Pippa Middleton in Rowanjoy

There is much excitement with Rowanjoy today as completely out of the blue one of my dresses has appeared across the national and even some world press. I was walking home from doing a bit of extra work on today when I spotted a familiar dress on the cover of the Scotsman newspaper. It was a dress by one of the other Godiva Boutique designers from 7 years ago when we had shown a collection for the Edinburgh University Charity Fashion show and was being modelled by a certain Miss Pippa Middleton. After buying the Scotsman and making an excited call to Fleur the owner of Godiva boutique I realised there was actually a photo of one of my dresses on page 3 as well. Not only is the picture of my dress in the Scotsman it has also been used in The Sun, The Daily Record, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail and their online counterparts and online for Us magazine - yes I am tres tres excited.

Pippa Middleton in Rowanjoy Butterfly Dress

The 2 models on the left are also in Rowanjoy.

Unfortunately I dont have a credit for making the dress but I am trying to rectify that as we speak. The dress along with 2 other outfits were the first I had shown on the catwalk since my graduation from Edinburgh College of Art the year before and from what I remember was a great show to take part in with John Snow as the compere (wearing one of his trademark ties) I clearly remember discussing the idea of the butterflies in the hair with Fleur and think they may still be hiding down in the Godiva Basement. I think we shall be hunting those out on Monday!

http://www.usmagazine.com/stylebeauty/news/see-pippa-middletons-sexy-college-modeling-shots-2011116

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2002318/Pippa-Middleton-modelling-past-Kates-sister-trod-catwalk.html

Rowan x

Short and Sweet - Best scottish weddings magazine.

I Excitedly made my way to the newsagent last night to pick up "The Best Scottish Weddings" magazine because Rowanjoy bridal has had its first feature in the press. Betty is featured in its short and sweet photoshoot along with other 1950's inspired gowns and even gets in the magazine twice by sneakily appearing on the contents page. Styled with pink colour pop accessories and shot on location with some fabulous vintage signs and vehicles the flirty vibe of the dress really comes across. The rest of the magazine is filled with ideas and inspiration for your big day and those lovely ladies from Strumpet also have one of their pieces featured in a gorgeous Biba inspired photoshoot.

Rowanjoy Bridal website now live.

Since yesterday I have been furiously working on getting the Rowanjoy Bridal website designed and online (although I didnt let it get in the way of Eurovision Semi- Final watching) and here it is. Its not 100% finished, I'm waiting for some product shots of the dresses to put up along the shoot pics but am too impatient to wait till then to get it up.

www.rowanjoybridal.co.uk

Rowan x

Rowanjoy Bridal

A couple of weeks ago I told you about my new bridal collection that I was launching and now I have the photos back from the shoot I can tell you a little more about it. Rowanjoy Bridal continues the aesthetic from the Rowanjoy label with all the dresses being inspired by vintage style from the 20's onwards. There are 4 styles of dresses to choose from as well as a cheeky little bridal playsuit for the bride looking for an alternative look for the big day.

Clara dress - £835

Greta Dress - £735

Lucille Dress - £895

Betty Dress - £825

Scallop Playsuit - £135

I am currently working on the website for the bridal collection which will have more details about each of the styles. If you want to get in touch now for more information email me at rowanjoy@yahoo.co.uk. Each dress will be made to order for each specific customer.

I am still offering a bespoke bridal service, so if you are interested in getting a dress designed and made specifically for you get in touch too. Prices start from £750 (excluding fabric)

Rowan x

Credits

Photographer - Paul Marr

Hair - Roy Rogers@Saks Glasgow

Make up - Fiona Henderson

Hats - Strumpet Bridal

Model - Nina Nesbitt 

Magpie Market, some new treats.

This Sunday I will be setting up stall for the first time at Magpie Market in the hub on the Royal Mile. I have been busy the last couple of days screen printing a summer version of the scarves that were so popular at Christmas. Now made in georgette and available in Black with purple or mint print or Ivory with rose pink print, these scarves have an added extra foil print at both ends.

I will also have my printed tees, some printed leather jewellery, bow belts and some previous season stock which will be at bargain prices.

There will be over 30 stalls with a variety of fabulous products from various independent designers. Not only that there will be some fab tunes from The Horndog Brass Band who I saw play on Hogmanay and are amazing. There will be a pop up cafe with tea and cakes, a tombola with lots of fantastic prizes from local businesses and for those of you that get there early a good bag full of treats.

It is on from 11-4pm at The Hub and is free, so come along, say hello and support local and independent designers and makers.

Rowan x

Coming up with Rowanjoy...

Things have been rather busy over the last few weeks with various projects I have been juggling and I thought it was time for an update. So the first one and the biggie is the launch of my new range - Rowanjoy Bridal.

In my previous post, I gave a little sneak peek of the photoshoot I did a couple of weeks ago and here is the first image from that shoot. I'm not going to say too much about it until I have all the photos and a fabulous new website up and running (should be next couple of weeks) but hopefully this will whet your appetite.

I am also going to be doing a couple of markets in the next couple of weeks. First up I will be sharing a stall with the fabulous Fleur from Godiva Boutique at the Grassmarket festival on the 30th April. There will be a variety of stalls and also avalanche and dancebase have organised bands to play and dancers to dance.

Fingers crossed this lovely weather holds as it looks like it will be a great event over the whole weekend.

The second market I am doing is Magpie market which has a new location in The Hub on the Royal Mile.

This is the first time I have done it so am looking forward to meeting everyone involved and hopefully not spending too much on other peoples stalls. I will be selling a mixture of printed scarves, printed leather jewellery, belts, printed tees and sweatshirts and may have a few previous season pieces selling for a snip of their original prices.

Over the next few weeks I will keep you updated with all these goings on and hopefully see a few of you at some of the markets.

Rowan x

Brand Spanking new Rowanjoy website up online now. Have a look to see collections old and new and links to all things rowanjoy.

www.rowanjoy.co.uk