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Why Filly & Dilly? Well...here's the story.

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In December 2022 our lives changed in a way we didn't see coming. My incredibly kind, sweet, generous, clever and funny father-in-law passed away suddenly. It was the worst shock. But it also gave us some real perspective on what matters in life. I knew I wanted to change my job and do something that makes me happy and want to get up and enjoy life again!

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I started having a clear out recently and selling some of my true vintage pieces and some other bits on Vinted. I discovered that it filled me with so much excitement I was bounding out of bed in the morning to package up sales! This is it! I LOVE vintage clothes, I clearly love selling...this is what I want to do!

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And so the idea was born.

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Coming up with a name was hard. So many I thought of were already taken for vintage shops! Then I had a flash of inspiration.

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My father in law loved to give the family nicknames. He took some time over mine but finally bounded in one day saying "I've got it! You're Dilly! Daughter in Law! Get it? You're my Dilly!"

"Ah...then you must be my Filly!" I replied!

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I loved being called Dilly and it hurt so much thinking I would never hear him call me that again! And so Filly and Dilly seemed to be a fitting choice for my new venture!

Here I am with my Filly, just a few months before we lost him. I'd like to think he lives on in this little pocket of happiness I've found.

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Thanks for reading, Sarah x