10/24/2026
Designer Showcase: A Cath Kidston intro for those new to her designs. The Cath designs that are in the shop are not new, They are classic Cath designs that came out in the 90s. Cath started her shop as an antique & refurbished shop in Nottingham London in 1993. Her style of vintage meets new turned into the modern vintage design model., you see that being used by many other designers, often without credit to the original Queen of modern vintage, Cath. They started making small items in house like ironing board covers, then branched out and made her own prints and had the fabric printed in the UK, then branching out into Europe for ready made items using the prints she designed. The shop took off. She went from small shop to world wide want, shops all over the UK, even Ikea got her to do some prints. Her shops were not about sewing, but housewares & clothes. Mugs, plates & other chinaware, bags, curtains, bedding, teapot cozy’s, kids toys, clothing and yes some sewing & haberdashery like the sewing boxes, sewing books, notions, trims and if you could afford it, fabrics. The fun part of being able to get some of those classic prints now is the chance we get to make our own fun stuff. Make the pillows, teapot cozy’s, bags and all the other stuff we couldn’t bring home in our suitcases on trips to the UK lol. There is one Cath shop now, they got sold to the brand Next that basically stripped anyway to get Cath outside of the UK or Japan, it’s ok really, they are no longer her designs as she’s no longer with the company. Let’s remember the good times & take a page from her books.. create & make it yourself 😊.
Only fabric & mugs available at my shop. Her past stuff check eBay, books check abebooks.com