And the winner is...

Massive thanks to all of you who entered our competition this weekend, either by Facebook or Twitter, or by commenting on our previous post.  We've had a look through all the responses we've got, and chosen our lucky winner...

Congratulations, Joanna Ashton!

Joanna entered on Facebook and said the following:

I love the flutter and fancies satchel. It is so girly and pretty yet really practical for work. I think it's really original and I look at it and wish it was mine every time i go into your shop! Am going for interviews at the moment (so am currently broke) and would love a good bag for interviews and work that reflects my personality :D I would also wear it at the weekend if I had it because it's perfect for everything :D

And here's Joanna's prize!

Joanna: to claim your wonderful Flutters and Fancies satchel, please email your address to shop@aspirestyle.co.uk and we'll get it posted out to you.

Thanks again to everyone who entered - you all said such lovely things it was really hard to choose.  Don't worry if you didn't win this time as we'll definitely be running more competitions in future.  Keep your eyes peeled!

Until next time,

Ria
www.aspirestyle.co.uk
www.twitter.com/aspirestyle

Competition time!

Roll up, roll up for the chance to win pretty goodies!  Normally we hold competitions like this solely on Twitter, but we figure that's quite mean to all those poor Facebook-only people out there.  Also, the competition this time is going to be on for MUCH LONGER - a whole weekend as opposed to a measly two hours!  I know, we're spoiling you.  Perhaps it's because we feel so terrible about being a bit quiet really on the old bloggery front.  We don't want you thinking Aspire doesn't love you anymore; absence makes the heart grow fonder, and we're maxing out our fondness levels for you right now.

The prize this weekend is a lovely one indeed.  Obviously everyone has different tastes, so instead of picking just one thing, we want you to tell us what your favourite Aspire Style product is and why, and it could become yours!  Just enter your answer in the comments below, and you can earn two extra entries by posting on our Facebook fan page here or tweeting your answer (make sure you include @aspirestyle).

Ts and Cs: You can only enter once through each medium (the comments section, Facebook and Twitter) - don't be spammy!  It's not big and it's not clever.  Points for originality.  The competition will close at lunchtime on Monday the 26th of July and the winner will be informed on that afternoon.

Good luck!

Ria
www.aspirestyle.co.uk
www.twitter.com/aspirestyle

All change at Stratford and Warwick!

Customers of our Stratford and Warwick shops are in for a bit of a treat as both shops have recently had their clothes rooms refurbished and now have a greatly increased capacity.  Do you know what that means?  That's right, more clothes.  Which is probably a good thing since we went a bit crazy on the ordering front for this season - at least now we have space for all the pretty pretty clothes we have coming in!

Both stores now boast two-tiered rails, effectively doubling the amount of clothes which can be displayed, and new forward-facing rails allow us to show our maxi dresses in all their glory!

Here's a few pics for those who haven't had a chance to pop in and see us yet...


Warwick

Those of you who have been into our Warwick store before may remember the window in the clothes room - if you do, hold onto those memories!  They're now limited edition because...

...the window is no longer there!  We've now maximised space in the Warwick clothes room by boarding up the window so it can be used to house more pretty clothes.  Here you can also see the two-tiered rails in full effect!

The back wall in the clothes room has now been painted in a colour I like to refer to as 'Aspire Pink' (the paint company probably call it something else).  Look at the lovely new light fittings - they really give this room a unique boudoir feel!  If you can't take your eyes off the beautiful Fever Sea Mist maxi dress on the back wall, don't fret, it's available here for just £65, with free P&P!


Stratford

The change in Stratford didn't involve any boarding-up of windows, but has been dramatic none the less, and not just because we've moved the wardrobe:

We've also replaced the bulky shelves above the rails with nicer thinner ones, and now the scarves have their own custom-built rails (you can just about see them at the right of the photo).

The shoes have their own individual glass shelves, which make them look gorgeous!  Here we have (from top to bottom) the Kim Oh No shoes (£79), Oz Shoes (£65) and Pep In Your Step shoes (£79), all by Irregular Choice, and the Genteel shoes (£75) by Poetic Licence.

Look, space designed specially for holding maxi dresses!  Here we have the lovely Fever Amazon maxi dress (£65).

We're getting new stock in all the time, and hopefully in the next few days we'll be able to announce the arrival of a lovely new brand!

In the meantime, don't forget to follow us on Twitter for updates and exclusive competitions, and feel free to email us with any comments or questions - we love to hear from our customers.

Until next time,

Ria
www.aspirestyle.co.uk