Here at Bags of Love, we just love to get involved in projects. From small scale community projects like supporting a charity that we believe in, to something more mainstream, like our beautiful bedding appearing on Big Brother. We like to get in there on all levels.
What’s more, we love to share these community projects with you! So, we put together this selection of posts to keep you up to date with what we’re up to. Browse some of the things that we have got ourselves stuck into.
Bags of Love recently teamed up with Create, the UK’s leading charity empowering lives through the creative arts, to help raise money during their 14th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The glamourous celebration, which took place at Mosimann’s in Belgravia, was complete with excellent food, wine and conversation, all with the aim of raising further funds for […]
Bags of Love have recently partnered up with West London Action for Children Charity (WLAC) for their exciting online charity auction, where silent bids were placed on a range of fun and valuable items, with all profits going to help WLAC continue their amazing work. This brilliant charity promotes the wellbeing of children, whilst working […]
Our personalised photo cushions received primetime coverage on BBC Sport’s Athletics: World Championship programme shown on BBC Two on Saturday 5th August. The channel was airing the IAAF World Championships – the biggest global sporting event of the year. About 2000 athletes participate in the event during 10 magical days in August, and this year […]
At an event in North Wales last Friday, 14 July 2017, our fabrics received royal attention when His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales unveiled a commemorative stone covered with custom printed Duchess Satin. A business customer of ours, Moneypenny, was launching its new head office and invited His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales […]
This month we are happy to announce a long-term partnership with Dreams Come True charity. Dreams Come True fulfils dreams for children and young people aged 2 years to 21 years old with serious and life-limiting conditions. In celebration of all the dads, grandads, stepfathers and father figures, we’ll be running a Father’s Day Design Competition, giving […]
Child exploitation is a devastating topic right now in the clothing industry. BBC’s Panorama uncovered this week “The Kids Who Have to Sew to Survive,” and it was a topic, which really struck a nerve with us. The effects of child labour are extensive and soul shattering and, unfortunately, very real. Much like the workhouses […]
This week we were delighted to open our doors to a group of students under the leadership of Elisa Palomino of Central St. Martin’s and Malene Kristiansen from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Textile & Fashion. First the group was shown our factory in which all of our many wonderful products get made. […]
Last Saturday we were delighted to attend the New Designers show at the Business Design Centre in London, where and astonishing 3,000 graduates were displaying their wares. The event has been running for 30 years and, among other noble pursuits, has a strong focus on textiles and materials. We were hugely impressed with the talent […]
This weekend we visited the Graduate Fashion Week, a major annual event which showcases emerging talent from universities across the world. On the runway and across the exhibit we saw incredible cutting-edge conceptual designs come to life during four days of non-stop fashion mayhem. It was thrilling to see many of the designs printed right […]
This week Contrado was invited to speak at Central St. Martin’s University of Arts in London. The event was presided over by special guest speaker Grayson Perry, who gave an inspirational in-depth lecture. Recounting his own career, Mr. Perry presented some of his most famous pieces and explained in detail the motivations and stories behind […]