How to be a Susty Fashion Icon – Caitlin Hare, Erin Taylor-Thomas & tinyumbrellas

WHO

Caitlin Hare is a content creator, stylist and designer from Liverpool, with a special focus on maximalism, vintage and sustainability. She runs her own vintage and handmade clothing business The Octopus Garden for five years, trading at festivals and making sure no item of clothing goes to waste and the circular economy keeps on going and going!

Erin is the proud owner and powerhouse behind the local favorite thrift shop- Beg, Steal & Borrow. Aptly coined “Manchester’s Pink Paradise” (MCR World) and “Unique Thrift Store” (MCR Evening News) Beg, Steal & Borrow is a new age thrift shop / clothing exchange that focuses on circulating clothes within a community of fashion lovers. People are able to bring in their cool, old clothes, to exchange them for store credit and buy new preloved items as well as partake in the thrift shop experience. BSB’s mission is to keep prices realistic for secondhand and vintage pieces as opposed to the “inflated prices seen on the likes of depop to generate huge profit margins.” Alongside financial accessibility, Beg, Steal & Borrow (BSB) strives to promote fashion freedom, body positivity, fashion inclusivity and environmental sustainability, through the circulation of our wardrobes. They have a shop in the world famous Affleck’s Palace and a second location in the south of Manchester,. Make way for this fashion femininomenon!

tinyumbrellas, aka DT, has been developing their unique brand of folky daydream indie pop for a few years. Beginning as a lockdown pastime in a bedroom in Norfolk, tinyumbrellas has since developed into a fully-fledged project, with their 2024 EP ‘ i know trees are falling’ gaining support from Radio 1, and playing Glastonbury and Latitude on BBC Introducing Stages. tinyumbrellas’ music caresses the heartstrings with a profound ode to all forms of love – platonic, romantic, or simply an admiration for life and nature’s poignant beauty.