ELLen downes – FOUNDER
ONE-PIECE BOUTIQUE
ROLE: FOUNDER
One-Piece Boutique
Sourcing
Ellen found beautiful vintage swimming costumes for One-piece Boutique and then worked with a local tailor in Hanoi to make alterations to them.
Promotion
20% of profits were donated to Fashion Revolution Vietnam. This project acted as much as a business as to promote an alternative to fast fashion in the city
Retail
She had a shop space at the vintage shop at Hanoi Social Club and restocked her collection monthly.
Chan Con Cong Vintage Store 14 Duong Thanh, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi where Ellen sells her One-piece Boutique collection
Mi Founder of Chan Con Cong Vintage Store at Fashion Revolution Exhibition organised by Ellen, April 2019
WHAT IS
One-Piece Boutique?
Ellen found beautiful vintage swimming costumes and worked with a local tailor in Hanoi to make alterations to them.
20% of profits were donated to Fashion Revolution Vietnam and this project acted as much as a business as to promote an alternative to fast fashion in the city. She had a shop space at the vintage shop at Hanoi Social Club and restocked her collection monthly.
One-Piece Boutique was featured in an article in Urbanist Hanoi
“Ellen Downes is on the hunt for bathing suits. She trawls the narrow alleys of the Old Quarter for vintage and second-hand shops, scours the aisles of the used market on Dong Tac Street…” Read the full article on Urbanist Hanoi