Wednesday 28 April 2010

The Clothes Horse Fashion Event

So here are some of the first photos from our fashion event yesterday! The Clothes Horse team had a really fantastic time and we hope everyone else did too! We'd like to thank everyone who came yesterday, and everyone who made our wonderful event possible. Catwalk looks will follow later on this week, but for now there's a few backstage shots as a preview!

Look out for our post on River Island Style Insider next week, and the video of our event on Youtube. We'll let you know as soon as they're up!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

















Tuesday 27 April 2010

Let Them Eat Cake

The night before our event the Clothes Horse team and our friends got together for a four-hour baking sessions to make lots of lovely cupcakes to sell for charity! Transforming flat 3's kitchen at UCA's Woodcote Halls into a bakery, we baked and decorated over 150 cupcakes to sell to guests at our event.

You'll have to come along if you want to try them and trust us, they are delicious!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x






Sunday 25 April 2010

Getting to Clothes Horse

The event is only 2 days away now, and to make sure everyone knows how to find us, here is some information on getting there:

The address for the racecourse is:

Epsom Downs Racecourse
Epsom Downs
Surrey
KT18 5LQ

You will find us in the Queen's stand on the third floor.

If you are driving:
Below is a map from UCA on Ashley Road to the racecourse. You can view it with directions here. Parking is free at the racecourse and there are around 400 spaces.


If you are coming by train:
The closest station to the racecourse is Tattenham Corner station which is about a 1/2 mile walk from the racecourse. Alternatively, both Epsom Downs station and Epsom station are very close, but will require a taxi journey to the racecourse.

If you are coming by bus:
The 460 bus from Epsom high street stops right outside the racecourse and runs at these times:
17:07 - 17:37 - 18:07 - 18:37 - 19:00 - 20:00

If you are taking a taxi:
Epsom Cars will charge £5 or less from Epsom high street to the raceourse. Their phone number is 01372 727727.


Entry is free and no ticket is required. However we will be welcoming donations on the door to support our two charities, Barnardo's and The Diamond Centre. We look forward to seeing you there!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

Saturday 24 April 2010

River Island styling

Yesterday afternoon we went to River Island in Westfield to pick out the clothes for our fashion show! We had a fabulous day and with the help of stylist Alexis Knox, we pulled some really fantastic looks. We're not giving away too much though, you'll have to come along to the event to see the final result of our hard work!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x








Friday 23 April 2010

The Diamond Centre

Yesterday the Clothes Horse team visited The Diamond Centre, one of the two charities we are raising money for.

The Diamond Centre has been open for nearly 34 years and only teaches disabled riders. They cater for 360 riders a week, ranging from the age of 4 to 66. The centre costs over a quarter of a million pounds to run every year; with no government funding and 280 volunteers a week, without whom they could not operate.

While on our tour of the centre we got to see some of the children practising their riding skills, we met all of their lovely horses and ponies (Marge was our favourite, see below) and saw all the special equipment that is needed to help their students ride safely and successfully.

Due to the equestrian theme that we chose for our event, we really wanted to help a charity involved in riding somehow. Having seen the fantastic work that The Diamond Centre do, and for some many people, we are overjoyed to be raising money for them at the Clothes Horse event on 27th April.

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x


Amy and Amy with one of the horses

Specially designed reigns


Marge the pony



Thursday 22 April 2010

A Day At The Races

Yesterday was the first race meeting of the season at Epsom racecourse, so the Clothes Horse team and our friends decided to go along to enjoy the sun and place a few cheeky bets. It was the first time for betting for all of us, but with the advice of a few seasoned pro's that we got chatting to, and some traditional first-time-betting luck, we just about managed to break even!

We're hoping for equally as lovely weather for our event on Tuesday, and we're looking forward to enjoying the day with all of you!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x





Tuesday 20 April 2010

Best in Show

We've now chosen our favourite models from our model casting we held a few weeks ago. Everyone will star in our catwalk on the day of the Clothes Horse event, modelling River Island clothes and UCA first-year fashion design work. Here are our lucky winners:


Suraya


Sean


Martha


Chloe


Alfie


Yasmin

From these six finalists, one will be chosen on the day as 'best in show' by our River Island representative. Judging by these lovelies there won't be anyone falling at the first hurdle...

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

After Party @ Boogie Lounge


The Boogie Lounge nightclub in Epsom have agreed to open up from 9:30pm on 27th April especially for Clothes Horse!

So that everyone can carry on the party and celebrate the success (fingers crossed!) of the Clothes Horse event Boogie Lounge will be hosting our after party. The Clothes Horse team very much hope you will join us there later on, as it will be the first opportunity the team get to let their hair down and enjoy the evening after all the weeks of organising we have put in to the main event!

Visit the Boogie Lounge website for more information and a few songs to get you in the mood!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x



Friday 16 April 2010

Just Giving

We've set up at 'Just Giving' page so that our supporters can donate to our two charities, Barnado's and The Diamond Centre. So this way, even if you can't make it to the event, you can still donate here to our cause!





Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

Thursday 8 April 2010

Our Press Release

Our press release is now finished, printed, posted, emailed and sealed with a Clothes Horse kiss!

It can be found on the UCA website if you would like you read it for yourself!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

Tuesday 6 April 2010

Not long to go now!

The event is three weeks away today! We are so excited and we hope you are too!

Visit our Facebook event for more details and you can confirm if you're coming. Anyone is welcome to come, and entry is free but we will be asking for a voluntary donation on the door to support our two charities, Barnado's and The Diamond Centre for disabled riders.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x











Sunday 4 April 2010

Happy Easter!


Wishing all our friends and supporters a very Happy Easter!

We look forward to seeing you all at the Clothes Horse event on the 27th April.

Love,
The Clothes Horse team x

Friday 2 April 2010

Model Casting 01/04/2010






Photography: Emily Field
So yesterday we held our model casting at River Island in Kingston. We had lots of lovely Vitamin Water and sweets on offer to hand out to all our potential models and the River Island customers while Louise and Emily took down their details on model cards and took their picture. In the mean time the rest of the Clothes Horse team scouted out more potential models both in the store and out on the high street.
We found some gorgeous boys and girls who will look fantastic on our catwalk at the event on 27th April. Visit our Facebook page to take a look at some of the talent we found! By next week we'll have decided who has got through to star in the fashion show and will postthe lucky winners on here for you all to see!
Clothes Horse would like to thank all the staff at River Island Kingston for being so accomodating and friendly and making our pre-event so successful yesterday.
Love,
The Clothes Horse Team x