About Manners London

I am Sally, Solo parent of a 12 year old, Owner and founder of manners London, lifelong hustler (on a quest for rest), poem scribbler, word lover, joy seeker, designer & survivor (amongst other things) I made this by accident in one of the hardest chapters of my life. I made these clothes at a time when I needed to be brave. A time when joy always felt just out of my reach. At a time when I needed a lot of help to feel good in my skin, these clothes saved my life. It sounds dramatic but in many ways it's true! We left Bali fast. Me, a 5 year old a few pieces I’d designed for myself. (Bali doesn't really cater to bigger sizes so I had over time found people to make all the things I needed) We arrived in London broke and broken but determined to somehow put our lives back together. It’s hard to talk about the first years there, but I was determined that I would never work for ‘the man’ again. That I would never be at the mercy of any man again and that we would someday be free. I hustled a stall at portobello road market and prayed that women with small tops and large bottoms would buy them. And they DID! Women came and tried things on and I saw them stand a little taller, I saw their eyes soften a little as they looked at themselves in my nearly always broken mirror and I knew I wanted more of that! So I called Dewa in Bali and asked him if he’d take a risk and make me some more. And so the road to freedom began! I hope you love them as much as I do Love Sally xRead their story