Bak2u – Tales from the shop floor

Hello Bakou Belles! Welcome to my Blog where I’ll be trying to keep you up to date with all the goings on in my world; at the shop and at home, along with any news or ideas that I might have…without boring you rigid (hopefully)!

Rarer than Hen’s Teeth

8 July 2022

I hope you’ve had a good week. I’ve been playing tourist with American visitors for a few days. It’s exhausting. Glad to be back in the saddle…

Less is More

1 July 2022

Less is more the saying goes, and this week at Bakou that’s certainly the case as we are reducing more items to enable to you to get more for…

Fan of Fans?

23 June 2022

I had the absolute pleasure of seeing the one, the only, the legend that is Barry Manilow at the weekend, and he really didn’t disappoint, despite not being as…

Top of the Crops

16 June 2022

Another busy old week for us which included a trip for me to the Tower of London Superbloom which was gorgeous but might be a bit more ‘in bloom’ in…

Kaftan-tic

9 June 2022

Yes, I know it doesn’t really work, but after all the celebrations of the weekend my poor brain was a bit weary! We’ve got so many wonderful kaftans…

Celebrations and Jubilations!

1 June 2022

The Platinum Jubilee of our wonderful Queen is upon us and to celebrate we are giving you, our fabulous customers...10% of EVERYTHING!Yes, you read that correctly! EVERYTHING!*Just…

New arrivals have landed

25 May 2022

Hello ladiesJust a quickie from me this week (you’ll be delighted to hear)! The lastest Kasbah has landed! It’s all unpacked and on the shop floor and…

Stand Out from The Crowd

19 May 2022

What a week it’s been! The temperatures are rising, we have new Kasbah in the shop and my particular highlight was Eurovision which I know isn’t everyone’s…

Blue is the colour!

12 May 2022

The sun has got his hat on…and I spent the weekend putting new products on the website…hip hip hip hooray! 😊 I hope you had more fun?! Fortunately I…

You should be so lucky

5 May 2022

This time of year is a mixed blessing for so many people, including myself. The excitement and delight of Spring vs the misery of the hay fever season… it’s…

Love it or loathe it!

28 April 2022

I have one word for you this week…Linen…the Marmite of the fabric world! There are those who won’t go near it for fear of the dreaded iron…

Flower Power

21 April 2022

I hope you all had a fabulous, sunny, Easter weekend. This is such a glorious time of year as we’re surrounded by an abundance of beautiful Spring flowers; from…
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