Thank you for your many comments on the last post. I thought you might find that piece of fabric interesting. I just want to clarify though that it was in no way a dig at Cath Kidston nor was it an accusation of copying. Cath is one of my heroines. I am so grateful to her for making vintage chic once again and for bringing us many vintage designs, that would have otherwise been lost to us, making them fresh and new once again by adding her own hallmark. All power to her, she's a great designer. It is perfectly ok to rework old fabrics to update them for today's market. I have a client who regularly buys 19th Century French pieces of fabric from me to rework them for Kaffe Fassett and Sanderson and I have a meeting next week to talk about getting some fabrics reworked for Country House.
It's the same with fashion and music. My 17 year old daughter is currently wearing very similar clothes to those I wore in the 1980's but has added her own touch to make them contemporary and new looking. The Top Shop playlist has Adam and The Ants, David Bowie, Blondie and Nick Cave playing alongside The Shins, The Horrors and The Gossip and all of them sound fresh and new and frankly very good. Oh yes I'm all for a spot of recycling and although I am a vintage girl at heart I am not adverse to a bit of 'vintage-style'. Pin It
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Oh lovely girl :-) only when I scroll down I can only see that silly man to the right in those daft trousers hahaha
Oh, I didn't see this entry before! Yes, what a lovely girl indded. I love her fashion sense - takes after her Mum for that....
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My daughter is very rock n roll, she creases me up when she gets really excited about a find in a vintage or charity shop, i usually follow it up with golly i had one of those, she is a bit cooler than i was, and i was really cool, i was into Adam Ant, the Banshees, Bauhaus, she of course is into Dylan and the likes, i am not quite sure if she makes me feel "like a happening mum" as we can converse about the late 70's early 80's or just down right old and decrepit, still love your textiles, stephne
Isn't that the truth! "What comes around goes around"- Again!! : )
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