The rumour on Vogue’s web site is that Kate Windsor (née Middleton) chose luxury linen PJs from Charlotte & Co, a UK luxury clothing company, for her honeymoon in the hot & sultry Kingdom of Jordon ….. Kate’s still looking calm and relaxed after her hectic honeymoon tour and official duties – it’s a fact sleeping in linen delivers a great night’s sleep!
www.charlotteandco.co.uk
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d by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien of Doshi Levien, a London based design office, the hemp chair, Capo designed for Cappellini and shown at the Poetry Happens exhibition in Ventura Lambrate 2011, is the first monobloc chair made from natural fibres. Renewable raw materials, hemp and kenaf, are compressed with a water-based binder to create an eco-friendly, lightweight and strong composite.
The Capo chair exploits a lightweight manufacturing technique used in the automotive sector, where natural fibre and acrylic resin composites are used for door linings and rear shelves.
Doshi Levien work across disciplines and industries, they make their own rules that are based on extracting as much richness as possible out of an idea – clients include Intel, Swarovski, Nokia, Authentics, Moroso and Cappellini.
www.doshilevien.com
Emilie O’Connor’s design studio, 009, a license to skill, specialises in surface & applied pattern design, working with skilled craftsmen, embroiderers, printers and painters to produce finely executed works; fabrics, wallpapers and furniture – their forte is exquisite detail in pattern, colouring and illustrating a theme. Emily says “I love to work with linen as it holds colour so well, it’s becoming the more favourable interiors fabric. Linen is clean and chic – a quality fabric with a modern look, which is why we chose it for our hand painted RECORD design”
Clients include: Soho House, Coco de Mer, Tranquebar Hotel India, Babington House, Tate Modern & Chiswick House.
Featured in Vogue & in Elle Decoration’s October issue:
Vogue: “They are a name to know as well as to watch – bringing a touch of couture to bohemia”
Elle Decoration: “….quintessentially English…”
www.009textiles.co.uk
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Designers Guild new autumn ranges – luxurious European 100% pure linen bedding and towels – the ultimate luxury. Designers Guild say; washed for softness giving a beautiful, relaxed quality, fabulously soft bedding is effortlessly chic and stylish -linen’s unequalled purity, gloss and smoothness make it the healthiest material for sleeping in”.
“One day whilst hanging out the washing, overlooking the Bay of Toulon, I looked at the beautiful linen pillowcase I was pegging on the line and wondered where on earth I could buy something like that back home”, thus began Marina Guirey’s journey to create The Linen Works where you can buy all things linen for the home including a new relaxed pre-washed range of bed and tablelinen in soft muted tones.
Inspired by her mother-in-law’s old French farmhouse, Marina realised that “to capture the essence of this home I would have to search for products that shared an aesthetic based on simplicity and functionality – I immersed myself in everything linen, searching out producers of the finest linen, working only with those who had been certified by the Masters of Linen, the true stamp of quality”.
www.thelinenworks.co.uk
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When answering 10 culinary questions from REMODELISTA, the US on-line sourcebook for the home, Gwyneth Paltrow said “a linen tea towel” is a must-have in her kitchen. Linen tea-towels by LinenMe feature in her book, MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER, where the Academy-Award winning actress and avid foodie, shares her favourite family recipes.
Tableware by LinenMe
LinenMe’s Inga Lukauskiene, loves bringing alive the magic of European Linen through her home textile collections – available from 1st August in France on www.linenme.fr
Iconic international luxury brand Christian Lacroix will launch its first collection of fabrics and accessories for the home under license to Designers Guild in spring 2011. Under the creative direction of Sacha Walckhoff, the collection embodies the true essence of the Christian Lacroix brand, including Feria, a beautiful 100% linen fabric enhanced by a subtly embossed damask-style pattern in a range of stunning colours from classic neutrals to acid brights. Complex, colourful and with references to historical couture and architecture, the collection offers the ultimate in luxury chic.
www.designersguild.com
The world’s premier interior design centre, Chelsea Harbour, hosts London Design Week 2011
The quest for the best in international interior design starts next week; Sunday 13th March – Friday 18th March.Nowhere else can be found such quality, choice and creativity. Presenting new collections from 88 showrooms it’s all there to be discovered. With design lectures, masterclasses and professional practice seminars from leading experts, make tracks for this dynamic event.
To see the latest innovations for drapes, furnishings and floor coverings in European Linen fabrics, for traditional or contemporary interiors visit Colefax and Fowler, Designers Guild, Donghia, GP&J Baker, Lelievre, Nobilis, Osborne & Little, Romo, Sanderson, Top Floor Rugs, Zimmer + Rohde, Zoffany.
www.dcch.co.uk
With years of experience in antiques and design, Kate Forman’s textiles, wallpapers and accessories have a subtle and timeless beauty. Influenced by 19th century French linens, Kate has a passion for creating unique vintage styles. As Kate says ” Welcome to my collection of floral linens and accessories with all the French influences I love so much – from billowing curtains to fabric covered matchboxes, ruffled edged cushions, pretty covered baskets and dreamy garden parasols”. All Kate’s linen fabrics are sourced in Belgium and printed in the UK.
www.kateforman.co.uk
British designer Emily Burningham uses linen and linen blends for her textile collections of prints to complement traditional interiors and to add a fresh, vibrant statement to a modern setting. Graduating in ceramic design at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, Emily went on to work as a surface designer applying her style to textiles, ceramic decoration and interior design.
Emily’s latest collection is inspired by the flowers and plants of English and Far Eastern gardens, as Emily says; ‘’Japan with its fascinating culture and history has a strong influence on my designs. The boldness, simplicity and use of colour in Japanese textiles inspire a great deal of my work”. Emily’s textile collection can be found at many specialist showrooms including Liberty of London and Borderline at Chelsea Harbour.
www.emilyburningham.com
During Focus 2010, at the Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, the UK’s leading interiors showcase, Top Floor launched their new Carnival rug collection; vibrant modern designs using rubber, leather and linen. Hand-made by skilled weavers, the rugs use criss-cross basket weavewith a flatweave or
textured finish and the colour choice spans the spectrum, so customers can select as many or as few colours as they like to create the perfect combination for their individual design scheme.
Top Floor, created by Design Director Esti Barnes, has become a leading source for distinctive and contemporary hand-made rugs taking centre stage when Esti’s ‘Esquire’ rug was awarded the title British Design of the Year at Elle Decoration’s British Design Awards 2008.
www.topfloorrugs.com
