In-person event
Tea and Style Sessions with Queen Allotey-Pappoe
Sunday, November 17, 2024 from 11 am-4 pm
Know before you go
In-person event
Location: Marine Hall Mercantile | 177 Essex Street, Salem, MA and Kakawa Chocolate House | 173 Essex St, Salem, MA
Free
Marine Hall Mercantile will be open from 11 am–5 pm on Saturday and Sunday.
We all have style stories and messaging we have held onto around our bodies, size and shape, and how to express ourselves when it comes to clothing. Come meet the artist and founder of sustainable fashion brand Queen Adeline, and open yourself up to new conversations about colorful, sustainable fashion. Discover your authentic style voice, find pieces that bring you joy from Queen’s curated collection and leave empowered to express yourself through clothing!
Tea with Queen
Saturday, November 16 | 1-2:30 pm
Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Meet Queen Allotey-Pappoe for tea and casual conversation about her sustainable fashion mission. During teatime, you will get a chance to view Queen’s designs as we transform Marine Hall Mercantile into the Queen Adeline “styleversations” studio!
Explore Queen’s Collection
Saturday, November 16 | 2:30–5 pm
Queen will be on hand at the Mercantile to share her ready-to-wear line of brilliant dresses, jackets and more. Hear about how her work aims to reduce fashion’s environmental impact and uplift the communities involved in creating textiles and clothing.
Personal Styling Sessions
Sunday, November 17 | 11 am–4 pm
Wondering how to incorporate color and wearable art into your closet? Do you have a special event coming up? Queen will be giving free 30-minute styling consultations.
Learn more about Queen Adeline and read about our studio visit with the designer.
About our Collaborator
Queen Allotey-Pappoe is an award-winning sustainable fashion designer born and raised in Accra, Ghana. She moved to England to further her education and finally to Boston, where she worked in the nonprofit space before transitioning to study Fashion Design at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MASSART). She currently lives with her family in Littleton, Massachusetts, and is the CEO and artist behind the Queen Adeline sustainable fashion brand. Queen Adeline creates “functional, wearable art”: a line of ready-to-wear and custom pieces that incorporate biodegradable textiles sourced from Ghana. Each piece is one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted, versatile and timeless, designed for year-round wear to minimize waste. Queen's work strives to preserve local artistry and craftsmanship while sustaining communities, paying homage to her African roots.
Queen also consults and speaks on topics related to sustainability, design, entrepreneurship and empowerment and has taught fashion design at MASSART and the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2021, she was a featured exhibitor in the Smithsonian exhibition Craft Optimism, celebrating creative ideas for responding to climate change. She sits on the Board of Trustees of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston. You can find her work in her online shop, in the PEM Shop and at the Queen Adeline Studio/Showroom at the Western Avenue Studios in Lowell. Follow Queen @queenadelinecollection
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