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October 30, 2007

Pimp My Pump Heads to Manchester!

This week we waved off the Pimp My Pump exhibition, as it embarked on it’s treacherous journey to Thunder Egg, Manchester ready for their launch night on Thursday 1st November.

Our lovely friends at Thunder Egg have organised a super duper, fun filled evening, which includes the judging of their own Pimp My Pump competition, drinkies, cakes, some of the fabulous designers themselves, a DJ and even a 10% discount in store on the evening.

If you’re in the ‘hood, you should pop by between 6-9pm and say ‘Hello!’ and take a sneaky peak at those pumps! You can even pimp your own pumps while you’re there.

We are even sending some of our own special oafers up there to oversee proceedings and par take in cake nibbling.

The address is 22 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JN
For more info call 0161 235 0606
www.thunderegg.co.uk

And don’t forget, you can buy your very own pumps to pimp, if so inspired, at www.lazyoaf.com

Posted by Gemma at 12:46 PM

October 29, 2007

Something yummy!

Yum Yum. Check out our new wallet. Mr Hot Dog. He makes the best bag commpanion, although he actually doesn't taste that great he does do a great job of keeping your pennies safe.

Meet our new Russian Doll, she makes a great oyster pass holder! She is quite thin, so keeping lots of coins in her is tough, she's just too busy being pretty.

Posted by Gemma at 10:09 AM

October 25, 2007

Half Term Madness

Get 10% Off Lazy Oaf goodies this weekend!

Well It's been a while since I have been on a half term, but I sure would like a piece of that holiday action. Well for all you oafers out there who have time off we salute you. So get involved in our weekend discount.

We are giving 10% off our goodies online and in our store too, this is likely to be the last online promotion this side of Xmas.

The promotion starts from Midnight Tonight and ends at midnight on Sunday!

To receive a discount simply enter the promotional dicsount code:

midmadness

As you go through the checkout process. Please be sure to redeem this offer as unfotunately we cannot give you a discount after you have completed the check out process.

Also Check out our new line of Xmas Card Packs, so if you know someone who need's a 'Merry Xmas Idiot' Card, or is "strictly Anti-Fir" Then you need to get your warm mittens on these!

Well have fun shopping!

Lazy OAf x

Posted by Gemma at 12:34 PM

October 19, 2007

Scary Stuff!

ARGGGHHHHHHH! Scared? You should be....Hallow's Eve is fast approaching and we have got the perfect dress up alternatives! If you have had your fill of dull halloween outfits why not go for one of ours! We have the ever popular Rib tickler t-shirt for Men and Women which is availble in three colour colourways it even has little creatures on each bone....Wah ha ha.

Alternatively you could put some neon fun into proceedings with our Vamp Lips t-shirt. This tee looks great with some glow in the dark fangs and a blood thirsty stare. You could also twin it with a Miami Vice style Jacket for that Teen Wolf look.

What ever you are doing for Halloween, maybe going all David Acorah and channeling spirits or Trick or Treating I hope you have lots of fun!

Posted by Gemma at 02:56 PM

October 17, 2007

The Best Scarves Ever!

Wrap up nice and warm with our New and exclusive Knitted Scarves. We love pencils and knitted things so these Just might be my favourite thing in the whole world ever at the moment. Each one is made by Hand from 100% Acrylic yarn and measures 130 cm long by 12 cm wide. I am just waiting for it to get a little colder so I can wear maybe three at once. Each scarf is £25.00 each.

Posted by Gemma at 05:06 PM

October 11, 2007

Oafette

Ooh La La!

Here at Oaf Towers, we feel it’s time to unleash the new diffusion line, ‘Oafette’ on you Lazy Oaf lovin’ ladies...

Designed exclusively for our Lazy Oaf store in London, and available on the website, Oafette is a range of ‘Oh-so-cute’, sugary sweet T-shirts to get you drooling!

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, just because we’ve gone all posh with our diffusion line, it doesn't mean our prices have! All our prices remain the same with T-shirts at £25.

Unleash the Francophile in you, and wear the tres magnifique Paris t-shirt with a bright beret, and French stick poking out your bag… string of garlic around the neck, optional.

Greet people without even having to open your mouth, the super friendly Hi! T-shirt is a sure ice-breaker, winning you friends wherever you go.

Uber-chic Lady Bow makes even the scruffiest of us look most ladylike! For a cute secretary look, team with a pencil skirt, shiny Mary Janes and some specs perched on the nose.

Best of all, has got be Suit Jacket. When we wear this, we MEAN business.

All of these and more are available to buy now from the Oafette part of the online shop, just visit the store from the link above and then hit the big red heart on the right hand menu.

Posted by Gemma at 04:51 PM

October 09, 2007

New Bags

Hello Oafers,
We have just uploaded some super size totes to help carry around all your goodies be it books or biscuits. Or you could give them to loved ones as generous gifts at Xmas! Snap them up while you can!

We have also just got more plimpsolls in stock too!

Posted by Gemma at 03:32 PM

October 04, 2007

pimp it up

After weeks of pimping, panicking and preparing, the
Lazy Oaf ‘Pimp My Pump’ exhibition finally launched
last Thursday, and it seems all that hard work paid
off!

We invited 30 of our favourite doodlers, drawers and
crafters to customise a pair of canvas pumps, and WOW!

What a spectacular collection of pimped pumps we
received! From classic doodles to a pair of specially
knitted pair of pumps, and not forgetting the eye
catching feather heavy road kill plimsolls, once all
on display they really were enough to make you start
shaking with excitement, and want to try them all on
for size!

We took a quick pic of them all lined up before we packed them up for the exhib!

Days before the launch night, having only had about 6
pairs of pumps returned, I began to wonder whether all
these arty people had eloped with our pumps, never to
be heard of again. I managed to control the frequent
panic attacks by consuming my body weight in
Nutrageous choccy bars and hula hoops, and by the
afternoon of the launch, nearly all pumps were back (I
was also 3 stone heavier).

Meanwhile, Gemma was having her own personal freak
outs over whether anyone would come, while cleverly
controlling outbursts with cheese, onion and gherkin
sandwiches. We needn’t have worried about this, as we
were soon receiving on average 7 RSVPs a minute, and
soon had a guest list the length of 12 pimps lying
down. We probably should have worried about Gem’s
excessive gherkin intake though…

The day of the launch all seemed to be going as
smoothly as could be expected- the gigantic felt
plimsolls we had made were looking fab, along with the
ginormous PUMP lettering that had been carefully
created by the lovely Holly and Tom. We had managed
to raid the crazy Shoreditch shoe shops for their
empty shoe boxes to act as plinths, and after a small
glitch where the nails wouldn’t go into the wall, it
all began to look rather wonderful.

Then horror of all horrors, an hour and a half before
opening, I got a phone call to say Brother’s Cider
could not deliver the 240 bottles we were expecting.
After blinking back the tears, Papa Oaf came to the
rescue with mucho beers and we were back on track.
Phew! For the sensible non-drinkers Innocent had
kindly donated 2 crates of delicious smoothies for the
event, which was happily glugged!

By 6.30 the doors were open, and the exhibition
quickly filled up to the point where you couldn’t
actually move. The pumps were attracting many
admiring looks, and it was fab to finally meet the
artists, although with mouthfuls of cupcake and yellow
bellied jelly snakes, intelligent conversation proved
tricky!

By 10pm, people started to filter out, and pizza began
to filter in for all the hard working Oafettes.

So, all in all a great success, and while the exhibition
stays open in Kingly Street, London until this Sunday,
we look forward to seeing those pumps hot footing it
around Europe and other UK destinations… Next stop
Holland!

If you fancy pimpin your own pumps, we have some available to buy online, check them out in the shop!

Big Thanks to all of those that got involved! and mega thanks to Zoe, Katie, Sarah, Holly, Tom, Gill, Shevonne and Rebecca, you all rocked.

Posted by Gemma at 03:24 PM