While planning for my trip to Porto with Ace Camps, I immediately thought that I’d love to take one of our Seriously Have a Good Day shopper bags to give to a couple who made a big impression on me and Paul last time we were in Porto. So I was super thrilled when Miguel …
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Having a good day… in Porto
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Heading to Porto with Ace Camps
Are you coming to Porto with me in June? I’ll be there with Ace Camps, using the tiles of the city to teach you about how pattern is generated so that you can look at the riches of Porto’s azulejos heritage with fresh eyes.
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Meet the Stockists: Pelago, Palm Springs
We’re delighted to have our first stockist in Palm Springs, and a super-stylish one at that! Next time you’re in the neighbourhood, be sure to visit Pelago Palm Springs, where you’ll find us keeping good company with Blu Dot, Chilewich, Pappelina and Normann Copenhagen too
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Best wishes to Orla Kiely
I took this photo in New York about 6 years ago, heart hammering in my chest, as I had just met my design icon, Orla Kiely and her husband Dermott Rowan in their Mercer Street store. I’d plucked up the courage to ask if they minded that I’d named one of my designs “Orla” in …
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New York subway scenes
Ok, so that’s me on the New York City subway platform, sporting my freshly Colour Popped Alexander Sack, but… this is not the only sighting of Skinny laMinx on the hot, hot New York subway ride this week. Take a look… Ok, you got me. It’s all been a setup. The part of Stylish Girl …
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News from New York
Donna and I have had a great time in New York, launching the Colour Pop accessories at NY NOW. and showing America what we’ve got! Didn’t our stand turn out well? We were lucky enought to be nearby some other SA stands, like Wren Design, Zizemele, Rarity and Mungo, which was really terrific. What an …
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Shopping for shops
When I visited in NYC in May 2011, I was thinking of opening my store, and took lots of inspiration shots. I think the way the Skinny laMinx store turned out could fit perfectly into the streets of New York, don’t you? See more pics here. We’re off to New York City to show Skinny laMinx …
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Making Friday: Batik in Swaziland
My role on April’s trip to Swaziland with Ace Camps was to teach the group of travellers about pattern, and to give them an intro to the principles behind designing for batik. They came up with some really, really nice designs (see below), which set us all up nicely for the three subsequent days we …
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At the Market in Swaziland
I was in Swaziland with Ace Camps in April, teaching a course about pattern to bunch of Ace Campers. There’s so much to see in this tiny African kingdom, and only a tiny bit of it is for tourists. I could have spent hours at Manzini Market, which opened my eyes to things – many …
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