La Robe à Caro

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La Robe à Caro Making the world a cleaner place... One upcycled garment at a time! Caroline Nelson is a French fashion designer living on the seaside of Scotland.

She recently graduated from Jacqui Burke fashion school (where she designed outfits to be showcased at the Scottish Airshow) and is the owner of the stylish clothing brand La Robe à Caro. Vintage lover and flea market addict since her teenage years, she owns more than 100 sewing patterns from the 50s and the 60s. Textile must be in her genes as she recalls growing up hearing stories of her great-grand parents traveling out of Europe to buy supplies for their fabric shop in Paris during la Belle Époque. After living half-way around the globe, Caroline now works in glamourous Edinburgh, where she collaborated, amongst others, with burlesque artists, Pinup models, Retro beauty salon, patisserie shop, and appeared in BBC Alba TV program and Vintage life magazine. Her newfound love [nu:zd] is about upcycling and turning items of clothing destined to be thrown-away into beautiful garments. You can find her work on www.etsy.com/shop/larobeacaro and www.instagram.com/la_robe_a_caro

Wow! Jack Donaghy has done it again! Thank you for making all of us looking fabulous at Scottish Frocktails (and thank y...
13/09/2026

Wow! Jack Donaghy has done it again! Thank you for making all of us looking fabulous at Scottish Frocktails (and thank you Alicja the Sewing Translator for the videos).
Swipe to the end for the reveal!
Undergarment Alhamba palace chiffon (from TOTO TISSUS 1961 many moons ago), tartan lining from stash (inspired by McQueen) and reveal tartan skirt and sash made in collab with LoullyMakes & Gordon Nicolson Kiltmakers using their leftovers from kilts.
PS: best reward is seeing people’s faces, and hearing Colourful sewing labels & children’s sewing patterns saying “she’s done it again” 😍!

Scottish Frocktails I’m on my way!!!!
05/09/2026

Scottish Frocktails I’m on my way!!!!

What a beautiful Heart of Dunbar Festival ! Finally got my copy of East Lothian Courier and everyone is looking amazing....
26/08/2026

What a beautiful Heart of Dunbar Festival ! Finally got my copy of East Lothian Courier and everyone is looking amazing. It’s been such an honour and pleasure to be working on these outfits again after making them from scratch last year! I feel very privileged. Thank you everyone involved and thanks to the court for wearing my creation so well 😍😍 Cheryl Bell

So yes… I made a dress for the eclipse 😁You might remember this as my toile from my Well, after thinking about cutting...
12/08/2026

So yes… I made a dress for the eclipse 😁
You might remember this as my toile from my Well, after thinking about cutting into it a million time… I added stars and moon to it and ta-da, it is !
PS enjoy my daughter’s knees on the last photo 🫣

Goodbye France! You were fabulous (and also fabulous to finally wear my lemon dress and Summer wardrobe again) Merci à m...
06/07/2026

Goodbye France! You were fabulous (and also fabulous to finally wear my lemon dress and Summer wardrobe again)
Merci à ma petite Maman pour la jolie photo !!

See you soon Metallica !!!!! (this only took 14 T-shirts, thank you ) Barclays Hampden
25/06/2026

See you soon Metallica !!!!! (this only took 14 T-shirts, thank you ) Barclays Hampden

03/05/2026

Watch till the end : What I’m wearing for !!! One more crazy idea, but I think it works (how can it not with these lips!)

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 12am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 12pm

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