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The Humble Sale Mega Raffle Winners!

Thank you so so so so so so much to everyone who made our first ever Humble Sale such a roaring success, we will be posting photos as soon as we're sent them and we cannot WAIT to announce how much money we raised for The British Heart Foundation. (Pennies are still being counted).

One of the best parts of the Humble Sale weekender was undoubtedly the raffle and The BHF have now done the draw and let us know the names of the lucky winners! So let's just cut to the chase and tell you who won what.

CONGRATULATIONS, YO! Regardless of whether you won you have helped save lives with your donation to The BHF, so you're all winners really ;)

If you see your name below then look out for an email from Poppy asking for your delivery address, if we don't hear back from you within seven days we will re-draw a winner for your prize. We will only correspond with the email address you gave when buying a ticket.

THE PRIZES AND THEIR LUCKY WINNERS

1 x PPQ Rule Supreme Style Bike from Rule Bikes - WON BY STEPHEN MEAD

(The ACTUAL bike as seen at PPQ's London Fashion Week AW12 show, the first bike to ever grace the LFW catwalk! A standard Rule Style Bike retails for up to £1,500 - this is literally a money can't buy prize and the only one in the world)

1 x £200 Love voucher for inlovewithfashion.com - WON BY STEVE KARMEINSKY

1 x Pair of tickets to the AEGON Classic Ladies Day - donated by The Lawn Tennis Association - WON BY ALICE VENNING

3 x £50 vouchers to spend at pretaportobello.com - the online fashion market. - WON BY TOMAS, JOSHUA COHEN AND FIONA MACDONALD

1 x £50 voucher to spend on pretty things from SugarHillBoutique.com - WON BY DJ DOMINIQUE DANIELLE

1 x £50 Boux Avenue voucher to spend on their gorgeous lingerie (or snuggly pyjamas! or bikinis!) - WON BY STEVE KARMEINSKY

1 x £50 voucher to spend on the finest Welsh gourmet food from cnwd.co.uk - WON BY CRIS BAXTER

2 x £50 vouchers to spend at CeSoir.co.uk - ya know, for those naughty nights in ;) - WON BY EMMA SALMON AND JESSICA PREECE

1 x Cashmere Featherweight Wrap from independentboutique.com - THE place for independent British brands and designers (worth £180) - WON BY STEVE KARMEINSKY

5 x Sims games (The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Late Night, The Sims 3 Pets, The Sims 3 Generations, The Sims 3 Showtime - Katy Perry Collector's Edition) - kindly donated by EA Games (I WANT THESE SO MUCH) - WON BY STEVE KARMEINSKY X 2, BILLIE-JO, JENNIFER WARD AND ABIGAIL SMITH

3 x T.M Lewin Shirts (your choice of mens or womens) - WON BY MADISON HUGHES, SUZANNE MCLAGHLIN AND ELLA HARRIS

3 x of Motel's hottest SS12 pieces (two snazzy dresses and a playsuit) WON BY JACQUIE LEE, NEIL JONES AND LUCY CALDICOTT

1 x John Freida Full Repair goody bag - WON BY ELIZABETH SELLARS

2 x John Freida Salon Blends goody bags - WON BY SOPHIE NEARY AND MEGAN BROOM

2 x Crates of scrummy Rekorderlig cider - WON BY GEMMYLOU55 AND STEVE KARMEINSKY

2 x Essential Burt's Bees Kits - rammed full of the top Burt's Bees products for scrummy skin. - WON BY R HORNER AND KAREN SCOTT

1 x Skull Pendant by designer Liz Cardenas. Kindly donated by YoursSustainably.com - WON BY BILLIE-JO

3 x Charlotte Alice charm bracelets - handmade perfection! - WON BY STEVE KARMEINSKY, ALICE WOODS AND DJ DOMINIQUE DANIELLE

Congrats :D xxx

Win! With the Humble Sale Mega Raffle

If you can't attend the Humble Sale at our Shoreditch HQ then worry not, you can still help us raise much needed funds for The British Heart Foundation AND be in at a chance of winning one of thousands of pounds worth of kickass prizes by buying a raffle ticket here.

Prizes will be posted and tickets will be on sale until midnight on Sunday online, but you can buy in cash in person if you're attending The Humble Sale.

Why should you buy a raffle ticket?

Because donating money to charity (especially a charity as important as The British Heart Foundation) allows you to help save lives without leaving the sofa. It makes you feel all fuzzy inside! And we're adding to the fuzzy feeling by throwing in a healthy dash of SUSPENSE by giving you the chance to win loads of prizes in exchange for your kind donation.

Does all the money go to The British Heart Foundation?

Yes, 100%. You actually buy the tickets directly from them - here.

What can you win?

We've been inundated with generous offers from our very favourite fashion and lifestyle brands, it's been SUCH a joy to see so many brands want to support the work of The BHF and add to the raffley excitement. There are plenty of chances to win, lots of you will get your hands on something! Here's what's confirmed so far...

TOP PRIZE!

1 x PPQ Rule Supreme Style Bike from Rule Bikes

And this lot ain't half bad either...

1 x £200 Love voucher for inlovewithfashion.com

1 x Pair of tickets to the AEGON Classic Ladies Day - donated by The Lawn Tennis Association

3 x £50 vouchers to spend at pretaportobello.com - the online fashion market.

1 x £50 voucher to spend on pretty things from SugarHillBoutique.com

1 x £50 Boux Avenue voucher to spend on their gorgeous lingerie (or snuggly pyjamas! or bikinis!)

1 x £50 voucher to spend on the finest Welsh gourmet food from cnwd.co.uk

2 x £50 vouchers to spend at CeSoir.co.uk - ya know, for those naughty nights in ;)

1 x Cashmere Featherweight Wrap from independentboutique.com - THE place for independent British brands and designers (worth £180)

5 x Sims games (The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Late Night, The Sims 3 Pets, The Sims 3 Generations, The Sims 3 Showtime - Katy Perry Collector's Edition) - kindly donated by EA Games (I WANT THESE SO MUCH)

3 x T.M Lewin Shirts (your choice of mens or womens)

3 x of Motel's hottest SS12 pieces (two snazzy dresses and a playsuit)

1 x John Freida Full Repair goody bag

2 x John Freida Salon Blends goody bags

2 x Crates of scrummy Rekorderlig cider

2 x Essential Burt's Bees Kits - rammed full of the top Burt's Bees products for scrummy skin.

1 x Skull Pendant by designer Liz Cardenas. Kindly donated by YoursSustainably.com

3 x Charlotte Alice charm bracelets - handmade perfection!

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!

Buy your raffle tickets immediately by clicking this text. You may just win big!

Multiple tickets can be bought! To do that online you need to add them one at a time to your basket with a diff answer each time, for boring legal reasons.

Winners will be announced on Monday the 23rd of April, good luck! xxx

The WIWT Humble Sale is here!

Well, its not here just yet, but it's basically here. It's this weekend!

We have some amazing people, including your favourite WIWT users, selling all sorts of things from vintage to high street to unworn designer pieces, with prices from £1 and all the way up (ya know, for those Loubies and Choos).

Oooh and a few people are selling beauty bits and cakes too. That's always nice.

Please pop along to one of the sessions to grab a bargain, meet your fellow WIWT-ers and support the fundraising efforts of The British Heart Foundation!

The Humble Sale will be open 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm this Saturday and Sunday (21st and 22nd of April).

There'll be new sellers at every session, so feel free to pop by both days!

If you want to be first in at The Humble Sale to snap up the best bits quick fast, pre-register here. Just show us that you reigstered when you arrive and we'll let you jump the queue, simples.

We won't be accepting card payments so bring heaps of cash with ya ;-) There are plenty of Link machines nearby (including one directly opposite the venue) but we recommend being highly organised and getting cash en route if you don't wanna get charged to withdraw.

Where:Space FiftyFour, 54 Rivingon Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3QN

When: 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm this Saturday and Sunday (21st and 22nd of April)

Nearest Tubes: Shoreditch, Old Street, Liverpool Street

Cost to get in: Minimum donation of £2 to The British Heart Foundation. (Feel free to bring all your loose change!)

Can't come? You can still one of the thousands of pounds worth of prizes up for grabs! Donate £2 to The BHF and get a raffle ticket, simple. Details here. You'd be MAD to miss it.

Prizes Needed for WIWT Humble Sale Raffle

On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April, WIWT are hosting a 'Humble Sale' in aid of The British Heart Foundation.

As well as WIWT users being able to sell their pre-loved clothes to one another, there's gonna be a mega fantastic raffle. This is where you come in, brand managers and PR people!

WE NEED PRIZES

We want the raffle to be a huge success, so that means we need lots of prizes. People will be able to buy their raffle tickets at the Humble Sale all weekend AND The British Heart Foundation will be selling them online so that those out of London can join in too, which they'll want to once they see the fabulous prizes you've donated ;)

Every penny raised from selling the raffle tickets will go directly to The British Heart Foundation, so if you can support their life saving work by offering up a prize - big or small! - then please do.

We will of course give you plenty of love on Twitter and be blogging with plenty of pics and links about the prizes.

Email poppy@wiwt.com if you can help.

Thank you xxx

WIWT Humble Sale

If you follow either myself or WIWT on Twitter then you will have seen us bang on about this jumble sale idea we had.

Basically, we have a lot of clothes we want to sell but eBay drives us mad. And we know a lot of you are the same. So we thought it would be cool to connect all the WIWTers with nice things that they would sell on eBay but can't be arsed to take a zillion photos/spend half their life at the post office/wrestle with idiot buyers over Paypal discrepancies. We're gonna host a jumble sale!

It's gonna be like the jumble sales you loved rummaging around at in your local school hall in the 90s, but we're calling it a 'Humble Sale' because we're raising money for charidee in the process. And instead of selling crap, we're hoping the WIWT boys and girls will have some pretty fash-tastic things for sale. We've heard peeps are planning to sell everything from Primark to Prada, H&M to Hermes, so we shall see!

The Humble Sale will be taking place across the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April at Space Fifty Four at WIWT HQ (that's in Shoreditch, London). We will be raising money for The British Heart Foundation

Want to sell?

You can register to sell here, it will cost you a tenner (£10.90 with Eventbrite handling fee) and you keep all the money you make, so the amount you can make really depends on how much you have to sell!

You are welcome to sell womenswear items, fashion accessories, beauty products, cakes and other foodie goods. No kids clothes, please. The buyers coming will be from the WIWT community - which means you'll be predominantly selling to fashion savvy young females. If you wanna sell menswear though, we know there'll be stylish boys floating about too :)

Want to buy?

Register here for tickets to come and shop - there'll be some AMAZING bargains. By registering in advance you'll be able to jump the queue to get to those bargains first! You can of course just turn up on the day without registering, but whatever you do you'll need to donate a minimum of £2 to The British Heart Foundation to get in :) We'll have collection buckets on the door, so feel free to bring aaaaaaaall your loose change to support The BHF's life saving work.

Are you a brand that wants part of the action?

We would LOVE for you to donate a prize for our big raffle. We're going to be selling raffle tickets all weekend and every penny will go The British Heart Foundation. The BHF will be selling raffle tickets online too so anyone can play, even if they can't get down to The Humble Sale themselves! Please email if you can donate a prize, we'll be eternally grateful.

There'll be more information available shortly, but mark your diaries now and register for your selling slot now if that's what you wanna do!

xxx

Web Developer Required - Full Time

We're looking for a full time web developer to work in our Shoreditch office. But you really don't have to give a damn about fashion, you just have to be damn good at all things code.

Requirements:

Experience building consumer-facing web software
Fluent in HTML5, CSS, Javascript/Coffeescript
Knowledge of Spine/Backbone
Advanced Python, Django, Bash, Git
Self motivated
Flourish in a small startup environment

Desirables:

Phonegap experience

Salary: £25k+ (depending on experience)

Hours: 10am - 6pm

Holiday: 28 Days

Location: Shoreditch, London

Apply

Please email jobs@wiwt.com if you sound like the dev we need, with examples of previous work and salary expectations. We also want to know why you're interested in this role at WIWT, so no cut and paste jobs please if you want an interview. If we like what we see, you will need to take a coding test before being invited to interview. Please reference the job title and your name in the subject line of your email.

Recruiters

Get in touch at your peril. We do not want to hear from you. Phone Poppy's mobile and a plague of locusts will be set upon you. She knows gypsy curses. You have been warned.

The 20,000 Outfits WIWT Burrito Party

Yeah. Last week we partied. It wasn't so raucous that it's taken a week to recover and upload the photos, but it's been a bit of a whirlwind since the party and we haven't had much chance to breathe or, more importantly, blog.

So how does a fashion community celebrate reaching 20,000 outfit uploads?

With burritos! And cider! And cognac! And chocolate!

We've tried to carve ourselves out as the relatively 'normal' people in the world of fash-un, we know our palazzo from our capri but we also like carbs and booze. And we smile and stuff.

More than 100 shexsy WIWT-ers descended on London's best burrito joint last Monday - Chilango on Chancery Lane.

Chilango looked after us very well indeed - they proved what I already knew, that all you need to be happy is a DJ, guacamole, hot sauce and well dressed people.

An alarming number of attendees had NEVER had a burrito before, so it was quite the honour to indoctrinate them in the way of Chilango.

We had free flowing booze in the form of the ever so delicious pear and apple cider from Rekorderlig (you are all converted) and we had a truly scrummy punch that was more punchy than fruity thanks to our naughty friends at Courvoisier.

Suitably oiled and fed it's safe to say the night was a hoot. It was very weird (nice weird!) to see so many WIWTers in one room, it was literally like the website IN A REAL LIFE ROOM. Everyone was as gorgeous, lovely and immaculately turned out as you'd expect.

I was very proud indeed to see so many people there.

I also got lots of lovely cards and presents, so clearly I should hold events on my birthday more often. (Thank you for them!)

50 of our top users were lucky enough to get their manicured paws on our very limited edition goody bags which had treats from Cadbury (Bubbly is THE BEST), Boux Avenue, LOVE, Burt's Bees, Kleenex Cleanse, Compeed, iwhoretees and Chilango.

Pic stolen from Rosalilium

Here are some photos. There are more here thanks to the iwhore laydeez.

Thank you for playing!

More WIWT events soon...one is very soon actually. Watch this space!

xxx

Tan-tastic at Strip

Tans make us happy. I believe that anyway. I feel healthier when I have one and generally slimmer and more awesome. I suppose that's in part because you usually only get a tan when you're on holibob somewhere sunny...and obvs being on holiday is everyone's favouritest.

But self tanning/fake tanning products have become a huge industry, I don't have any stats because I haven't bothered to research it...but if you're a girl and you haven't ever used fake tan then I don't believe you.

A lot of people hate fake tan and stay away, fearing tell-tale streaks from applying it themselves or fearing the oompa-loompa orange look that would make even TOWIE extras tremble in horror.

I've used sunbeds in the past, but always feel guilty. It's not cool to use sunbeds knowing what we know about them. But spray tans I can get behind, they're pretty much guaranteed to be streak free (as you're not bloody doing it yourself) and if you have a decent therapist they can advise you on getting the right colour for your skintone/event. A few years ago spray tans could still be pretty dodge, but they've come on a lot in my opinion. They don't even smell that biscuity any more.

I went to my new favourite waxing chain - Strip - for a spray tan last week ahead of going to Manchester for WIWT party times.

They use a tan by South Seas and I'd never used it before but was suitably impressed. I was also intrigued by the fact you can have just a half body tan (£16) or just have your face, arms and shoulders done (£12). Whilst the weather isn't amazing (although it's trying to be today) I'd be very tempted by this cheapie face/arms option.

But I knew I was gonna be in a short skirt last weekend so went for a full body.

I was actually sprayed twice in two thin layers, which I've never had done before, rather than have one thick layer which can be more of a pain to dry.

I put loose dark clothing on after and headed home, avoiding showering til the next day which is where you wash off the guide colour and the tan that's developed underneath becomes evident.

My tan lines were impressive pretty quickly :)

And I was a lot darker than I expected (which is what I'd asked for, but didn't think would be achieved) and I LOVED how tanned I was for going out in Manc.

It has really lasted and faded nicely and relatively evenly, the only problem is where my bra wires sit...but that always rubs fake tan off first. The funny thing is that the tan looks more natural now when I'm nekkid as I have white bits a la a real sunbathing sun tan!

A few days on and I look a bit yellow in this towel pic, but that's the lighting!

And the tan lines were still really evident days later...

I tan very easily in the sun and am naturally quite dark (due to my disputed ethnic heritage) so I love, LOVE being tanned. Spray tans are addictive so I recommend them with caution, but Strip do currently have a 2 for 1 offer running til the end of March on their full body spray tans (usually £30 each) and you can buy 1 and give your free 1 to a mate, so that's quite cool.

I am trying to decide if I need another one before the party on Monday. Hmmm. HMMMMMMM.

You can't currently get spray tans at Strip's Chelsea salon, but you can at Soho, City (One New Change) and at Harvery Nichols in Bristol. Deets here.

All things shoes at London Fashion Weekend

Vodafone London Fashion Weekend may seem like a while ago now, but I'm certainly still thinking about all the shoes I saw there with Compeed.

And as my foot is currently taped up in most of the Compeed blister plaster range (don't ask - I'm bruised in flip flops and full of shame) I am certainly appreciating comfort and longing to be back in heels.

I saw SO MANY awesome pairs of heels at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend, it was kray kray.

Here I take you behind the scenes and interview the best dressed girls I could find, have a gander!