I'll Love You Tomorrow

I am beyond excited for friperie's launch tomorrow! It has certainly been awhile and apologies for keeping my baby dormant, but the rest and wait is worth it I hope. The next collection entitled "Grandmother's closet" will be available to browse and purchase starting from 6pm EST. So please check the collection page of the the site (Press Click here to View Collections link below). Thank you so much for the continual support, please be our friend on facebook, our fan on lookbook, subscribe and bookmark and spread the love. Details for the next shoot will be on the noticeboard soon. Until tomorrow,

Much love,
Abi

P.S. The Street- Side Beau Monde and Child's Play collections still have items for sale. Please check the remnants if interested.

Progress and New Collection

Hello lovelies! How it's been awhile. Hope you are all well and have rested those little wallets and pockets for friperie's return. Friperie has been undergoing a few changes in terms of site appearance, inventory and continual improvement to make your shopping experience delightful. I hope this vacation has not encouraged you to forget your fashion lusts but have only birthed excitement for the future of friperie. Please expect in the latter half of 2010 for more vintage finds, collections systematically spread apart (we are giving more allowance between each launch), technological advancements and easier methods of browsing and shopping.

Before I bid you adieu, please don't forget that the latest collection entitled "Grandmother's Closet" will be released on the 27th July 2010. Time is still TBA. I hope you are excited for this floral wonderland, vintage threads and pieces waiting to be hacked, altered and sewed to your taste. Until then, keep spreading the word, be our friend on facebook and bear with us as we help our baby of a hobby mature and flourish.

Love,
Abi

From Paris with Love

To all my beloved customers and friends,

Thank you for your support with the last collection! I am also aware of friperie's long silent treatment. but alas the rest is almost over. Friperie will awake from its hibernation soon end of july and will come to play with a collection of adorable vintage and vintage-esque attire. For now, please be patient, spread the good news (N.B. we have our own facebook fan page so please join http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friperie/119055274780109) and continue to check this frequently for more details and updates. I hope you are all well and cannot wait to share some paragons with you all.

Love and thanks,

Abi.

PS. Word on the street's that friperie's website will be getting a little makeover. be on the prowl!

Mammoth Collection, Mini Vacation

To my beloved customers and supporters of friperie,

I hope you are all well and once again, thank you from the bottom of my indebted little heart, for all those who purchased from friperie's third collection- child's play. Just to let you all know, my fourth (and I believe best yet) collection will finally shine its little face upon us on the 20th of april! Please mark this on your calenders, write it on your ceilings, Chinese whisper this to all your friends. Please do not forget! This huge collection entitled "the street side beau monde" is a wonderful collection of androgony, dirty phrases, back street alleyways and a lovely trolley full of clothes for you to call your own! So please be in anticipation and excitement for next Tuesday (6PM EST). Also men, there are a few things in store for you too, so please check it out!

Secondly, the 20th of april will be friperie's last "warm weather" collection until july, in which a snippet of the things that remind you of summer and entice you for the spring (think grandma's warm sweaters with sheer shirts and bright florals), will keep you company nearing the chilling months ahead. So please, do not miss this opportunity and please support friperie before it goes into hibernation (not permanently).

So until the 20th, i bid you au revior until july though I promise to write occasionally in order to keep you updated on friperie's progress!

with infinite love and thanks,
Abi

P.S. we're also on lookbook! so check us out and show us some love
http://lookbook.nu/friperiesydney

While we wait

Firstly thank you, thank you, thank you for all those who have purchased from friperie's second collection. The support is yet again overwhelming! I do hope your desire, excitement and ridiculous bargain hunting will not cease as the third collection arrives with much more clothing, posing and our regular vulgarity haha. Due to busy uni schedules and my other jealous priorities, the third collection will be released a week later than originally planned. so instead of the 23/3, friperie's third collection entitled "child's play" will be uploaded for the general public on the 30 MARCH 2010. Please note this! To make up for my inconvenient lagging and break of the quotidian routine, this collection will be much larger than normal.

Thank you from the bottom of this quaint, little heart and never tire from spreading the word please as we all countdown for the 30th.

With much, much love

Abi.

A taste of tuesday

For a little taste, tease, excitement, frothing and taunt before the official second collection is released on tuesday (9/3), I would like to share with you all the description for the next exhibit- "an insomniac's lullaby" in order to prepare you of the unexpected. Please be excited and ready as the autumn/winter apparel slowly crawls out of my closet and into yours.

An Insomniac's Lullaby.

Description: Inspired from an old friend’s song title. Incited by the snooze-filled days and the sleepless nights. For when the eve and the morning feel the same and no longer arrive or depart with a distinction. Comfy and cuddle worthy apparel for this autumn weather. 

I can't wait! Tell all your sydney living friends and fiends and hope to get those emails on Tuesday!

Thanks for all the promoting, purchasing and supporting in making this blog a little success :)  

Love
Abi.

PS. Please double check the remnants of the debut exhibit- good looks, bad books. subtle changes have been made to the last few items still for sale!

Gratitude and second entry

Firstly, thank you for all those who purchased and made friperie's debut a success. The support is overwhelming and hopefully this spree will continue for past customers and the unknown friendly folk to come. Please email me any feedback and even photos if you are comfortable to, I am delighted by my past treasures being exalted in some other forum.

Secondly, friperie's second collection entitled an insomniac's lullaby will be launching on the 9 MARCH 2010 so please note this down, imprint it in your brains and once again spread the word! The description for this collection will be posted on Saturday (6/3) so please revisit. Once again thank you x infinity and hope to get that email from you soon again!

With infinite love and thanks,

Abi

What next?

Friperie's to do/significant dates list.

• 20/2- plan out three entries worth of lovely shit, contact lovely photographer friends and organise a concrete date for discussing future photoshoots (until 21/2).
• 21/2- iron, prepare and accessorise items for photoshoot with elle. 
• 22/2- photoshoot for debut launch. If the weather is on our side and time permits, we'll take photos for the next two entries.
• 23/2- friperie is open to the general public!!! The garage sale of the century, thrift goodness is available for purchasing as soon as it is posted on the site. Please remember to email straight away! 

Just to let you know, items that have not been purchased within a month will be removed from the website and given to the lovely folk at st. vinnies so do not wait and email me immediately! Don't be shy to haggle, I'm asian and thus feel very comfortable to negotiate haha. However some prices are ridiculously cheap so please don't be offended if  i say this is the last price. Essentially, the more you buy the better the deal. I am in the middle of figuring how to make the browsing experience less confusing but until now, please check each post in case you've missed an amazing item (or you can send me an email to enquire).

Spread the word, spread the love, spread the spread and spread the legs (haha i kid)

Love
Abi.

Countdown

Official launch of friperie: 23 February 2010.


Photos will be posted on the 23/2 entitled exhibit A. The store will run systemtically with items being posted (specified on the noticeboard) depending on my time/schedule. This is a first come, first serve basis so whoever is the quickest at emailing me and saying deal ultimately gets the goods. Please note that this store is reliant on its customer base and spreading the word, so please let your friends/lovers/family/haters/ pets know about this little project.

I'm in the middle of inventory right now and so far I have a heap of ugly, unconventional, beautiful and nostalgic items from the brands you love, the brands you don't, vintage and international apparel from the UK. All ridiculously cheap!

Until next week, be excited folks, I am totally in love!

PS. Grandmother has contributed her vintage-esque jewels to the shop! these will be specified when store launches, thank God for grandmothers :)

love abi.