Silver Raindrop is a carefully edited boutique carrying womenswear, accessories and homeware chosen for how they wear over years, not seasons.
Silver Raindrop opened in October 2017 with a single clothing rail, a folding table, and twelve pieces Bethan Mercer had spent the previous year sourcing from small studios across the UK and Ireland. The name came from a line in a letter…
Read moreThe shop is still small. That is not an accident. There is a version of Silver Raindrop that could have expanded, taken on more stock, moved to a bigger space. Bethan chose not to, and the choice gets easier every year. The customers who come regularly are not looking for volume. They want to know what something is made of, how it will age, whether the person who made it was paid fairly. Those are the questions the shop was built to answer. The journal on this site is where Bethan writes about the things that inform the buying: fabric, craft, repair, the longer life of objects.
Nothing came in unless I could write the provenance note from memory.Beeswax pillar candles are denser than paraffin or soy candles, which means they burn more slowly and at a higher temperature. They also behave differently in the first few burns, and getting those right makes a significant difference to how the candle performs over its full life.
Read more →Boiled wool is a felted fabric, which means the fibres have been matted together under heat and pressure…
Ash glaze is made from wood ash, water and sometimes a small amount of feldspar or clay. It is one of the…
"Bethan Mercer spent eight years buying for a mid-size department store before leaving in autumn 2016 to start something smaller and more deliberate. She trained in textile history at Cardiff University, then worked as an assistant buyer at a regional chain in South Wales before moving into womenswear curation. The idea for Silver Raindrop came from a frustration she could not shake: beautiful things kept getting buried under volume. She opened the boutique in 2017 with a single rail of twelve pieces and a handwritten price list. She still writes every product note herself. Outside the shop she keeps a kitchen garden and has a long-standing habit of reading seed catalogues in January."
Walk-ins are welcome during regular opening hours. If you want the shop to yourself for a private appointment, those need to be arranged in advance by email or phone. We try to confirm within one working day.
We accept returns within 14 days of purchase, provided the item is unworn and has its tags. We do not offer refunds on items bought in the sale or on special orders placed during trunk show weekends. If something is not right, please get in touch before sending anything back.