2017 - A DIGITAL BLACK HOLE
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DOESN'T BACK UP THEIR PHONE (I MEAN, NOW I DO) AND THERE ARE SOME DARK PERIODS WHERE I HAVE ALMOST NO PROOF OF SHOP LIFE. 2017 IS ONE SUCH TIME. I KNOW WE WE'RE UP TO A LOT IN THE STUDIO, DEVELOPING OUR APPAREL LINE THAT WE THEN MADE IN HOUSE. LOTS OF LINEN IN THOSE DAYS.
IN 2017 MY THEN PARTNER AND I CREATED A VINTAGE LABEL. IT WAS CALLED 'CHUKO' AND WE WENT OVER TO CANADA TO SOURCE VINTAGE THAT CAME IN THROUGH VANCOUVER AND FOR SOME REASON, THERE WAS JUST ABSOLUTE HOARDS OF GREAT VINTAGE THERE! THIS WAS A FUN LITTLE SOJOURN INTO VINTAGE, THAT LASTED JUST ABOUT AS LONG AS THAT RELATIONSHIP DID..
ALSO, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL BELLA, WHO WORKED IN THE LAIR STUDIO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS! BUT PRIOR TO THAT WOULD MODEL FOR US , AND SOMETIMES HELP OUT WITH FINISHING JEWELLERY BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WHAT A SWEETHEART!