Pretty in Print, Part 2
One of the most exciting things to emerge from the Liberty Prints Charming exhibition is the new artist fabric collection, which features exclusive designs by British artists Grayson Perry, Paul Morrison, Mike McInnerney, Michael Angove, Anj Smith and Simon Hart. I’m particularly taken by Grayson Perry’s ‘Cranford’ and ‘Phillipa’ prints, as well as Simon Hart’s ‘Cool Coast’ print, which features a charming Cornish fishing village as its theme.
Liberty has also released an extensive range of print-covered goodies, from London A-Z books to luggage tags, made-to-order wellies and playing cards. (You can check out the full range available online here.) There were also racks of clothes by A.P.C. for Liberty (look out for the adorable car-print shorts) and Cacharel (the bikinis are super-cute), as well as one-off handcrafted Amanda Fatherazi boudoir dolls, which were dressed beautifully in Tana Lawn fabric. But her quirky fabric lady’s face brooches (£30) also proved particularly irresistible, as you can see here:
I've also got my eye on this rather surreal Grayson Perry silk scarf:
I’m particularly nostalgic for the micro-floral ‘Pepper’ Liberty print, which I remember adoring when I was younger. Here it is on a luggage tag, below:
In fact, I remember having a few scraps of the fabric (which was rather like gold in the suburban Australian town I grew up in) and using it to customise some rather eye-catching ‘laces’ for my Doc Martens. (This didn’t go down particularly well with the surfie/stoner crowd, natch.) But these days I really love the striking Art Déco ‘Caesar’ peacock print, which is featured on this journal:
Tell me …. Are you nostalgic about any particular Liberty print?
