Iris Apfel

I came across some time ago a documentary on the fashion icon, Iris Apfel.

Just looking at what she is wearing, the mix of clothes, designers, colourful combinations, jewelry, beads, glasses, is all an inspiration.

I guess I’m not the only one to think this. In 2005 The Costume Institute, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York had an exhibition about her style.

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How cool is she? I hope I look like her when I’m 90 years old 🙂

Textile Designing Sisters

A couple of days ago I came across a very inspiring and beautiful textile and design company based in New York, specialising in high-end, customized hand embroidery on textiles.

The company, Combray textile and design, is ran by two french sisters, Aurelie and Laure, born and raised in Paris.

The embroidery techniques are founded on the traditional savoir-faire craftsmanship. This makes it possible to design and create unrestricted, both traditional and contemporary, images on textiles for interior decoration.

Not only do their collection is composed on fabrics, pillows, throws or upholstered original furniture, but they also experiment with a variety of materials such as wooden or metallic beads and colored and metallic thread and fabric appliqués.

These side table are of wood structure upholstered with satin and reinette embroidery.

I have to say I’m very glad some designers are keeping the art of old craftsmanship such as embroidery alive, so it will continue to live in our contemporary settings.

I could unfortunately not get the best images to show you these beautiful crafted textiles, but take a look at their website for more inspiring photos.

http://www.combraydesign.com

Images in curtsey of www.combraydesign.com