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Godiva Boutique

There is no other suit quite like your birthday suit

About Me


Vintage and custom made clothing for men & womenUnconventional, innovative, liberated, Godiva strives against the soul sucking monotony of fast food fashion to provide a truly unique alternative.
Vintage, chic, quirky, kitsch; from hand made customized cashmere to retro urban funk classics.
Godiva began in 2002 as a wee vintage shop. With the help of a creative collective of fashion design graduates and a want for providing more independent and ethical clothing, Godiva Boutique was born.
We recycle and reinvent vintage fabrics to create one-off hand made garments and limited edition ranges.
Godiva has recently set up a studio in the basement where the designer Rowanjoy spends her days designing and creating. As she lives in the shop this allows her to "make to measured" garments from her collection of sought after designs.
Godiva has become a member and active campaigner to support the organisation Labour Behind the Label, who campaign and build awareness to improve the working condition of workers in factories worldwide and campaign against the international trafficking of people.It is well known now that to lessen your impact on the world today you should buy second-hand vintage and locally hand-made products, even if it costs a little more think of the true cost of cheap clothing, someone pays if it's not you.
We love to recycle and we love to design for the more fashion and consumer conscious people of the world.
BE UNIQUE, BE INDIVIDUAL, SUPPORT LOCAL TALENTED INDEPENDENT DESIGNERS, SHOP AT GODIVA.
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www.godivaboutique.co.uk
WE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK! FIND OUR GROUP UNDER "GODIVA BOUTIQUE".

My Interests

Clothes.... vintage clothes,Independent fashion design, ethical fashion, recycling, local and hand-made manufacturing, second -hand shopping, charity shopping, dressing mannequins, designing clothing, dressing up, fashion photography, good friends, good bars, good booze and good parties, good people, good teas..........

I'd like to meet:


The discerning and determinedly different.......... independent fashion designers, fashion photographers, boutique owners, fun people.........
GODIVA
9 Westport
The Grassmarket
EH1 2JA

Music:

Godiva is currently listening to:Erol Alkan, Daft Punk,Kings of Leon, Feist,Funk d'void, Kelly Polar, Metro Area, The Rolling Stones, Sufjan Stevens, Angus and Julia Stone, Happy Monday, Jeff Buckley, The Rapture, Fila Brazillia, Primal Scream, Grace Jones, Lee Dorsey, The Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Husky Rescue, Ian Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Ludwig Van Beethoven,Miles Davis, Silicone Soul, Jose Gonzalez, Marvin Gaye, Hot Chip, Krafwerk,Dolly Parton......

Movies:

If I had a TV in here I would be watching and recommend: Napoleon Dynamite, Best in Show, Spirited Away, Withnail and I, Aeroplane, Saturday Night Fever, Zoolander, Dodgeball, Happy Gilmore, La Haine, Little Miss Sunshine, Amelie, Labyrinth, Pirates of the Carribean, Anything by Hitchcock, Lost Boys, True Romance,Planet Earth, Eddie Izzard........

Heroes:

Eddie Izzard, Mary Quant, Dalai Lama, David Attenborough, Magnum PI, Jack Sparrow, Oscar de la Renta.......

My Blog

www.godivaboutique.blogspot.com

WE HAVE STARTED WRITING A NEW BLOG AT www.godivaboutique.blogspot.com CHECK IT OUT FOR FASHION PAGES, DO AND DON'T AND FUN. X
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:10:00 PST

SUMMER SALE! 5O% OFF VINTAGE X

FESTIVAL SUMMER SALE!!!! 50% OFF VINTAGE CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES!!DRESSES, KNITWEAR, MENS SHIRTS, RANDOM BITS FOR ALL UNDER £10!! xx
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:03:00 PST

CLOTHING AND COSTUMES DESIGN STUDENTS.......WHAT YOU DOING THIS SUMMER?

THIS SUMMER GODIVA IS OPENING ITS STUDIO TO STUDENT DESIGNERS WHO WISH TO HAVE SOME WORK EXPERIENCE TO HELP US WITH OUR REWORKED PROJECT! IT WILL BE UNPAID BUT WE CAN GUARANTEE TIME WELL SPENT ON A VE...
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Wed, 28 May 2008 07:01:00 PST

LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO WANT TO GAIN EXPERIENCE

GODIVA IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS TO COLLABORATE WITH TO SHOOT NEW SHOP COLLECTIONS. COME WORK WITH OUR TEAM AND BUILD YOUR PORTFOLIO. THE WORK IS UNPAID BUT PROMISES TO BE INVALUABLE FOR ...
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Thu, 22 May 2008 04:14:00 PST

LOOKING FOR NEW ACCESSORY DESIGNERS

WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR NEW HAND-MADE ACCESSORY TO STOCK ON GODIVA BOUTIQUE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS- EMAIL [email protected] or call 0131 221 9212 FOR FURTHER INFO AND APPLICATION. LOOK ...
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:29:00 PST

JOIN "LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL" TODAY

As we have recently become a member of labour behind the label we are now encouraging other fashion conscious shoppers to do the same or at least visit there website to make you our mind up at www.la...
Posted by Godiva Boutique on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:25:00 PST