About If by chance
Hi! My name is Marysia Chance - so now you know how my boutique got it's name. I have spent the last 16 years working in a series of large corporate tech companies and have learnt a HUGE amount and made some amazing friends.
Over the last couple of years my life has changed a lot, like everyone's during covid, but going through some major milestones and a life changing event has made me stop and re-evaluate what is important to me.
A culmination of all these things has brought me here. I was sitting on a train into London on a dreary January morning and thinking about what it is I really want to do when I grow up - I am approaching the big 50 - and I knew I wanted to spend the next 16 years a little differently to the last in terms of how I make a living.
I have always loved clothes and fashion. Both my Mum and my Gran were extremely talented dressmakers and very glamourous ladies; so my sister and I grew up surrounded by gorgeous clothes and copies of Vogue, which they both copied the latest designer outfits from.
I can't sew - they both tried, but it's not for me. But I think I am pretty good at putting a stylish outfit together, so I decided to take a stab at doing that for others! And here I am, making a go of it!
I am modeling most of the clothes myself in the pictures on the site, because I want you to see what they look like on a real person and I hope that it helps you get to know me (if you don't already!) I truly hope in 16 years time I will be looking back at how it all began, with lots of happy and loyal customers who come back time and again, because they know I stock great clothes that make them feel like a million dollars.
Ultimately that's my aim - to help women feel their best in their outfits, because life's too short for boring clothes!
Here's to a very different 16 years ahead!
Over the last couple of years my life has changed a lot, like everyone's during covid, but going through some major milestones and a life changing event has made me stop and re-evaluate what is important to me.
A culmination of all these things has brought me here. I was sitting on a train into London on a dreary January morning and thinking about what it is I really want to do when I grow up - I am approaching the big 50 - and I knew I wanted to spend the next 16 years a little differently to the last in terms of how I make a living.
I have always loved clothes and fashion. Both my Mum and my Gran were extremely talented dressmakers and very glamourous ladies; so my sister and I grew up surrounded by gorgeous clothes and copies of Vogue, which they both copied the latest designer outfits from.
I can't sew - they both tried, but it's not for me. But I think I am pretty good at putting a stylish outfit together, so I decided to take a stab at doing that for others! And here I am, making a go of it!
I am modeling most of the clothes myself in the pictures on the site, because I want you to see what they look like on a real person and I hope that it helps you get to know me (if you don't already!) I truly hope in 16 years time I will be looking back at how it all began, with lots of happy and loyal customers who come back time and again, because they know I stock great clothes that make them feel like a million dollars.
Ultimately that's my aim - to help women feel their best in their outfits, because life's too short for boring clothes!
Here's to a very different 16 years ahead!