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11 years of bespoke slow fashion at
Violet Flamingo
Violet Flamingo, a bespoke many other creative
‘slow fashion’ garment individuals and businesses.
maker in Littleborough, has
celebrated 11 years of She said: “Everything is
business. made in my studio at Ebor
and pieces can be
The company was started customised for each client.
by Lindsey James, who
holds a degree in fashion “Art was where I was the
design, manufacturing, most comfortable; I
marketing and promotion enrolled at Hopwood Hall to
from the University of study textiles and
Huddersfield, after deciding fashion. I had no major Photo: Paul Whiteley
to launch her own clothing interest in fashion at the
business making made-to- time and I chose this course “It was a risk as I hadn’t
measure garments. for the textile modules. viewed any of the courses I
applied for but I was just so
Lindsey originally started “The more I studied the in love with making clothes
out making one-of-a-kind fashion, the more I fell in – and I still am!”
garments to order, helping love, but two months before
each customer with each the end of the course, I went Violet Flamingo also offers
step of the design process. on an industrial sewing an alteration and
machine and was obsessed. customisation service for
Her own made-to-order I was due to go to university any and all garments.
collection is entirely to study textiles and at the
handmade at her studio in last minute I changed and Below left photo: Tom Martin
Ebor Mill, surrounded by decided to study fashion. Below right photo: Violet Flamingo
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