Japanese indigo blues – timeless style and simplicity

Japanese indigo blues – timeless style and simplicity

Japanese design with its elegant simplicity and unique style has long been admired and imitated all over the world. Indigo design has been around in Japan since the Edo period (1603-1868) when the ‘lower classes’ were banned from wearing silk and bright colours. With cotton as the only remaining option, indigo dying, known as aizome, made a natural and stylish

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Felt in fashion…new brooches, gloves and friendly fuzzy feelings

Felt in fashion…new brooches, gloves and friendly fuzzy feelings

Felt in fashion is fun and quintessentially cool. As we head towards the more wintry months this is a material which suggests warmth and comfort. Our felt brooch selection has just been boosted by the addition of some heart warming new characters. Who couldn’t be charmed by the delightful faces of piglet with its button nose, the friendliest doggy and

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