I had the great pleasure of hosting a pop-up at John Lewis in Southampton for a week in September 2021.
I had a fantastic experience and met so many lovely people – staff and customers. I have really enjoyed being able to talk to people about my passion and have had such a great response.
I was based on the ground floor next to the escalators which was a great spot – and I was also next to the BBQ displays so I carefully positioned my mannequin with my leather apron next to these and it quickly sold!
Click here for a video tour of my stall all set up.
The best part by far was being able to engage with people in person. Leather is a very tactile material and so giving people the change to touch and feel my products and start a conversation about how they are made was great.
The hours were long as it’s just me at MoCo but I had lots of visits from friends who brought food and caffeine to keep me going! I also took some half finished sewing projects to complete while I was there which was definitely a good conversation starter and I finished this beautiful black bag while I was there (and sold it a day later!):
I made a short video reel of the making process – click here to have a look.
The staff at John Lewis were absolutely amazing from start to finish. I was the first pop-up trader that they’d had in-store so we all learnt as we went along. They provided me with all the fixtures I could possibly need and helped me to make the shop look fantastic. Then all I had to do was take in the fact that I was selling the products I made on my kitchen table in a branch of John Lewis!
A fantastic experience all round – and hopefully I’ll be back sometime to do it all again!
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