It’s been nearly a week since our first vintage fair, which was held in the Town Hall in Oxford. It was one of the Lou Lou’s Vintage Fairs, and it was fantastic! The people we met, both other stall holders and those of you who came over to our stall for a chat and to […]
It’s March already! As I’m writing this I’m watching the snow fall out of my window – which is pretty remarkable for Cornwall! Apparently they haven’t had snow like this in well over a decade. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post, I apologise from that; it’s crazy how time gets away […]
Thanks to the lovely Benita Robledo of the Compassion Fashion blog for this awesome write-up and for letting us repost it here for you, we’re so thrilled to get such an awesome review! We also have a 15% discount for all of you, just enter BENITA15 at the checkout to get the discount off! Benita […]
The lovely Laura of the sustainable fashion blog, One Year Naked, recently bought a pair of Retrospecced frames from us and without us being aware that she was going to review us, wrote the following. Thanks for the ace write-up Laura, and also for the permission to repost her article here. The original article can […]
It’s taken me a few weeks to get round to writing this blog post as it’s all been a bit of a whirlwind this past month! Our website finally went live – yay! – and we have been busy cataloging and uploading all of the frames we have collected, on top of sorting out orders […]
Wubit Habtie is a 35 year old teacher at Amba Giorgis primary school, in northern Ethiopia. For the past 8 years, Wubit has been teaching biology to mostly grade 7 with her class size averaging 60 pupils from the age of 12-16 years. Currently 2,300 students attend Amba Giorgia Primary school and rely on teachers […]
The following story is of Adams, a boy helped by Vision Aid Overseas recently in Zambia. Eleven year old Adams needed glasses to see properly. Before Adams was seen by Vision Aid Overseas, he was struggling at school because he couldn’t see the blackboard well enough to learn. After his eyes were tested at our […]
The following story details how donations to Vision Aid Overseas helped self-employed Carpenter, Mapepala Musonda get back to work. Mapepala is a 57 year old carpenter from Chipulukusu, Zambia. He works hard to be able to support himself and his family. He has always enjoyed creating and constructing from wood. Before visiting the Vision Centre […]