December Blog 5

Our very first market was the Keilor Twilight Market on Wednesday, 3rd December 2025 — a big moment for Dolly Did It Too. I packed everything into my tiny Chery SUV, Bella Donna (named after the iconic Stevie Nicks, of course), with my mini-me by my side for support, fun, and the experience of it all. To be honest, it wasn’t the most successful market for our brand — but it was still a step. A learning curve. A moment to understand the crowd, the space, and where our people truly are. What mattered most was connecting with the community, meeting other makers and dreamers, and sharing our love for vintage, reworked fashion, art, sustainability, and sisterhood. Every event, even the quieter ones, brings us closer to finding our people and carving out our place. Here’s to growing, learning, and showing up anyway.

Inside the Workshop Welcome to the heart of Dolly Did It Too — my tiny, colourful workshop where vintage stories get their second life. Every corner is filled with old fabrics, rescued buttons, embroidered treasures and garments waiting for another chance. Some arrive delicate, some bold, all carrying history. This is where I slow down.Where I repair, restore, rework and sometimes completely reinvent pieces so they can be loved again. Some days it’s gentle hand-stitching; other days it’s full transformation mode, unpicking seams, drafting patterns, or experimenting with colour and fit. There’s always music playing, a cold cup of tea somewhere, and a happy mess of threads on the floor. This is where I remembered how much I love creating — not with unicorn hair this time, but with fabrics that hold decades of stories. Dolly Did It Too isn’t fast fashion.It’s slow, intentional, hands-on craft.Honouring what came before while making space for what’s next. And now, you get to be part of that process too.

BLOG 2 — Why Dolly? The Wild Child Behind the Name Every name has a story, and this one is stitched straight from my childhood. When I was little, I was a curious, adventurous, barefoot-in-the-yard kind of kid—the sort who collected rocks, climbed fences, rearranged Mum’s knick-knacks, and painted things that definitely didn’t need painting. I was, in my father’s words, “a little bit feral… in a sweet way.” Whenever something mysterious happened—something out of place, glitter where glitter should not be, a puddle of paint no one could explain—Dad would look at me and say: “Who did this?”And with a grin he’d answer himself,“Well… I suppose Dolly did it. Not you, Rhiannon.” Dolly became my alter ego, the whimsical, mischievous version of me who created first and explained later.She was the maker, the dreamer, the one who coloured outside the lines—literally. As I grew up, life tried to tame that wild little spark. Jobs, routines, responsibilities… then the accident that forced me to rediscover who I was beneath everything I’d lost. And sure enough, there she was.Dolly.Still colouring. Still creating. Still refusing to stay in the lines. So when it came time to name my brand—the brand built on playfulness, colour, vintage magic, and stories passed down—I knew it instantly. Dolly Did It TooBecause she always has.And she always will.

 At the Beginning of Things