcome all of our customers to pop in to the shop and enter the raffle competition which will be drawn on 31st October 2011.

The swallows have arrived!

Pretty oversize Komodo tunic with bold flower print

Summer is now so close. Come on down to One boutique to spruce up your wardrobe with unique summer dresses of our new collection, charming accessories and other wonderful garments, such as this People Tree maxi dress and Komodo tunic.

 

People Tree tribal print maxi dress

Fairtrade Fortnight 2011

February 28^th – March 13^th 

 

Tomorrow is the beginning of Fairtrade fortnight! It was held for the first time in 1995, when a cocoa farmer from Belize toured the country during the first Fairtrade Fortnight. Nowadays, it is an annual celebration of ethical trading and subsequently a promotion for fairer economic opportunities for producers in third world countries.  

During this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight, there is special attention for the production of cotton. Unfortunately, conventional cotton in Europe and the US are highly subsidized, driving down prices and leading to overproduction. This mechanism is also known as the Great Cotton Stitch-Up, which creates poverty for producers in developing countries. As a result, many try to support their livelihoods with only $2 a day.

Fairtrade cotton, which we sell in One boutique, provides a much better alternative. The Fairtrade minimum price ensures that producers are paid sufficiently and the Fairtrade premium provides funds to help build up communities. This provides resources for investments ranging from education and health care to the construction of a well for drinking water. By choosing for Fairtrade products, you not only counteract negative market mechanisms such as the Great Cotton Stitch-Up, you also support the well being of producers in third world countries.

Fairtrade Fortnight is a perfect time to consume  more consciously! Feel free to come and browse our lovely

collection of clothing. Some of our new spring and summer looks have already arrived (see pictures below), while our sale is also still ongoing.

spring/summer 2011

spring/summer 2011

Fairtrade fortnight kick-off party

Yesterday’s kick-off party was a great start of fairtrade fortnight! We met many lovely people and are looking forward to seeing you all back when the rest of our spring and summer collection comes in. To make things even sweeter, we are offering an additional 10% off for all our facebook fans! If you are on facebook and would like to join in on this offer, simply follow this link to ‘like’ our page and we will email you the offer. 

 

 

Tasty and pretty cupcakes at our fairtrade fortnight kick-off party

 

To officially celebrate the opening of One Boutique and to thank our loyal customers, we are holding a party on Monday 27th September,

from 5.30pm to 8.00pm.

 

 

 

You are cordially invited to join us for the evening in the newly established boutique.

 Enjoy fairtrade wine and nibbles whilst you browse our beautiful new Autumn/Winter stock in an exclusive and personal setting.

 

We are also offering all guests a 10% discount on all purchases over £50!

 

And, for the first time we will be awarding our guests with special loyalty cards that will give them even more discounts and offers on their future visits to the boutique.

 

So join us on what promises to be an unique shopping experience,
and an enjoyable night for all.   

 

 Where are we?

1 Grape Lane

York

YO1 7HU

 

(The easiest way to find us is off Low Petergate just around the corner from the Moda In Pelle shoe shop)

 

email: shop@responsiblygorgeous.co.uk

phone: 01904 675987

To celebrate opening our new store we at ONE Boutique are offering up to 70% off our summer range of clothing! A whole room of our shop is now full of sale items from elegant patterned maxi dresses to cool linen trousers and bright tees. Come into the store to pick up some responsibly gorgeous bargains, such as these :

Clothes (from top left):

People Tree Diamond Print Maxi Dress- Was  £75 Now£65
People Tree Willow Dress- Was £65 Now £45
People Tree Embroidered Kimono Top- Was £49 Now £35
Outsider Printed Maxi Dress- Was £69  Now £45
Komodo Leila Dress- Was £69 Now £49

Hope to see you in our Grape Lane boutique soon!

ONE Boutique has now moved! We are now situated on Grape Lane in York, just off Stonegate Yard and Low Petergate. We are very happy with our beautiful new shop- it still has the same ONE Boutique feel with fantastic decor and lots of great displays of jewellery and clothes. If you haven’t yet had a chance to visit the new store then do make a trip to see our gorgeous new collections, our new address is:

One: Responsibly Gorgeous
1Grape Lane
York YO1 7HU

website: www.responsiblygorgeous.co.uk   email: shop@responsiblygorgeous.co.uk

 For now here’s a few photos of the shop, we hope you love it as much as we do!

We’re happy to announce that our boutique will soon be moving to new premises on Grape Lane, just off Low Petergate, York. If you’re not sure of where to find us we’ll be close by to the Minster, in fact here’s a map of our new location (just zoom in to the pointer marked A):

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To celebrate the move we’re also having a huge relocation sale at our existing boutique on Peter Lane. Much of our summer stock will be reduced- some items with as much as 70% off!

 Come into the boutique to pick up a bargain and find out any more information about our new shop.

Recently at ONE we were delighted to be the focus of a fashion shoot in the summer edition of York University’s HAUS magazine. Pieces from our new summer collection were brilliantly showcased in their vibrant feature on ethical fashion.

The shoot presents some of our gorgeous dresses in a way that is fun, unique and edgy- just how we want you to feel once you step into our clothes! 

We love the images that the students at HAUS have created- and we’re even more proud that the boutique, and our message of ethical fashion, has been given such special acclaim. Here’s a sneak preview of some of the images to be included in the upcoming feature:

                   

The models here are wearing (from top):

Komodo “Roxie” dress: http://www.responsiblygorgeous.co.uk/p24776/Roxie-Dress/c88-4146-4146 

Komodo “Cleo” dress: http://www.responsiblygorgeous.co.uk/p33517/Cleo-Dress/c88-4146-4146

Komodo “Zoe” dress with Makki Eel-skin belt.

The full feature will be included in HAUS’ summer edition, which is soon to be released on the York University campus. When released you’ll also be able to find the whole shoot on their website by following this link: http://hausdigital.com/digital-archive/.

We’re waiting in excitement to see the finished article!