General News
1 December, 2023
A fun night out for the gals
FROCKS, shoes and champagne were the style of the day as Camperdown’s Manifold Street fashion stores recently hosted their second Fashions on Manifold event.
In addition to the sales, shoppers were treated to champagne and nibbles and were able to make time to catch up with their friends for a night on the town.
Organiser Kristy Green said it was a good night.
“I think the best thing about it is it’s more about the girlfriends getting together and being social, so I think that was a really nice highlight,” she said.
“A lot of ladies work now, and they can’t get together with their girlfriends; that’s really the main aim is to be social.
“I think they all enjoyed their little social wander-along, and I found, too, that people would wander into a shop and they would run into a friend that they hadn’t seen for ages so then they would get chatting.
“That was really nice.”
Ms Green said the night was a collaborative effort between the fashion shops of Camperdown, deciding to hold a second event after last year’s success.
“Sometimes people think, when there’s small fashion businesses in town, you’re sort of not working together,” she said.
“It was just really an idea to let people know that, as small businesses, we’re all happy to help each other out and work together to try and bring people into town and into our small businesses.
“As much as we’ve all got our own businesses, we’re not enemies and we’re not against each other; we’re all trying to work together to make it a nice destination.
“We’re all wishing each other to do well, and sometimes when you join together it’s a better force.”
Ms Green said the storeowners were all happy with how the day went, with the warm weather also helping to bring people out.
“We’ll certainly do it again next year; we got so many customers that thanked us for organizing it because it was a good excuse for them to get together with their girlfriends and come for a wander,” she said.
“No doubt we’ll think of something.”
Among all the fun and fashion, Ms Green encouraged residents to shop local.
“Because local businesses are doing it tough at the minute, it’s just nice to have people come and have a look at what we’ve got before they go elsewhere and shop,” she said.
“Just come and have a look at what we’ve got; you never know, there might be something you can find before you go out of town or go online.”