Win Miss Ellie Dancewear T-shirts so you totally rock the summer fashion scene #KiddychartsSummer

It began with a promise…

Like all good dreams, Miss Ellie dancewear began life as a spark of desire inside the heart of a young child. Today, with the help of the UK’s leading dance artist, Steve O’Connell, that dream has finally become a reality. And it can for you too, as we are giving away some of their gorgeous dancewear today in our Summer Countdown!

We have the following to give away to you:

1 adult Ladies Grey Crop Tshirt with Dancer Print: XS and S/M available, and
1 Girls Pink Cotton Tshirt with Barre Print: Age 1/2 2/3 4/5 5/6 available.

Aren’t they just gorgeous?

As a child, Steve had dreams of his own. Born and raised in Islington, London, the son of hardworking Irish parents, difficult circumstances cast shadows over his childhood. In response, he immersed himself in a world of creativity and imagination, fuelled by an increasing fascination with painting and drawing. His dream, kept secret from everyone, was to paint, and he determined to one day become an artist.

Unable to afford to go to Art College, Steve armed himself with artists’ instruction manuals from the local library and taught himself to paint and draw in various media, including oils, pastels and pencil. At sixteen, his father left home and he became the main breadwinner of the family. He took work as a junior commercial artist to help make ends meet but found the work unfulfilling and creatively stifling.

Eventually he started his own company selling his paintings at London’s famous Apple Market in the heart of Covent Garden, where he still holds a stall to this day. This brought him into contact with ballerinas from the Royal Ballet, whom he met at the nearby Royal Opera House. Steve began to paint these dancers, paying his models with paintings and sketches of themselves and his reputation as an artist began to grow.

Over the past twenty years, Steve’s work has gone from strength to strength. He is now recognised as one of the world’s leading painters of dance and his art is collected by people all over the world. Steve has also designed dancewear for some of the world’s leading companies and sells a range of clothing featuring his own hand painted designs in Covent Garden.

With perseverance and self-belief Steve achieved his childhood dreams and ambitions alone, so after hearing of the circumstances of a child with a dream of her own, it was only natural that he would want to help. The Miss Ellie dancewear range has been designed to embody that spirit of determination to succeed and is the result of collaboration between those who believe you should never give up.

Steve says the inspiration behind the Miss Ellie Dancewear Brand Name is a girl called Ellie who he first met 8 years ago when she was a little girl. He met Ellie’s mother Caroline while working on his stall in Covent Garden and they became good friends and Steve soon met Ellie who unfortunately has a medical condition but dance, particularly ballet, is the biggest passion in Ellie’s life and to cheer her up they decided to call Steve’s new range of clothing featuring his ever popular artwork Miss Ellie. Having an involvement in this new clothing line helps to make Ellie more confident about herself as it combines her love of dance with her keen interest in fashion.

Ellie is the inspiration behind this clothing range and hopefully, seeing the Miss Ellie range continue to grow, will make her feel happier through the difficult times she has to endure.

As usual, the entry for our giveaways is simple, so just fill out the widget below and you are in with a chance. Share your unique url for bonus entries too, wherever you would like :-D

Day 8 – Miss Ellie Dancewear T-Shirts for fab summer fashion fun

The usual T&Cs apply for this competition, and it is UK only. We are closing this on on Sunday 7th August at 11.59pm, so get a move on before the prize dances out of reach!

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Good luck everyone.

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Helen

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