Category Archives: Swap Clothes

Guest Blogger Post 4 – Fashion

Fashion is about expressing yourself, it’s about wearing what you want to wear, being who you want to be. Whatever is your style, wear what you want to wear. Don’t feel like you have to wear the same thing that your friends do, and don’t be afraid to be different. But most importantly wear what [...]
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Guest Blogger – Joelleabelle

Hello, My name is Joëlle. I am a 15 year old entrepreneur with a passion for fashion who has an artistic flare. I have a love for all things vintage, sudoku, toast, Nina Ricci and summer. I own Joelleabelle Jewellery. This is what I tend to spend most of my free time doing (the little I have [...]
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CovertCandy sees its official Re-launch today!!

The CovertCandy team are happy to announce that today is our new site re-launch!! The past few months have been spent improving the trading capabilities and increasing the social interactive functionality on CovertCandy! All CovertCandy lovers can now enjoy: 1. Full scale trading! The community will be open for you guys to trade anything you like! The [...]
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Q&A with Sandra from 5 inch and up

  Fashion chameleon Sandra from 5 inch and up possibly possesses the most enviable shoe collection of the whole blogosphere! The Finnish blonde freelance stylist and personal shopper mixes Miu Miu platforms and River Island jumpsuits with ease, and her blog ’s vibrant photography take us through her stylish life in London. We asked Sandra a [...]
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Q&A with Sharon with My Passport To Style

Sharon from My Passport to Style is a style consultant whose blog is dedicated to all sorts of fabulous things. Her site offers great inspiration  for decorating your home, finding a unique look and interviews. Filled with girly pictures, DIY’s and ethical fashion advice, My Passport to Style is a firm Covertcandy favourite! So we [...]
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Q&A with OUTSAPOP.COM

Finnish fashion and accessories designer Outi Pyy from Outsapop.com is one of the best bloggers around if you are looking to customize your vintage finds as well as create quirky, runway inspired jewellery. With her easy tutorials, she makes having a unique style super easy! Here at Covertcandy we are all about sustainable fashion [...]
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Quite Contrary – Question and Answer

How old were you when you started to love fashion? There is a picture of me wearing colorfully dotted leggins and a huge knitted sweater with a teddybear and hearts on it, I was about 12 – so I guess I was older than 12 Who are your vintage style icons? / What celebrity, across [...]
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Question and Answer: College Fashion

How old were you when you started to love fashion? I have always loved fashion – as a kid I was always doodling dress designs in my notebooks and playing dress-up. But I didn’t really know so much about designers or the fashion industry until my senior year of high school when I lived with my [...]
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Behind the scenes footage

10 models, 2 stylists, 2 photographers, 2 make-up artists, 1 fashion director, 18 hours of shooting, 50+ coffees and 350 hand picked vintage clothes from Paris. Here is some behind the scenes footage of the latest CovertCandy shoot: CovertCandy Shoot from CovertCandy on Vimeo.
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Changes Changes and more blummin changes!

We’re making changes to CovertCandy in case you hadn’t noticed. Please bare with us whilst we pimp out the site. Its business as usual in the CovertCandy community but it will take 1 or 2 days until the vintage  shop is fully operational again. Please help us out if you find any problems with the site and [...]
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The Modern High-Street

Today the high-street is dominated by brands like Topshop and H&M that cater to the constantly changing trends of young people. Its easy to see the appeal of this market, especially during the current recession. A recent article in The Independent newspaper, evaluates how certain brands have fared during the first crucial months of ‘The [...]
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The 80s

So first up, the trend for 80s clothes. When veteran French label Balmain unveiled their Spring/Summer 09 collection, they basically opened a gaping void in the time-space continuum and sent the Western world back to the 80s (no one seems to mind though). In fact, the trend has been taken up by other similarly influencial [...]
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