LALKA

LALKA was born when Regina died. She always dreamed of having her own shop, to sell the clothes she collected and ones she had made herself. She even took a selection of some of her best pieces to her house in Poland with the vision of opening her first shop there.
Months after her death as we tried to sort through the treasures she left behind, we decided that we could open a shop for her and carry on her ideas of collecting and selling beautiful artefacts and recycling style from the past. This was the begining of LALKA and we decided to launch it at Goodwood Vintage, the place where her collection would be appreciated most.

What followed was a careful clear-out, as we attempted to gather the items that were still sellable and undamaged, choosing things to take with us back to London to clean and repair.
The discoveries we made, led us to learn the habits of Babcia, and her eccentricities made us miss her even more. Who else would stuff a pillow with hair she had collected from her brush, why was there a perfectly preserved cheese cake hidden under her bed?

With around 5% of the house's contents split between two cars and thousands of photographs taken, we made our way home and began to prepare for the shop.