Inspiration, my friend
Inspiration is a wonderful and amazing but unpredictable. It comes and goes, we may get it or not. Sometimes searching does not help while other times it is a case of getting the right guidance or being in a right place at a right time. Here are some people, places and “things” which gives me power and I can (almost) every time rely on them.
First and foremost, God and His church. God created me and put in me certain skills. Among them is definitely writing. He is the one who gives me inspiration to life and a life to write. He knows what is best to write and what words to use and which not to. He knows where to go that I find something inspiring.
The church is the reflection of His work. It is a place where I can see other people, know what is important for them, hear the word of God which brings great ideas and fall into worship and concentrate on His goodness to search deeper. It is also a church, particularly three which I call “mine” – ICF in Warsaw (Poland), HTB in London and Ethiopian Christian Fellowship also in London (UK). They are vibrant fellowship, full of wonderful people and ideas.
Right after God, comes my husband who is often saying: “Honey, you could write about it” or “this is something for your blog”. He knows me and knows what I want to write about. I wrote few pieces with his inspiration – Upper Tachbrook Street or Ethiopian New Year to name a few.
Thanks to them I have strength and passion to walk around, see and observe. And it is often “street” which inspires me. An innocent walk around the city can turn to walk of inspiration with shops I’ve never seen before, galleries I’ve never been before and people who always surprise me, on the way. I especially like walking, looking around and thinking. Routes like Noting Hill Gate to Shepherd’s Bush are really good for that. In the same way parks work for me. In London it is Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, even though they are so touristic spots and in Warsaw it is Ujazdowski Park.
Often I would sit in the park or on the bench on the street and read - newspapers, magazines and books. There are websites or printed magazines which I can visit any time any date and be sure will find something what moves my grey cells. Such sure ones are Foreign Policy, African Arguments, New African, Prospect Magazine or Vogue.com when it comes to fashion.
Any of these titles can be easily read in a cosy coffee house – it can be any but not always. There must be something in a smell of coffee and the surrounding which makes me relaxed and support my thoughts. What I need is really good coffee, comfortable seat (armchair preferably) and people to look at. Such opportunity I get in Monmouth Coffee at Borough Market in London or in Green Coffee in Warsaw but also in many many others…
The last but (definitely) not least are all the bits and bobs – an email from a friend, a weekend (or longer) away, chat with a person who knows what you are talking about, a phone call, a busy day. There is something in life that inspires me.
Creativity! This is it!
I sat down to write a post about how great is creativity and lost all my creative thoughts on the subject even before typing the very sentence… Actually it has not been so bad, I wrote it only to show you that creativity comes and goes, is everywhere and is available to everyone. You just need to go and search it.
I am trying to stay connected to creativity all the time as that is giving me fuel for mind. In my case, even preparation of shopping list is a creative process – it does not mean only writing down the products to buy but it is a whole process of thinking – from looking for recipes, through figuring out the ingredients and finally making recipes match together, so the create interesting, colorful and healthy menu. For me, creativity means also finding different ways to do the same thing every day, coming up with different ideas for my life, putting up sdifferent ets of clothes and finally finding reasons for every day to look different than the previous one. Why am I doing it? Mostly, because it brings fun and for couple more reasons. Read More.
First and foremost creativity is for a brain what gym is for our bodies –it keeps it in a good shape. Lets pick up one activity from our day, like waking up and getting ready to go out from home. We can do it every five days of week in exactly the same way and always complain how hard it is to get up. But we can also find different ways of making breakfast, picking up clothes or putting things in order. It keeps us to think, brainstorm within our own mind and wake up our great cells.
By doing things differently (almost) every day you make your life more interesting and less mundane. Every single day seems to be new and bright and giving you a boost of energy. Creativity brings passion, kicks out daily routine and mundane days, helps us overcome life’s challenges and simply makes life more colorful. You can see things from different perspective, see what you like more and less and appreciate what you have and achieved. This makes you happier and gives you more optimism. And it brings us to the beginning – all these things make you more creative ;-)
So what creativity actually is? Usually it is connected to some kind of art – painting, drawing, composing music, simple DIYs, crafts, writing but we hinder its meaning in our everyday life. Creativity is, according to me, an ability to create and create we can everything – from shopping list for our modest household to a plan which can change the world. Creativity is everywhere. You just need to go out there and try to look for it and it can also be creative.
I am trying to stay connected to creativity all the time as that is giving me fuel for mind. In my case, even preparation of shopping list is a creative process – it does not mean only writing down the products to buy but it is a whole process of thinking – from looking for recipes, through figuring out the ingredients and finally making recipes match together, so the create interesting, colorful and healthy menu. For me, creativity means also finding different ways to do the same thing every day, coming up with different ideas for my life, putting up sdifferent ets of clothes and finally finding reasons for every day to look different than the previous one. Why am I doing it? Mostly, because it brings fun and for couple more reasons. Read More.
First and foremost creativity is for a brain what gym is for our bodies –it keeps it in a good shape. Lets pick up one activity from our day, like waking up and getting ready to go out from home. We can do it every five days of week in exactly the same way and always complain how hard it is to get up. But we can also find different ways of making breakfast, picking up clothes or putting things in order. It keeps us to think, brainstorm within our own mind and wake up our great cells.
By doing things differently (almost) every day you make your life more interesting and less mundane. Every single day seems to be new and bright and giving you a boost of energy. Creativity brings passion, kicks out daily routine and mundane days, helps us overcome life’s challenges and simply makes life more colorful. You can see things from different perspective, see what you like more and less and appreciate what you have and achieved. This makes you happier and gives you more optimism. And it brings us to the beginning – all these things make you more creative ;-)
So what creativity actually is? Usually it is connected to some kind of art – painting, drawing, composing music, simple DIYs, crafts, writing but we hinder its meaning in our everyday life. Creativity is, according to me, an ability to create and create we can everything – from shopping list for our modest household to a plan which can change the world. Creativity is everywhere. You just need to go out there and try to look for it and it can also be creative.
An adventure of a lunch hour
What can you do within an hour? This is how much time takes to get from South East to North West of London by tube. Within an hour you can eat your lunch, run few kilometers, walk half of that distance, and cook a casserole. You can also waste it in the queue in the bank or at the post office. But you can choose to do something what will enrich you and make your daily routine less routine like taking part in the discussion, attending church service or learning how to sing. Here is my experiment.
Though I work in the part of London where there is nothing interesting to go and see around your lunch break, I managed to try the lunch break tour around the centre on one of my days off. Beforehand I had to sit down and prepare really good logistic plan as it’s not easy to visit two or more places at the same time and fit everything within an hour.
The first day of my lunch break adventure I begin around Oxford Circus. As I get off from the tube, I still have a little while before the first event – lunch time service at All Souls Church, begins. I use this time to wander around and see how people enjoy their lunch break. Most of the people rushes somewhere and each person go to only they-know-the-direction destination. Others already sit in the restaurants enjoying their meal with business partners, colleagues or friends.
Few minutes to 1pm I reach Langham Place where mentioned church is located. I am greeted by church staff and take a sit at the back of the room as I don’t want to disturb anyone later when I’ll be leaving before finishing time. The service gathers around 50-60 people, from neighboring offices I suppose. It starts with singing of one song followed by teaching. Today’s theme is based on first two chapters of book of Nehemiah and is part of the series – “In the workplace with… (fill in the gap with any Biblical character)”
I am leaving around 1.15pm and unfortunately I didn’t avoid disturbing others while leaving but hopefully I didn’t make too much mess either. I head back to the tube quickly and wait for Bakerloo line to get to Trafalgar Square. Finding the right place in the National Gallery where the lunchtime talk takes place is a bit trickier than finding a church I already know. First I get instruction from the lady at the main entrance and I got this look from her that I am slightly late for the talk, which has began half an hour ago. As I am fully aware of it, I quickly head to the Sainsbury Wing and find a theatre room in there. It is fully packed with middle age and elderly people listening to the lecture about “Post-impresionism and Roger Fry. The lecture is planned to last 45 minutes and even though I get there for only last ten minutes it’s still a pleasure to listen to the lecturer, get richer with a little bit of knowledge and see some interesting paintings with a comment to them. As the lecture finishes, I leave with the rest of the audience.
This is it for the first day. I wouldn’t be able to fit in anything more and still some of the lunchtime activities take place only on a certain day, like a lunchtime talk about the favorite photo in Photographers’ Gallery (again around Oxford Circus). I am already booking my time for the next day to enjoy that event.
Spending lunchtime hour in a different way than anyone would usually do is a unique and positive experience. It showed me something new, it enriched me with knowledge and… logistic skills. My adventure is an experiment, so I am trying more than one thing at a time but if you really want to experience it to the fullest, choose just one thing and try to make your lunch our different from time to time… it doesn’t need to look like this every day. I appreciate all of those who organize different lunchtime activities for their creativity and courage to come up with something different, to fill in very short time with precious knowledge or experience. As my experiment is still in process, there are more ideas to come. You can choose singing classes, quick date, scientific lectures at University College London, volunteering and many more…
Idea Review # 2
Second edition of Idea Review presents few ideas, totally different from each other. They all bring something fresh and new into their industries. Please meet sewing café, theatrical deli and club-lounge working space. And, there will be a surprise at the end.
Delicatessen among the Theatres
Jessica Brewster and Roland Smith, who are managing the art hub, wanted to see how people react if they can pay less for the high art. Therefore they imposed entry fee of ₤7 and after that allowed spectators to pay as much as they feel for seeing the show. People could even offer objects as a price. Isn’t it great?
Theatre Delicatessen has more ideas which are supposed to attract people with art. They use disused spaces in the City of Westminster, such as former BBC studios at Marylebone High Street or old workshops at Regent Street. By establishing innovative partnerships with the commercial sector, Theatre Delicatessen transforms disused buildings into creative hubs that provide a live space for artists and community
As they claim on the website, they “support emerging theatre artists through working with “pop-up” creative hubs in vacant buildings prior to development”. Their idea is to bring not only young but also mature people who are interested in being an actor to develop their skills in the theatre.
Sewed together
I haven’t yet visited this place but I already see interesting idea in it. Nowadays, there are so many different cafes that it’s really hard to distinguish one’s business – there are café combined with bookshops, fashion show rooms or cooking and coffee making classes, so the café combined with sewing classes is something bright and new.
I’m talking about Sew Over It, a café & studio space in one, located in Clapham, which offer its visitors sewing classes, materials and much more. Since September you can enrol for quilt-sewing classes.
Workspace that you want to work in
I’m not the biggest fan of the traditional offices but at the same time, after being few years freelancer journalist, I know how hard it is to concentrate on work at home. These are probably two main reasons why I like co-working, public workspaces and various ideas around these concepts.
One of the newest is Central Working, opened by a former manager of Virgin Student – James Layfield. After working for Richard Branson, he got experience in airport lounges industry and is now trying to bring this concept to the high streets – exactly to Bayley St., right off from Tottenham Court Road in London. Central Working is a community coffee shop combined with work space and atmosphere of a club/airport lounge with all its necessities like desks, access to the internet and even a shower.
It’s not only great opportunity for freelancers to get out of their “PJ’s work place” in their own bed but also for rising companies or companies which are trying to settle down in London and have their headquarters overseas. It makes work more human and more social.
Now is the promised surprise. I find joy in seeing people do something original, combine sacrum and profanum. Here’s one of the example taken from “Metro” newspaper. It made me laugh so much. Hope, will do the same for you.
writenn by: joanna sopylo-firrisa
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Idea Review #1 - Food ideas
From dining at someone’s backyard to going to a restaurant which you don’t know where is located. Here is a bunch of ideas people have when it comes to food.
Food and eating is social thing and it’s creative in itself. It brings community together and makes the relationships stronger. Most of people do not like to eat alone and some will not eat at all, unless they have a company. Cooking and hosting people in your own kitchen have become more popular in recent year. People are not afraid of cooking and serving food, even if not always he dish they had prepared is special. In the corwd of cooking books, cooking TV programs etc., everyone tries to be more original. That' great! Because then the world can see realy good food ideas. Here are some I admire.
One of my favourites is the idea of pop-up restaurant. It’s not a restaurant you can recommend to friends and they would visit it even few months after you ate there but it’s a place you go once in a lifetime, because... after you ate it’s no longer there. Usually it works in a way that only some people know about an event being organized and even they don’t know the exact location until few minutes before the beginning.
This is how Gingerline (aka East London Line) has been working since 2010. It’s a pop-up restaurant created by three women whose passions are food and performances. Since the beginning they hosted over 6.000 people in different locations and with different leading theme. The evenings they organise are not only about food but also about art of serving and art of eating. They put attention to every detail of decoration to make people even more surprise. Recently Gingerline has opened what is called their HQ but still the location remains unknown to the guests until 60 minutes prior to the meal.
Another idea is hosting dinner for strangers at your own home - supper clubs. This can be done in different way. Some people, like Arno Maasdorp (created Saltoun Supper Club), open their houses on some days of the week and create an unusual experience of the meal which makes impression like you would eat at the restaurant but still keeps the home/club atmosphere which makes the experience so unique. Again, you’re not sure what you’re going to eat but you can be sure it will allow you to travel to the very depth of cuisine art and meet people at the same time.
The other option is an event like “Come dine with V”. You register at the website and provide all the details about your food and people preferences, get ready and then the organisers text you where you’ve been assigned to dine this night. You go and as it is advertised on the facebook page “will be hosted, wined and dined. Expect candles, delicious food, chilled music and quality company”.
Last but not least is for people who would like to play restaurant without setting up a real business. Restaurant Day allows them to do so. The event is organised around the world approximately every 2-3 months. For one day you can open a restaurant in your backyard on the street, on your own, with your friends and simply make people to enjoy the food you cook. You never know that it may lead you to a change in career.
written by: joanna sopylo-firrisa
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Run the Race with a Purpose
It was already a few minutes past meeting time when I arrived to Archway Gallery in East London on Monday evening. That is the place where runners from GoodGym meet every week. They get together to run and do something for the community – move the furniture in the school, help elderly people or organise community garden. They simply want to make running more social.
I passed the doors and a thick curtain and saw over two dozen people warming up before the run. I quietly joined them, though I wasn’t the last one as people were still coming, some of them running straight from work or other engagements, quickly changing the clothes at the back of the wide hall. Mark, the leader of the group, gave few announcements– which way we go and where we are heading, how to keep safe, what we are going to do. Instantly I felt the atmosphere of something good. Over thirty people who barely know each other gathered together to help others. All of them probably, were thinking how happy they are just because they do something together, for someone who needs them and are not paid for that at all. I breathed in the air of togetherness and positive change.
Finally, when everyone was ready, we could start first part of over 7km run. The day was already turning darker but it didn't discourage anyone. Once we reached Victoria Park and were running along the canal we formed already a long group. We were passing other runners and trying not to bump into any cyclist, as the path along the canal is narrow. In the meantime I was trying to get some more information about GoodGym from its one of key people Mark (project coordinator).
As we continued talking, we reached the end of the canal path, we again were running on the streets of East London. This way we not only get fitter and helped someone but also got to know different parts of London. East London seems different from what I know from south, west and a bit of the north parts of the city. Neighbourhoods are newer and seem quieter. Around 8pm streets are already almost empty and our running group was the only one who was breaking that silence.
When we reached community garden we were supposed to work in, it was already dark but it didn't stop either us or our hosts. We were warmly welcomed by Tanjina, Kerry and two little children. One of them, the girl around three years old, were very excited about the work we were about to do and while we were hearing instructions she started pushing of wheelbarrows (she wasn’t just trying, she really did it!). We were also welcomed by a huge heap of soil, which we were supposed to shuffle into wheelbarrows and transport to the garden boxes. We organised ourselves quickly and cheerfully started to work. Some runners got the wheelbarrows and shuffles while others were trying to figure out forking the soil and were also looking for bags and buckets to carry as much soil as possible. Soon everyone got into production line mood and we were hearing different commands: “wheelbarrow to the end”, “wheelbarrow to the middle stand and next one next to the gate”. After first filling up came new claims: “mind your back”, “wheelbarrow passing” etc. We were moving like ants in their anthill. Everyone dived into their responsibilities, so it was really astonishing when after few minutes of shuffling I raised my eyes and saw much smaller heap of soil than it was in the beginning.
Working in a kind of positive trance, we heard Mark shouting that 15 minutes had passed and we left with twenty five. Most of us seemingly sped up. Countdown had continued - 10, 5, 1… We felt like on the exam while you’re left with last minute and you are still trying to write as much as you know. It was finally time to finish. Last buckets and wheelbarrows were filled in and shuffles could have been put aside. Everyone breathed with a relief but most of all with joy, because again they did something good. They helped. They made a difference.
We left with one last group picture, words of thank you from Tanjina and Kerry and it was time to go back. Few people decided they would come back after few days to finish the work. We’ve been granted with water, juice and biscuits. It helped to regenerate our power before starting run back. We went back slightly different way, “sightseeing” neighbourhood streets of East London. Finally we reach Archway Gallery, tired after running and working for around almost 2 hours minutes, but happy and full of positive power. Quick wrap up, few announcements and people started going home.
Next morning I woke up with hands feeling pain from kilograms of soil I shuffled. It remined me how well I did. Mark sent an email with blog post and statistics of the challenge. Total time: 120 min, total distance: 7.2km, average speed: 8.6 km/hr, total calories burnt: 1017… and I add amount of good done: 100%.
written by: joanna sopylo-firrisa
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When you visit one of the designer sales with thousands of high street designer clothes, another thousands of customers, real people catwalk, organized Elaine Foster-Gandey you can't believe that this woman started from a small sale in her friend's photograph studio. She has changed the way designer sales are organized and she really brings high fashion to the masses. The enthusiasm and passion you see in her eyes and everything she's doing wouldn't make you believe she is doing her job, which she calls a mission by the way, for over two decades. And I believe she is going to continue for next two at least. Read an interview with Elaine and get inspired not only for fashion business.
You’re organizing Designer Sales for over 20 years already. How it all started?
When I was very little I used to visit my neighbors to collect different pieces from them and later do some “sales” in the backyard and charge the penny for entrance. So this is what I’m doing – playing a shop. Seriously, my business, which is to sale great designers clothes for reasonable prices, is already 24 years old and it all started when I decided to study fashion design. After I left college I was looking for a job and got it in Jasper Conran.
That was well established brand that time. How did you get there right after college?
I went to meet my friend who worked there and started helping during collections time – I was sewing buttons, driving the van, making tea and doing everything else. Mainly I wanted to work for PR department but at that time no vacancy was available. I went for the summer holidays and when I came back there was a voice message on my phone saying that there is an offer for me. It was fun but stressful job.
After that I decided that I didn’t want to work for PR but as a stylist. I started building contacts’ base, while working for magazines in Paris, NYC. I was that time a freelancer what means you need to hustle for everything because you are not assigned to any magazine. Even though I was a bit with InStyle magazine it didn’t help me much.
Many people who run their own business first start as freelancers. It’s not easy in any industry.
I think being totally realistic about what you can honestly achieve is a key here. I did not give up my day job as a freelance stylist or my Saturday job as a shop floor assistant at warehouse boutique. I worked throughout my education and had a least two jobs on the go).
I had set up Elaine Foster Associates which was an umbrella business that encapsulated Designer Sales UK and the designer sale road shows plus freelance styling and organising catwalk shows. Being involved with lots of different projects gave me a huge amount of contacts. This is invaluable when you are first starting out.
Why did you decide you don’t want to be a freelancer anymore?
I decided I will not really make money out of it and I thought it’s time to start something new. I had some knowledge about industry already and knew about designers’ stocks. That time they organized only at their homes and it was open only to their friends and journalists. Interesting and original designs weren’t really available for public. I thought that if I make my own stock I could invite not only journalists but general public, so people will have a real chance to get it. So I did it.
In reality it wasn’t so easy and didn’t go so smoothly. What did you need to do in order to build a successful business in one of the most difficult industry, which fashion is, in the city like London?
When I started my business I applied for the enterprise allowance scheme which gave me a sum of money up front to help me get started. This was invaluable and really helped get my first sales ventures off the ground. I advise to join the federation of small businesses. This costs approximately ₤100 a year and gives details of free seminars discounts on lots of services for small businesses, plus advertising this fact looks good and shows you are grown up about your business and take things seriously.
How did you manage to organize the very first sale?
My friend had a photographic studio in Soho and let me use the space. I invited people I knew and they were queuing around the blocks. It lasted for two days - first day was for the journalists and second for general public. That time I had clothes from 15 designers displayed on 30 rails. It all sold out and this edition was very successful. I organized it in the atmosphere of late 80s recession and this is one of the reasons people loved it. Customers don’t want to pay full price even if there is not recession, so they enjoyed such sales.
The situation was a bit like now. Is the way of making business also similar?
My business has grown - now I have 70-80 designers being presented on each sale and more than a thousand of customers per sale. We organize 10 sales a year in different location - Chelsea or in Mayfair and we’re going around the country too.
The idea though hasn’t changed much because people have still the same needs. People have less money, are losing jobs but still looking to wear something nice. They always have at heart getting good value for small money and they get that here. I personally think everyone should be able to look nice. That’s why I like bringing really good clothes in great prices to the masses. I had a client yesterday who found a Martin Margiela’s t-shirt for ₤5 and went crazy. She was just so excited. And on the sales I organize, you can find things for ₤5, ₤10.
After so many years in the industry you have a lot of contacts. Do you still need to look for designers or they come to you?
Designers rather come to me, so we don’t need to look much. But when I spot something I also look into it. We try to make space for graduate designers. It is like a promotional platform for them.
Do you recognize your work as a mission?
Yes, I do. I studied fashion and I love interesting designs. It’s lovely to bring that sort of clothing to everyone. I love to see people putting things together, not just taking things straight from the catwalk. Most of the customers pick up something here and then from the charity shop, from vintage and designers shops.
Every two years we also organize real people catwalk where women and men who are our customers can fulfil their dream and present themselves on the catwalk. One of the models was a girl with foot disease who couldn’t wear high heels anymore, so for her it was lifetime experience. The other was 40-year old grandmother, who wanted to prove that she still can do something great.
What advice you can give to a person who would like to start job similar or close to yours?
Getting started as a freelance can be quite tough but there is a lot of free advice out there. My advice is to make sure you have a bank account and the bank you choose offers good deals for freelancers/small businesses. You can also get free accounts advice from your bank, discounts on various services, free legal advice etc. Contact your local council and find out what incentives are on offer for small businesses and freelancers.
written by: joanna sopylo-firrisa
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Leftovers from scratches
Margot Waggoner’s, half French, half American girl living in London, dream to open shop with vintage clothes came true much earlier than she’d expected. After that she was thinking that her business will survive three months, but Leftovers has been growing for 2,5 years. She says she was lucky, I say she had a good nose and is perfect for the role she plays.
When you come into Leftovers, a shop with French vintage clothes at the Brixton Village in South London, you are welcomed by a frail brown-hair girl, her smile and engaging small talk. That’s Margot Waggoner. Her small unit is full of clothes mostly brought from south of France and from Paris. She looks for them at the flea markets, vintage shops and on the clearances at the castles which are for sale! When she is coming back to London after shopping, airport staff doesn’t even check her documents anymore, because they know who “the girl with the bags” is. At the moment she can’t count how many clothes she displays but they are all over the shop – children’s clothes, dresses and accessories. Few times I visited her, there was always someone coming and looking for a fashion treasure.The beginning wasn’t easy though, and Margot didn’t even expect to run the business for longer than few months. But it seems that her passion for clothes, young energy and spirit, and courage to take a risk, won.
From Paris to London
Welcome to Brixton
Brixton Village wasn’t that time a place where many people would like to come. There were Colombian restaurant, hairdresser and… drug dealers. Spacemakers, an agency which specializes in recreating urban space, took the challenge to rejuvenate Brixton Village, and it was them, who announced the competition. Businesses which won were allowed not to pay a rent for three months. Though it’s need to be said that, that time every unit in Brixton Village needed fundamental refurbishment. That’s why Margot thought that her shop will survive just three months. She had some clothes that time already as in the previous years she had been collecting them, so when the opportunity to open her own shop appeared, she was partly ready. - I had around twenty pieces of clothes, but Brigitte, from the antique shop in Paris, offered me some clothes and in return we split the income – explains Margot. Even now her mentor supports her by advertising Leftovers on her own shop website.What am I doing here?
Her patience was rewarded when the summer came. It became warmer and Brixton Village became more popular. People started coming and the shop started making real profit. She became her own boss, learnt book-keeping and other skills. Business is only in her hands, so she barely had time to rest in past two years – only few chances for short getaways but nothing longer. Margot has started thinking to hire someone but she realizes she is not yet able to pay someone enough money. – I don’t want to pay minimum wage because I know myself what does it mean to work for the minimum. I prefer to wait and find someone in the right time – a person who will be happy to come to Leftovers and meet people everyday – explains Margot. This is what can be called a responsible business.
A nose for success
Margot sees her success in the fact that clothes she sells come from France, so for the UK customers they are unique. Moreover, she puts her heart into searching and knows the industry she is working in. That’s appreciated and Leftovers are being mentioned in magazines like ASOS Magazine, where singer Jessie Ware recommends Leftovers.Now, when the business is going in the right direction, Margot can think about further development. - My next steps are to set up the website and online shop. My shop can’t be bigger, so I choose to expand online – admits Margot. Margot notices the power of London in her success. - While I was in France I thought that opening my own shop is impossible – people have less trust for young people. In London they see their energy, a will to risk and appreciate that – admits owner of the Leftovers.
written by: joanna sopylo-firrisa
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