Archive: June 2014

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Lovely in Lace

Lace has been very popular these last few seasons and, rather than going out and buying a whole new outfit, there are simple ways that lace can be incorporated into your current wardrobe. Lace can be easily bought in Hickeys and below are five ways lace can be added to items in your wardrobe. 1....

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Let Everyone feel and look great for that special occasion!

A wedding is the most important day in any girl’s life when she likes to feel like it’s a special occasion. She is marrying the person she loves and she gets to wear the perfect dress and she is surrounded by the people she loves the most. All eyes are on her and she feels...

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The Zip Yard Gets Indo Write Up

Last weekends Irish Independent (www.independent.ie) business section saw The Zip Yard’s co-owners Don Wallace and Caroline Wallace get an al encompassing write up from former presendential candidate, Sean Gallager, in his weekly column. Don and Caroline told Sean how they plan to keep moving in challenging

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The Zip Yard Ireland get a mention on RTE’s website

As part of our ongoing national campaign to spread the word about the work that we do here at The Zip Yard, we were delighted t see that RTE’s website ran a story about us titled “The Zip Yard’s Clothes Remodelling Service”! The article exlains exactly what we can do here in The Zip Yard...

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Alterations: Putting the Style Back in Plus Size

Plus size , curvy woman enjoy shopping just as much as anyone else,  Although many high street shops and websites like Dorothy Perkins, Evans, New Look , Asos and Mango have begun to realise the potential profits in catering to the  curvy fashionista;, the choice of well fitted plus size clothing still remains

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Alterations Provide Reliable and Quick Solution to Outfit Problems

Celebrities instantly achieve a global social status that gets them invited to exclusive dinners, red carpet events, charity auctions, and, in some cases, even at a U.N. assembly. Given the sheer publicity that each of these outings give them, it only makes sense for them to prepare how they will dress for the

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Clothing Alterations Improve the Way People Dress Themselves for Life

A lot of people have discounted clothing alterations as merely an additional cost to maintaining their wardrobes. After all, why recycle an old item by resizing it, when you can just buy a brand new one? The problem, though, is that not everyone can afford to just go on a shopping spree for every time...

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