About Us Fantasy Girl – Lacies
Fantasy Girl was founded back in 1994 by Sue Sheppard who already had a wealth of experience organizing Transgender & Fetish events in south east England. which had culminated in a trans fashion show attended by hundreds of excited guests.
She was constantly being asked for specialist clothing so decided to start from home Fantasy Girl.
By a stroke of luck Sue whilst raising money the office next door was a UK Government agency eventually Fantasy Girl was born aided by a small UK government grant which kept us afloat in those early tricky days. By 1995 we were trading on the Net – we were one of the first online stores – and ever since that we have gone from strength to strength. In 1998, we opened our first shop where we added the name Lacies in Folkestone, Kent, England.
Our original website which is still running fantasygirl.co.uk was relaunched and the company doubled in size in October 2009. With the increased use of mobile phones we felt it was a good idea to have a website that was mobile friendly thus fantasy shopping was born. This site is constantly updated to give you the widest range of transgender and sexy products and we strive on rapid delivery.
1993 Les Sheks Local Transgender Self Help Ground Formed
Had many years successful social meetings ofr transgendfer and their allies. Including the large Fashion Show held at the same time as the inauguration of the Channel Tunnel.
1999 Fantasy Girl Inspires the Real Kinky Boots Owner
Just as Lacies shop opened, Sue had a problem sourcing shoes to fit trans xdressers so by a wild stroke of luck she contacted Steve Pateman who was owner of a shoe factory near Northampton. According to Steve it was Sue’s phone call that inspired him to produce shoes for cross dressers. This move was followed by BBC and turned in both a film and then a Broadway Music Kinky Boots.
2002-07 Lacies organises Miss TG Brighton
In early period of Lacies 2nd shop in East Sussex she comes up with the novel idea of having a transgender beauty contest. This is a major success and is supproted by the Mayor of Brighton. In its 4 year history it raises thousands of pounds for AID Charity Sussex Beacon and Hove Hospice The Marletts.
Lacies owner forms Folkestone Independent Traders Association
In 2012 Sue inspired by Mary Portas organises a traders association which brought otgether over 50 independent raders from the town. The group called FITA had a successful inprint on the town and produced its own publication Fabulous Folkesotne. Promoted the town andf its wonderful small traders.
20021 fantasyshopping is launched.
Throughout our existence our motto has been to help serve the transgendered and others of the community without the prejudice which they often experience in other shops, at work, etc.
