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Do you need a hat but Be bold, be bright, Bea-Vintage
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don't want to BUY one? —1 A range of quirky tee-shirts, launched by Swindon designer Bianca
Jones, is guaranteed to revitalise your wardrobe in more ways than one.
Then call —I
Items in the Bea-
Vintage range are
ti.,r f^ au o ^,^o w m hand made and fol-
T Mad Hatter low fashion trends
0 with a unique slant.
In Haydon Wick But, for something
a I-
(01793) 704005 or I- even more unu-
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07710 298790 C)
from items are one-offs
www.hirehats.co.uk • made from two or
Y BLAYLOCKS
to see the large selection of more pieces of cus-
Hats to HIRE! Bath Road Corner > tomers' cast-off
Make a personal appointment Old Town, Swindon x clothing.
to find just the right hat for you Tel: 534271 `o Bianca, right. ex-
plained that she's
developed a new °^=
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NAWAB'S angle on recycling, --_._— --
by taking apart old
The West's No 1 fabric store clothes and trans-
forming them into a
New stock now in completely new garment. "I could School just round the corner from
• Bridal fabrics • Velvet make denim jeans into a top and the design studio she has set up in
mix maybe a blouse or a skirt with her Haydon End home. With years
• Stretch fabrics • Calico it. Fashion today is disposable: peo- of fashion experience, both as a
• Fire-resistant fabric ple buy something and only wear it designer and as a visual manager
once so I'm putting them to use." for River Island, Bianca has an eye
• Fleece
The Vintage range is made from for current trends. As well as keep-
• and hab, ashery new, 100% cotton. This summer's ing track of the high street looks.
Monday to Saturday 0 collection falls into three themes: Bianca draws her inspiration from
1 Oam to 4pm the red, white and blues of Ship music and the arts. In a Jason
25 Tennyson Street Shape, a classic Monochrome Pollock inspired design, she threw
SWINDON range and the vibrant Boldly Go. fabric scraps onto a t-shirt and
Tee-shirt dresses have been sell- stitched them where they fell.
Tel: (01793) 611869
ing very well with an off the shoul- The designs really do have to be
der red and white striped dress seen. Call her 725760 for details or
emerging as the best seller. see:
Bianca attended Hreod Parkway www.bea-vintage.com

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