George Nicholls found us an Etsy Seller, who was willing to both come on the show and also allow a VT to be made about her, for that section. The idea for the DIY section is to show the audience how you can make your own clothes and then looking into what clothes this seller has made and how they're business is going in comparison to High Street Stores. Our contact is Bonnie Arpino, she's 40 years old and has been making clothes for over 6 years. She sells on Etsy, her website is below:
What worried me slightly when I saw Bonnie's sight, was that it was almost all Baby Clothes and our show is targeting towards adults and their Fashion that they can wear. But, before panicking, myself and Connor Deemer talked to her over the phone. Bonnie explained that she started off making baby clothes but she is soon going to be launching her adult range and this will have it's own page, she has made plenty of clothes for adults and it's actually this that she wants to promote through the show.
I asked Bonnie why she began making clothes and she explained that she went off from work to have a child and later, her son was diagnosed as Autistic and she wasn't able to return to work. So she began making dresses. Below is some examples of her work:
I arranged to go and meet Bonnie for a coffee so that she could meet me and know someone from the crew for when she comes into the Studios. When meeting Bonnie, I asked her what sort of clothes she would like to have shown on our show. Bonnie explained that we could use any of the photos on her Instagram, while talking about the clothes she's made, Bonnie told me that she had made a 1950's style dress out of Halloween Material for a wedding, she still has this and it sounds far too good to show in a photo, so I asked if we could bring it into the studio for the interview, thinking that we have this on the mannequin from the Presenter Challenge reveal next to Bonnie and we can then talk about it.
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