Lively London

July 16, 2010 by mymateriallife

What can I say about London?  I just wish I could spend more time there!  Two must-sees for me were Liberty of London (photo below, teacups) and The Victoria & Albert Museum (photo below, wedding gown), and I’m so glad I got to spend a little time at each of them.  So many other places I wanted to see like The Conran Shop (so sorry Sir Terence!) will just have to wait until next time.  I did sneak in a […]

Categories: Places • Tags: fashion and textile museum, liberty of london, london, the orangery, victoria & albert museum

Sweet Land of Liberty

March 27, 2010 by mymateriallife

I am going a little crazy with this Liberty of London for Target thing.  I’ve always thought of the lovely English Liberty fabric collection as one of the finer things in life, so I wasn’t sure how I felt when I saw they were coming to Target. But Target and its cool design sensibilities are such a marketing seductress for me that I had to succumb.  The canister above was purchased for me by a friend in a not-even-neighboring city […]

Categories: Finery, Other Textiles • Tags: liberty of london