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Guest Post: My Week At TruffleShuffle By Aka
Hello, my name is Akachukwu Oguine and I just finished working at TruffleShuffle for a week as work experience. I came from Lagos to Reading for holiday, but stayed in Bristol for a week to work for the best T-shirt company ever! (Not up for discussion!)
Every day I had many different tasks and jobs to do in different areas of the business that had been planned for me by the members of the TruffleShuffle team to provide me with a better understanding about how the business works in each stage of development from packaging items to pitching ideas.
In this blog post, I will be taking you through the things I did during my work experience, day by day.
Day 1: Monday
When I first arrived at TruffleShuffle, I was introduced to every available member of the TruffleShuffle family including Iain, Amy, James, Pat, Ron, Andy, Lucy, Chris, Tracey, Claire and (Lee) Mullins.
The first task I had to complete was helping Ron and Andy pick and pack orders placed over the weekend. I enjoyed this because it was one of the more hands-on jobs I did during the week. The task was to look at the invoices, read the store codes on them and match them to the codes of the ordered items in the warehouse. It was also great because I realized how swift operations in the warehouse had to be to get all first class orders made on Sunday out by 4.00pm or earlier!
Our Exclusive New Ferris Tees Are UnBuellerevable!
On the 20th of February 1987, (but quite a while after the yanks got their hands on it), we were first introduced to one of the most iconic characters of the decade. Someone we all wanted to be, someone who came along and did what they wanted and got away with is...if only just!
He lives the teenagers dream, getting to skive off school, drive a fast and very expensive car, and well...generally lark around with his best mates in the great city of Chicago. Who wouldn't want that right?
We are of course talking about... Ferris Bueller!
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From the very first glimpse of the tailor we say for this film, we were in love and we sure weren't alone! Ferris later became one of the top-grossing films of the year and a true 80s classic for ever after. Not bad for a film that was written in less than a week!
With such a following and of course looking to feed our Bueller bellies with even more retro goodies, we've been hard at work creating some amazing and super exclusive new Ferris Bueller T-Shirts, this time inspired by that classic quote we all know and love.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 111
Heavens above! It must be the weekend!
Rising higher and higher by the minute with more and more extensions, wings and rooms, let us be your busy little workers as we tower together box after box and create a fort the likes of which have never been seen. Withstanding attacks from imaginary enemies, great floods and internal power struggles, we'll conquer all on our quest for greatness and capturing even more celluloid wonder.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 9th AUGUST
Cocoon (1985) More4 10:25am-12:45pm (2 hours 20 minutes)
Our Top #TruffleShuffleCom Instagrams!
We're back again folks with another little look at some of our most recent Instagram love!
Over the past few weeks, even more of you lovely lot have been getting their hands on some TruffleShuffle goodies, picking up their phones and uploading some fantastic snaps of their latest purchases.
As always, we really love to see where all our designs end up as well as getting to see you guys proudly show them off for all to see.
To help even further spread the love, we've plucked out some of our favourite snaps from you guys so you can see what's been going on an hopefully inspire you to also show off some of your retro items! Take a look at some TruffleShuffle fans....
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 110
Halley's comet! It's the weekend already?!
Like a proud owner of a shiny new soft top convertible, we'll be donning the driving gloves and sunglasses as we rev up our smooth engine and glide our way through the twisting and turning country roads with the wind in our hair in search for even more retro cinematic greatness and stopping only to gasp at the celluloid wonder they discover on the way.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST
Rocky III (1982) Channel 5 1:00pm-2:55pm (1 hour 55 minutes)
TruffleShuffle Buyers August Look of the Month!
Hi everyone!
This new Goonies tee has really caught my attention and so becomes the basis for my ladies look of the month! The combination of the super comfy boyfriend fit with rolled sleeves, along with the contemporary edge to the print, makes this a sure fire winner in my opinion!
In this nice hot weather it seems a shame not to get the pins out too, so I am teaming it with a fun, pleated PU skirt from Topshop and our statement Mickey Mouse Bangle from Gogo Philip.
Now for the boys!