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Apr 21
5 min

Things will never be the same... (A new adventure for Chocodolly!)

It's now been six months YES SIX MONTHS! since we closed the doors to our shop in Colchester town centre and moved the business to our ho...

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Carli

Apr 30, 2019
4 min

The Return Of The Chocodolly!

You all know we sell dresses.. but that wasn't how it always was here at Chocodolly. Those of you who were here at the start of our adven...

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Carli

Mar 19, 2019
4 min

Our VintageBelle Rachel Bogg on becoming our April covergirl!

Rachel Bogg is no stranger to Chocodolly. Since we opened, she's been a regular customer and attended our vintage events. She even came w...

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Carli

Feb 8, 2019
2 min

Let's talk about underwear...

well, Christmas has been and gone, we ate all the pies and now we're all striving to get back into those dresses we wore last year. Well,...

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carlinorris

Jul 13, 2018
1 min

The heat is on!

It’s been a summer to beat all summers so far, and the children haven’t even broken up from school! Dom and I have been so busy in the sh...

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carlinorris

Sep 7, 2017
2 min

My own label!

Well, it's been nearly a year since we opened the shop and I'm delighted to say that I think I may have cracked my own label clothing. I w...

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Carli

Aug 18, 2017
2 min

Chocodolly... Our story.

Hello, Dolly! well, here we are at last- we have a website after a few weeks of hiccupping and tantrums. (I still have no doubt that we h...

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