Meet our team leaders! Clem and Teresa D’Souza have been involved in the UK fashion industry for over 30 years – Teresa has been a designer for some of the most influential brands in the UK (as well as her own brands) and Canada (Joe Fresh & Canada Goose). We love fashion, it’s in our DNA. Our UK design studios are all good friends and colleagues that we’ve worked with for many years – we know intimately how they work and the value they place on every garment they cut and sew – and we give them the utmost respect – samples are enormously expensive to develop (involving huge resources and teams – see below) and it’s a only small percentage of styles that actually get selected by the buyers and make it to the store. The journey of a successful style involves re-fits, re-fabrications, press samples, counter-samples, pre-production samples and size set samples – a huge amount of samples – all of which we purchase and lovingly re-home. Nothing is wasted.
23 responses to “About us”
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Where are you currently located?
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Hi Nanette,
we’re just about to finalize a store for November/December- will let you know as soon as confirmed!LikeLike
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Hi there are you still selling masks?
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Yes Sunny we are! Since our store in the Beaches is now open you can choose your pattern/colour from our stock!
Best, TeresaLikeLike
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Hi there. I live in the beaches and I am really hoping you will keep your store going when this crisis is over. I really appreciate the responsible approach you have taken in closing the store – these are hard times for small businesses in our community. . Good luck! See you soon I hope.
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Hi Myra, I want to thank you for your very kind message – we will definitely be back very soon. We want to keep the Beaches community healthy, everyone has been so welcoming, it’s like our second home!
Please stay in touch – Can’t wait till this is all over and we’re open again!!
Stay safe,
Teresa & Clem xLikeLike
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Hi Myra, I am in Oshawa also making masks and was about to drop them off the completed masks at Micheal Garron hospital. I have left over fabric and masks that are partially made with the exception of the elastics as I have run out of elastic. I can deliver masks that are partially completed and donate the remaining fabric I have to you OR I can continue making the masks and leave the elastics for you to sew on. I can stop by and drop off if you would like to make arrangements. Let me know what you think!
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Hi Cathy, we can finish them if you are able to drop them off to us at our Beaches store 2207 Queen Street East – we’re there almost every day fro 12:30pm to 6pm – just email me when you think you’ll be there ….. ukdesignersale@gmail .com
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Hi Cathy, can you send me a picture of what they look like so I can see what needs to be done?
ukdesignersale@gmail.com
Thanks, TeresaLikeLike
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Would like to buy a mask today at the queen street location in the beaches Toronto?
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Hi Caroline- yes – we have medium Ladies & large Men’s $12.50 each or 2 for $25. I can have it ready for collection on Tuesday – please pay by interact e transfer to ukdesignersale@gmail.com
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Hi there, your masks were highly re immersed to me. I live in Halifax NS, do you ship?
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Yes we do!
We have size Medium ( generally for women) and large, they come in a variety of solids and prints, $12.50 eachLikeLike
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You guys have products in your store front in the beach. Where can we buy them as it seems you’re always closed?
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Hi Wanda, we’re open weekdays from 12pm till 6pm, Saturday’s 11am till 5pm and Sundays 12pm till 4pm – hopefully you can pop in sometime soon!
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Hello, I was wondering if you carry any plus size selection? Thank you!
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Yes we do! We have sizes 10 to 18 (Canadian)
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Hello
There is a pink dress (beaches location) on a rack near the window with no sleeves
Short and a twist back
What size is the dress and the cost?LikeLike
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Let me see and I’ll get back to you!
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It’s size 6 and $70
Bright pink satin!LikeLike
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My partners stepmom Nancy is going to pick it up
she lives down the street
is it the last one? or do you have other sizes? I am between a 6-8 currently
thank you! if it is too small could I exchange it for something else once purchased?LikeLike
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Yes it’s our only one – we are happy to exchange or give a store credit if you are not happy – I’ll get Gwynn to put it on hold for you!
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thank you so very much 🙂
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● About us
We work with small design studios throughout the UK, buying their beautifully handmade prototype design samples and pre production pieces – one of a kind fashions – hand crafted and sustainable.
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