One of our favourite Trinny Woodall features is Friday Twinning- this is our homage. We thought we would show you this, our first video despite the fact that it is amateurish even for us as It showcases a really great dress. Bear with us ladies on our new project as by video 3 (which you will see sometime next week) we are actually making some sense. We will film some more soon, styling them properly rather than recycling whatever belts & shoes we had on at the time. This dress is £120 & available in size 10/12/14/16 - we think they are pretty true to size. As usual free P & P.

Our most popular blog posts are the homage we do to #Vogue73Questions . Our latest volunteer/ victim is Philippa Lakeland who with her brother has been involved in the family business James Lakeland for over 25 years. We will pop the blog up later in the month but as she agreed to be filmed we thought you might like to see a sneaky preview here. Enjoy ❤️

We are becoming quite attached to our @morplan sale T - shirts! Our Summer Sale started in Swaffham yesterday but The Sale of The Century is taking place in Ely as with heavy hearts we are shutting our branch there at the end of the month. We will be returning to this beautiful city once a month with our pop up shop, the first of which will be at our neighbours @sewmuchtodoshop from October 17 to 18. Meanwhile come & bag a bargain- if you are a serious sale shopper head over to Ely where we have rails of clearance items - if you just want a gentle peruse followed by coffee & cake at @strattonshotel Swaffham is the place for you. Wherever you choose to go, remember: You have shopped the rest now shop The Best #saletime #savvyshopper #agelessstyle #OOTD #love this look 😂 #ely #swaffham #downyourhighstreet

A pinch & a punch on the first of the month or Good Morning it’s SALE TIME. Our Summer Sale starts in Swaffham today at 10am. 20% off handbags, shoes , jewellery & selected summer clothing PLUS up to -70% on our CLEARANCE SALE. You’ve shopped the rest now shop the best! #summersale #swaffham #norfolk #independentboutique #artichokegirls #downyourhighstreet

We are closing our lovely Ely shop at the end of August (Swaffham/online/pop up still aren’t going anywhere ) so will be popping up lots of bargains over the next few weeks CLOSING DOWN SALE Bargain of The Day Beautiful Riva Pumps in black Size 37/38/39/40 available. -50% Were £85 now £42.50 Free P & P if you can’t pop in

Sometimes you can see the beauty within. Our style icon #3 @lakelandphilippa who with her mother & brother @thejameslakeland built the iconic British brand @jameslakeland. Philippa has graciously agreed to be the next victim in our homage to @vogue73questions - so watch this space 😀 #jameslakeland #styleicon #iconicbrand #ss20 #vogue73questions

The world is moving on & sadly so are we ...... We have an amazing five years in our lovely Ely Shop but after much soul searching have decided not to renew our lease. We hope that this is not goodbye but au-revoir as we would love to catch up with you at the regular pop up shops we will be hosting in & around the town centre. The first of these will be at our neighbour 'So Much To Do' from Thursday October 17th until Saturday October 19th If you would like more details of these please pop into the shop & sign up to our email newsletter or you can do it online by going to our website https://www.artichokecollection.co.uk/ You can of course also apply for a visa & hop over the border into Norfolk to visit our Swaffham Shop which is where our pop –up & online shops also live. Before we leave at the end of August please come in so we can say thank you & goodbye properly. You could also take advantage of our MASSIVE CLOSING DOWN SALE WHICH STARTS ON TUESDAY JULY 23RD We will have up to 70% off Summer & (when this goes) Winter Stock ArtichokeEly is closed now until 10am on Tuesday Morning but we hope to see lots of you then. Finally we would like to say a huge thank you to all our Ely customers for supporting us over the past five years. The Artichoke Girls X

My style gurus, Alex & Nicola from @stehmann_pants. I just love the way that they have their own sense of style yet remain seemingly effortlessly on trend & having spent the morning discussing life, death & the universe with Nicola I know we are of the same vintage. The @stehmann_pants collection for SS20 is pure loveliness, I will pop up some of my favourite pieces over the next few days. Before next summer however we have the excitement of their winter collection & great news for our online customers, this season we are going to get our act together & make sure you have a much better offering either online or through our Facebook group, ArtichokeGirls, where we offer our more exclusive pieces. Of course you will have to sign up to be first in the queue - link in the bio #passionforpants #artichokegirls #downyourhighstreet #ootd #agelessstyle #lovethislook #fortyandfabulous #fiftyandfabulous #trouserstyles