http://www.REcreative.uk New Art website created by and for young people as part of the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project – a £1 million initiative by the luxury goods brand to engage 13 to 25 year old Londoners in contemporary art in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts and the Tate, Hayward, Whitechapel and South...
Hand Made clothing is like nothing else, you are wearing time and love in each stitch from a careful creator. Each dress invokes the magic of old fables told to us as children by Hans Christian Anderson. Mick Lindberg’s ‘Syddor Sagor’ collection makes us free to be any character we choose, and only then do we become more ourselves....
iframe> Academic research led to intrigue when I was introduced to this film, by a university lecturer, whilst researching artisans and sustainable practices, for my course in innovation in practice at Goldsmiths University in London. It is a film about mastery, by Italian-American film maker Tao Ruspoli. Unfortunately it has never been released, but there are six...
This blossom sleeved shirt was chosen by the wardrobe department, on the BBC’s ‘Waking The Dead’ production, they selected a few pieces for both Tara Fitzgeralds and Sue Johnstons characters (Dr. Eve Lockhart and Grace Foley) from Tablet s/s ’09. “Lydia, Have tried on the dress and it is absolutely beautiful! Thank you...
It was a privilege to be asked by actress Sue Johnston for some pieces she could wear on her journey through China and Tibet to find Shangri-La, the mythical paradise described in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon. Sue is admired by women from all over the UK and in the world of classic television drama,...
Styling Sophie Okenedo in Vivienne Westwood jersey dress and jacket (below) – for the Secret Life of Bees promo tour after the Toronto Film Festival 2008. The Secret Life of Bees is a 2002 historical novel by American author Sue Monk Kidd and was adapted into a 2008 film by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Sophie plays one of the intelligent...
How exciting is this new label by Mick Lindberg called ‘Nondo’. It epitomises Tablet’s passion for beautiful things that are beautifully made. It is also the perfect beginning for our narrative on weaving and textiles which has instinctively always been the basis of our decision to buy the collections we buy, but has now crystallized into a...
Beverly Craven still sounding amazing since her well loved ‘Promise Me’ hit of the Eighties. Last spring, she started touring to promote her new album ‘Close to home’. Beverly has been out of the spotlight for some time, “In 2005, Beverley was diagnosed with breast cancer. The devastating news forced her to re-evaluate her life...
We spent another afternoon secret shopping, this time we were upstairs at the Olive Tree Restaurant hosted by its owner- actress Colette Brown. While photographer to the stars, Toby Meritt snapped away, we showcased Brazillian designer Andre Ungarato’s autumn/winter collection of knitted coats and dresses. ‘We live in Dreams’ Cupcakes by Alvina...
Portrait photographer Hainsley Brown shot summer 08 look book.
Kantha comprises of the simplest stitch in the language of embroidery - the running stitch. It is the way in which this stitch is used, in different arrangements, that forms the complex vocabulary of kantha.
