VALENTINES DAY CARDS AND GIFTS AT MAIDEN SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET

As per usual MAIDEN on Shoreditch High Street is proud to proclaim that we have the best selection of Valentine's Day cards in the whole of East London! We also have a fabulous array of gifts that are perfect for that special person on February 14th.

Here are just a small selection of the Valentine's Day cards we have on sale at Maiden on Shoreditch High Street! These ones are designed by Octavia O'Donovan and we think they are wonderful!

We also have lots of cheeky sexy books from Taschen that will make the perfect Valentine's Day Gift! Here's just a selection of the fabulous books we have in our Valentine's Day range!

SHOREDITCH DESIGN TRIANGLE 2011

The Shoreditch Design Triangle is one of the many local hubs around London which form part of the London Design Festival 2011 (15-25 September 2011). Over 30 shops, galleries and spaces in Shoreditch are participating in this exciting event which will showcase the strength and diversity of the Shoreditch design community.

On Tuesday 20th September most Shoreditch locations will be staying open late and hosting an array of special launches, parties and workshops. All the
venues are within easy walking distance around the Shoreditch Triangle
so head East and make a night of it.

At MAIDEN we are proud to present a series of six brand new and exclusive light switch stickers designed by Henrietta Swift. We've stocked Henrietta's light switch stickers since MAIDEN opened in 2009; customers have always been delighted by the way such a simple and well executed idea completely brings the ordinarily dull light switch to life.

The Light Up Your Mood stickers are normally available in either Boys, Girls or Animal packs (You can buy them on our online shop or in store at MAIDEN) , but for London Design Week Henrietta has literally gone "wild" and created a special series of endangered species sticker sets. Now you can turn to light switches into a giant panda, a Red Eyed Tree-Frog or even a Siberian Tiger! There is also an African Elephant, a Green Cheeked Parrot and an Amur Leopard! Why not buy the entire series and turn your home into a veritable safari park/paradise!


Each pack will contain the sticker kit to make one of the following animals...
(Each sticker pack will cost £4)

Red Eyed Tree-Frog




Green Cheeked Parrot




Siberian Tiger



Amur Leopard




Giant Panda




African Elephant




Alongside the limited edition endangered species stickers we will also be displaying all of the faces that can be made from the standard sticker packs.

A VISIT TO THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP!

Last Friday we stomped up the Regents Canal towpath to Islington to pay a visit to our friend Princess Julia who was manning the counter at her new pop-up venture THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP.



The shop is a real treasure trove of fabulous clothes, shoes, accessories , jewelery, magazines and of course they have a rather special collection of vintage books on sale handpicked by none other than the team at MAIDEN!



There's also an ambitious program of events including film screenings and this friday there's even an astronomy event..... lovable science nerds super/collider take up residence at in store for an evening of vintage shopping and cosmic alignments...take look at Saturn's rings and the moon's craters through their telescope, browse the fashions, leaf through vintage space & astronomy books and make your own badge to take home with PINS London and Nous Vous!

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The Amwell Street Knocking Shop - Open Frids/Sats/Suns 12 till 8pm from 20th May! Selling an an array of label and non label vintage. Plus events and happenings!
Description
Pop up shop from Friday 20th May 2011 to Sunday 26th June 2011, open Friday, Saturday and Sundays... weekdays by appointment only.

Selling archive and vintage fashion and accessories from labels including Westwood, Pam Hogg, Judy Blame, A Child Of The Jago, plus vintage clothing from all eras!

TEAM
Karlie Shelly
Felicity Hayward (Clothes)*
Josh Quenton (Clothes)*
Lauren Webb (Clothes)*
Princess Julia
Yasmina Dexter (Clothes)*
Pinkie Love (Clothes)*
Pam Hogg (Clothes)*
Joe Corre (Clothes)*
Ben Westwood (Clothes)
Vivienne Westwood (Clothes)
Judy Blame (Accessories)*
Flora Starkey (Clothes)
Noki (Clothes)
Mich Dulce (Hats)*
Maiden - Noah Crutchfield (Vintage Books)*

On two levels, with special events...

FILM SCREENINGS
Today Is Boring (Tree and Adam Carr) Film Screenings 6-9pm
Regular screenings tbc, with explanation of film from either a guest curator or themselves. Refreshments available.*

Badge Making Working Workshop
Make your own badges, directed by PINS (Karlie Shelly). Three hour workshop to take place in the kitchen area, pupils pay £15 and make and keep their work. *

LIFE/FASHION DRAWING CLASS
Sunday afternoon class to take place in the screening room.*

STRAIGHT UP DAY
Emily Rose England takes 'straight ups' in the downstairs area- kitchen, outside areas and screening room. Customers can either wear purchases from the shop itself or as they come. To be put up on i-D Online. http://www.i-donline.com/*

Art Installation
With Scottee and Eat Your Heart Out.*

Appointment Only Portraits
With photographer and DJ Alpha Deluxe on Saturday 28th May*

Hair Dressing Salon
With Sammy Knight, specializing in vintage hair styles. By appointment.*

CELEBRITY SHOP ASSISTANTS
Sue Tilley *

Directions-tube Angel Islington, go up Pentonville Road, turn left opposite The Lexington and down to Amwell street...

Buses - 205, 38, 73, 19, 394, 30, 4, 153, 214, 56, 43.

THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP

Last September our dear friend Princess Julia took over our basement for a week to host The Glorified Pound Shop. It goes without saying that we were delighted to hear that Her Royal Highness is returning to the retail world with a brand new venture intriguingly titled THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP.

As if this wasn't enough to brighten up our day, Princess Julia and her knocking shop collaborator Karlie Shelley have kindly invited MAIDEN to be involved in their exciting venture! Yes, that's right, we'll be putting together a cracking collection of our favourite out of print and hard to find books and Karlee and Julia will be selling them in their shop; alongside the rails of incredible fashions by the likes of Vivienne Westwood, Pam Hogg and Judy Blame. BRING IT ON!

See below for a taster of the fabulous books that we've been busy sourcing for the Knocking Shop!

THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP
Opens on 20th May
63 Amwell Street, London EC1,

until Sunday 26th June.
Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 12 till 8pm and by appointment on other days

Selling contemporary archive, vintage fashion and accessories from labels such as Westwood, Pam Hogg, Judy Blame, A Child Of The Jago, plus specially selected vintage clothing from all eras from our amazing team...


Karlie Shelly (Clothes)*
Felicity Hayward & Henry Wickett-Padgham (Clothes)*
Josh Quenton (Clothes)*
Lauren Webb (Clothes)*
Princess Julia (Clothes)*
Yasmina Dexter (Clothes)*
Pinkie Love (Clothes)*
Pam Hogg (Clothes)*
Joe Corre - A Child Of The Jago(Clothes)*
Ben Westwood (Clothes)*
Vivienne Westwood (Clothes)
Judy Blame (Accessories)*
Flora Starkey - Superfine (Clothes)*
Noki (Clothes)*
Mich Dulce (Hats)*
Maiden - Noah Crutchfield (Vintage Books)*

On two levels, with special events...

FILM SCREENINGS
Today Is Boring (Tree and Adam Carr) Film Screenings 6-9pm
Regular screenings tbc, with explanation of film from either a guest curator or themselves. Refreshments available.*

Badge Making Working Workshop
Make your own badges, directed by PINS (Karlie Shelly). Three hour workshop to take place in the kitchen area, for a nominal fee pupils make and keep their work. *

LIFE/FASHION DRAWING CLASS
Sunday afternoon class to take place in the screening room.*

STRAIGHT UP DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH i-D ONLINE
Emily Rose England takes 'straight ups' in the downstairs area- kitchen, outside areas and screening room. Customers can either wear purchases from the shop itself or as they come. To be put up on i-D Online. http://www.i-donline.com/*

Art Installation
With Scottee and Eat Your Heart Out.*

Appointment Only Portraits
With photographer and DJ Alpha Deluxe on Saturday 28th May*

Hair Dressing Salon
With Sammy Knight, specializing in vintage hair styles. By appointment.*

Directions-tube Angel Islington, go up Pentonville Road, turn left opposite The Lexington and down to Amwell street...

Please go to the FACEBOOK PAGE for updates - THE AMWELL STREET KNOCKING SHOP

Ponystep Magazine features Maiden

The immanent launch of Richard Mortimer's Ponystep Magazine is about to go off big time. For their first issue the Richard has pulled off a real coup de grace with his cover stars.

He's not only got fashion legend/rock royalty Jerry Hall looking amazing in YSL on one cover, but he also has KYLIE looking sexy as hell in Alaia on the other. Now that's what I call a launch issue.

Between the awesome covers Ponystep Magazine is choc-a-bloc with amazing features (read more here) including a lovely feature on Maiden's owner Noah Crutchfield! Many of our favourite people are also featured and/or involved in the magazine. Princess Julia interviews Kylie and both Josh Quinton and Felicity Hayward (who took residence in our basement for the Glorified Pound Shop event last September) are also featured in one of the fashion stories. Can't wait to get our paws on this magazine!!!

MORE ROYAL WEDDING MERCHANDISE AT MAIDEN

More delightful retro royal wedding items have arrived since our last post. Check them out! They're all available at Maiden and we will soon be uploading a selection on to our online shop www.maidenshop.com

We're also going full steam ahead with our plans for a Royal Wedding Bonanza in April. We're doing a special Charles and Diana themed shop window and our basement will be entirely devoted to Royal Weddings past and present. The Mad Artists Tea Party are doing awesome wedding cakes and East End Prints are commissioning some of their artists to create work based around the theme of the Royal Wedding.

East End Prints at Maiden in Shoreditch

Amelia's Magazine | East End Prints at Maiden in Shoreditch

PICK n MIX CHRISTMAS CARDS!!!

We've just taken delivery of this lovely set of five christmas cards. Even better news is that you can pick n mix your pack of five.

Each pack costs a fiver! Bargain!!

Come in and grab them at Maiden, 188 Shoreditch High Street!

We've also just finished putting out our fantastic selection of Christmas Decorations (picture to follow soon!)