Make do and mend..

Of course there is nothing we like better than finding an old handkerchief or a treasured shirt at a flea market, faded with age and repaired in all corners with intricate stitches..precious things that were worth the time spent to repair them.. in days where it is more normal to discard ripped blouses or broken plates it is a delight to see such beautifully repaired items especially when it comes beloved household items. So we thought we would share some images from one of our favourite blogs, Past Imperfect, that is dedicated to all things that that have been inventively and lovingly repaired, from stapled plates and cups, patchwork teapots and wire weaving a pearl-ware ladle back to life, and don't they look all the more beautiful for it!

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Globe shopping..Sri Textiles, Brooklyn

hand stitched cotton textile Rajasthan India

 A roll of Kurume cotton warp yarns, vintage

 A large and fine patched cotton furoshiki, sashiko kanji

 Bengali Kantha, millions of stitches

 An antique Indian drawing, Yantra in red ink

An intricately resist dyed Indian turban, Mothara from Rajasthan

Layered patched and stitched Boro panel

'Sri is a textile gallery in Brooklyn, New York, USA, specializing in antique Japanese folk textiles, highlighting the indigo-dyed cotton utilitarian fabrics and boro--or patched and mended--textiles of old Japan.'

Where to get it 18 Eckford Street, #8

Brooklyn, NY 11222

t. 718-599-2559

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Vintage Barcelona 1964

This is brilliant..Barcelona back in the day, life in the city and its personalities from music in Placa Real and Jamboree, the artists at La Massana, the barrio Chino, its lovely ladies.. Robadors, Romeo and Juliet at the Liceo.., palomas, La Paloma! The bourgeoisie in their vintage cars, park Guell, Encants, the Apolo, Barceloneta, Barcelona by night, Sant Jordi, antique book fairs, Tapies, La Merce, and the old folk...aaahh if only we could book a little trip back in time! 

Globe Shopping...Bungalow 8 Mumbai

Antiques and Boutiques love a good lifetyle store, and Bungalow 8 just outside of Mumbai is one of our favourites. We visited it a few years back when we took a trip to India for a few months and wanted to bring the whole store back in our satchels! Set up in 2003 in a historic 3 storey building in the Colaba area, it features antique floors, carved wooden doors and high ceilings. With everything from crockery to antique cupboards, textiles, bed linens, unique pieces, both modern and vintage, the owner Maithili Ahluwalia has found pieces made by the best craftsmen from all over India. The top floor is dedicated to fashion and there is an exclusive jewellery range from by French designer Mattieu Leguillan who has worked for YSL and Lanvin, so luckily we found some things that we could bring home!


Where to find it..17Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba Mumbai 
www.bungaloweight.com

The Art of Craft

My good friend and fellow shoemaker Isabel de la Roche just sent me this short film from Caroline Groves bespoke shoemaker. It really does show the hand crafted shoe making process in motion and as an art. 

Hand Crafted

Following on from our entry last week on furniture made from salvaged wood, we thought we would blog about a project going on not to far from herein Barcelona. ARXE, a company that also creates furniture and one of a kind textile pieces created from salvaged antique and industrial materials which are found all across Europe, including wood, metal, iron,steel and textiles. Making all the pieces hand crafted and unique! Love all of it!

Lights, Camera, Action...

 Nice idea....and fun project. Various camera inspired lamps. We know someone in Barcelona who could custom make one for you from your old camera! 
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Stylish Criminals

Fay Watson - Cocaine Dealer

Doris Poole - Jewel thief

Jessie Longford -Legendary shoplifter

We Love: These women's mugshots from the 1920's were recently uncovered at the New South Wales police department archive. They are part of a collection of around 2500 showing the seedy underworld of early 20th century australian life. 


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Wedding Style

What we Love: These incredible wedding dresses by designer Jane Bourvis, created in her Atelier in Notting Hill, all the pieces are created from Vintage and Antique gowns reworked from Edwardian, Victorian to 20s gowns, incorporating delicate textiles and fine laces. They are of course all unique, custom made, and handcrafted, we couldn't love them more!
Where can you get it? Her Atelier is at 89 Goldbourn Road in Notting hill, London 

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London Calling

We've been to the decorative fair in London this week and found some great inspiration for an upcoming new project....watch this space.


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The lady's got style..

This week we are inspired by these pictures by photographer and blogger Ari Seth Cohen who snaps older folk with style for his blog Advanced Style..we often spot inspiring advanced style on the streets in Barcelona, keep an eye out near you !


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