12th August 2010
Open 1 - 5.30 Friday 13th
Thursday 12th is our founders 34th birthday, and we're celebrating with cake, Bananananarama and a photo shoot for the Aimee collection. There might be wine involved so, as Becky is sole keyholder on Fridays, and is having the morning off, we'll be open from 1 - 5.30
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10th August 2010
New collection coming soon!
We are very excited about our new Aimee collection, which is coming very soon. Lace shorts in ravishing red, pretty purple and beautiful black. We're doing a proper photo shoot on Thursday, but some very very bad photos of the first sample pairs can be seen at the bottom of this page http://s.coop/1zo and you can preorder by emailing pantsfutures@whomadeyourpants.co.uk
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28th July 2010
SOLD OUT!
Please note we have now SOLD OUT of almost everything in PINK and all WHITE. We've some black but would strongly advise you to call us before ordering. Thanks!
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26th July 2010
Bring a Teddy Bear
We're closed on Tuesday 27th July as we're taking all our workers, trainees and volunteers out for a picnic on Southampton Common, so everyone can meet everyone else. We'll be back on Wednesday though!
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23rd July 2010
SOLD OUT and NEW PANTS!
Our pants have been flying out the door and we've very few Jasmine pants left - no pink or white, but most sizes/styles in black. But be not afraid, your bottom will not remain bare - check out Becky's blog for details of our next collection!
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7th July 2010
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7th July 2010
PANTASTIC NEWS!
We've been awarded £60,000 to support our first three years!
Read all about it here http://s.coop/1fz
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28th June 2010
We won we won we won!
Hello everybody!
We have won an award! Have a little look see here http://s.coop/198
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25th June 2010
Hot pants!
We're all sweltering here at work so until we get our back door fixed so we can open it enough to make a draught without allowing scallywags in, we may be heading home early or working outdoors. Today, Friday 25th, we're finishing at 5. Back Monday, bright and early!
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11th June 2010
Want to come and see us?
We're having an open day on the 24th June as part of Co-operatives Fortnight. Everyone is welcome! Do give us a buzz if you want to come so we can get enough wine and nibbles in - see you here?
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13th May 2010
Research ahoy!
We are closed this afternoon, Thursday 13th May, as we have a number of offsite meetings to go to. And we plan to do a little scoping of what sorts of pants are out there at the moment if we get time too! We will be back in tomorrow though and you can place an order anytime on our smashing website.
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22nd April 2010
Blogtastic!
Our founder wrote a blog post yesterday, while awaiting the arrival of a funder - so it is infused with nervous! Read all about it here... http://s.coop/ap
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15th April 2010
There is an alternative
We are a worker co-op here at whomadeyourpants? but there are all sorts of other co-ops round the UK and the world, doing all kinds of things like making great coffee and chocolate, to being the voice behind your the Co-opertive Group (supermarkets, banks, funeral care..) Co-ops fortnight is coming up from 19 June to 3 July - for more info on a real alternative to 'traditional' business where profits go to shareholders, not members, have a look at www.thereisanalternative.coop
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15th April 2010
We're back!
And raring to go. Thanks for all your kind messages about the fire and me overworking - all is now shiny and bright again. Pantastic in fact!
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7th April 2010
Unexpected closure Thursday 8th and Friday 9th April
Those of you who read our news will see that we've been scoffing Easter Eggs like crazy, but we're not closed because we're too fat to waddle in, it's something far more serious. Details here http://s.coop/74 but we'll be back bright and breezy on Monday and look forward to talking to you then.
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1st April 2010
Easter Break
We've decided to put our feet up for the Easter break and enjoy Easter eggs with our friends and family.
If you have any questions over the break, please bear with us and we'll be in contact just as soon as we get back on Tuesday 6th April.
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26th March 2010
Bit of a wait for pants
Isn't it amazing what a bit of press coverage can do? We had a teeny tiny one line mention in The Observer recently and have been inundated with orders. This is GREAT news for us but does mean that it will take us a few weeks to catch up. Please get in touch if you've any questions or have a look here http://beckypants.wordpress.com for the explanation in depth - we are going as fast as we can!
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16th March 2010
White pants SOLD OUT
Blimey Charlie, don't things move fast at times?!
We've used all the fabric that was available for us to make white pants with and so have got to source some more before we can make any more. Because of the way we source our materials out of what other people have sold on, and we're quite new to this, we're not sure how long this is going to take and so for the time being, we are SOLD OUT of white pants. Please feel free to order other colours, or white if you like, but be aware it might be a few months before we find the right sort of fabric, in the right quantity, in white.
As ever, contact me with any queries,
Thanks,
Becky
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8th March 2010
IWD - early doors
It's been a hectic International Women's Day here, much cake has been eaten, but we're closing up early due to off site meetings. Back tomorrow, bright and breezy
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8th March 2010
Happy International Women's Day!
Our founder, Becky, is being interviewed RIGHT NOW on www.preston.fm - you can listen online! Remember all the wonderful women in your life today and those around the world who don;t have it as easy as us in the UK. Big love x
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2nd March 2010
Pants - and Wayne Hemingway
Becky and a volunteer called Emma recently attended the 3M social enterprise conference at the University of Southampton, where Wayne Hemingway was keynote speaker. He took one of our flyers away, which was very good to see. Some video from the day is here... http://www.vimeo.com/9653527
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1st March 2010
Monday 1st March - early closure
Happy St David's Day! Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant!
I've just realised, we are closing early today as we've off site meetings about production to go to.
We'll be here til about 4, then back tomorrow. If you need us, please email or call and leave a message and we'll get back to you.
Thanks!
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25th January 2010
Waiting with bated breath?
If you're waiting on pants that you have ordered, please be assured they are on the way. A collapsed ceiling, a small flood (never a dull moment!) and a few production issues have meant we lost four weeks production time - but we are on the case and hope to be restocked very soon. They are worth the wait!
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6th January 2010
Becky's written a blog post!
have a read here
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4th January 2010
Hello, hello, and a happy new year!
We're now back in the office and looking forward to a pantastic 2010! Make your new year a fun one by keeping up with all our news - follow us on twitter
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23rd December 2009
whomadeyourpants? is now closed for a well earned break until the 4th January. We will begin restocking then as we sold absolutely everything we had made (hooray!), and will be ready to ship pants again at the end of January.
We currently employ just one full time staff member, our founder. Our sewing workers just work (at the moment) one morning a week. Everyone else who helps make the business happen are volunteers generously giving their time freely, so we want everyone to have a good rest and come back bright eyed and bushy tailed.
We hope you all have a great break too and look forward to hearing from you in the New Year.
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12th December 2009
Pants on the telly!
We made BBC South Today news on our launch day... watch it here
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1st December 2009
Hooray, hooray we launch today!
read about how we got here...
Becky's blog
twitter
facebook
Daily Echo
BBC News
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