Remember when Christmas smellies meant a Body Shop basket with Dewberry scented bath salts? Well those days are long gone. We’re now obsessing over luxe, grown up skincare and make up with extravagant packaging.
All SORTS of exciting things have been happening behind the scenes at gather HQ (amongst others, a wedding proposal!) and both of us have been flat out with both gather and real life (work and children never seem to cut you a break when you most need it right?!).
Following the recent Tate Britain Pre-Raphaelites exhibition (which I thought was ace), I’ve been on a bit of a Victoriana tip. And so, last week I took a little trip to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow.
Let’s be clear about one thing - you don’t need ANY of the following items to become a better seamstress. They won’t stop you sewing things together upside down, they won’t prevent you having to use the seam ripper or tipping your pins all over the floor. Of course, we NEVER do any of these things…ahem…
At last! Those of you in the UK will know only too well what a rubbish summer we’ve had so far but FINALLY we seem to have a bit of sunshine. This should be all you need to work it by the pool…
Really? Is it that time of year AGAIN? It seems like no time ago at all that we were prepping for last Christmas. Not that I’m complaining - I absolutely adore the festive season. And as we’re feeling pretty smug, with most of the xmas shopping complete, it’s time to think about what’s going on our xmas wishlists. You know, just in case anybody feels the need to buy us armfuls of presents…
Things are still ticking along nicely at gather HQ. Our pattern is SO nearly there, but we’ve decided to make a few last minute design changes which has slowed us down a little. We’ve tweaked a sleeve, lowered a neckline - all little details that you don’t realise make a massive difference until you have a few finished dresses in front of you!
I’m always drawn to richly-coloured dense prints. As hard as I try for the benefit of my wardrobe to buy and make plain classic clothing so that I can at least pretend that I’m sophisticated, I always get sidelined by yet another an amazing print dress or wildly patterned fabric. Ikat therefore, is just my thing.
The Spring/Summer 2012 collections were full of this classic print. Stella McCartney, Jil Sander, and Pucci are just a few of the big names who showed some of the hottest ways to wear it. Here are a few of our current favourites!
Today was a good day for gather. After a “we are grown up and responsible really” meeting at the bank, we decided to do what we do best and go fabric shopping!