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"Ordered the garter for my sister and have been really impressed with the quick turn around time and service. Received a call one lunch time to confirm details before being stitched and received the garter the following day. The garter is beautiful and came in sparkly tissue and well packaged. Highly recommend Silk Garters and would definitely use them again. Thank you for a great service. Sharon in Surrey |
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We have been making garters in the UK since 1984. If we do not have what you are looking for in stock you can take advantage of our special order service. Tel 077 8080 1102 |
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Where are we…. We are situated in the beautiful Bedfordshire countryside, Silsoe, just a stones throw from the lovely Georgian stately home Wrest Park, now run by the National Trust. (Lily Allen’s ‘The Fear’ video was shot here). |
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Kate our designer… “I can’t remember who taught me to sew, The earliest experience I recall I was age 7 at school, being taught to thread a needle “Squeeze the thread tight, push the eye of the needle over the top, the thread will go ‘ouch’ and jump straight through!” I’ve never forgotten :-) By the age of 12, I was sewing all my own clothes, by hand, because my Dad didn’t think I was old enough to be ‘safe’ unsupervised with the sewing machine. My sister had a Saturday job in the local fabric shop and all my pocket money was spent in there. Skirts, blouses, dresses…. that was a lot of backstitch, it probably gave me the love of hand sewing I have now. |
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By 15 I thought I wanted to be a fashion designer and went on after school to do a Diploma in Fashion Design. I was working Saturdays at a lingerie store, and decided I wanted to set up my own lingerie brand, custom making lingerie and nightwear. When I left college I shared a shop in Luton with a dressmaker and a tailor. We each had our own workroom and display, which was lovely, but we outgrew the space and had to move to our own premises in Bute Street. Two years later we moved to the neighbouring town and opened ‘Sweet Nothings’ just off the high street. We had fabulous staff, Linda had trained as a corsetiere in her teens and was a great asset, bra measuring and fitting and organising the models when we took part in Wedding Exhibitions and charity fashion shows. My sister Mary and her daughter helped too, in the shop and with the wedding exhibitions. |
Having fun backstage at one of the Wedding shows
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At one of the wedding shows, my nightwear designs were on the catwalk, and by lucky chance the buyer from Moss Bros in Covent Garden was there and decided to buy a collection for their store. (At the time they were experimenting with ladies wear...). After that I was designing for several lingerie boutiques in England and Scotland. When my children came along, they came to work with me, it was a great time for all of us, they thought the customers just came to see them ;-) In 2002 we set up the website www.sweetnothingslingerie.com to run side by side with the shop, but when my eldest started school, Linda wanted to retire and I decided to close the shop to be able to take them to and from school and be involved in their activities. We had been there 16 years and a lot of our customers had become good friends. The website did well, but I was getting more and more orders for custom made garters and I decided to launch www.silkgarters.co.uk dedicated to bridal and fancy garters. The response was phenomenal and Mary’s daughter in law decided to take on Sweet Nothings, leaving me free to concentrate on Silk Garters. I love designing the garters on the website and it's exiting each week getting your calls for all your lovely garter designs too! |
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Thank you for purchasing the charity wedding garter, to date £275 has been given to Keech Hospice care, below is one of their emails....
Kind regards Sue
Sue Clarke
Corporate & Trusts Fundraising Manager 01582 707957 Keech Hospice Care Tel: 01582 492339 Fax: 01582 564906 Web: www.keech.org.uk |
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| Narrow pale blue satin garter with white lace and single crystal flower. | Pure silk dupion with champagne and ivory bows and central cabbage rose. | Luxury Swiss embroidered guipure with silk band, marabou feathers and Art Deco style crystals. | Simple yet stylish wedding garter, in deep blues, with centeral bow and crystal. | Simple satin wedding garter with narrow band and crystal heart bow |
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