A Note from Christina - Classic Re-invented

Annabella Velvet Collared Coat in Brown Boucle Tweed

CLASSIC 1.1 (of a garment or design) of a simple, elegant style not greatly subject to changes in fashion.

Oxford Dictionary.

How to think up 250 different ideas a year, whilst not loosing your identity.

250 completely new, never-done-before wearable, beautiful, perfect, pieces.

Pieces that won’t scare new customers, that won’t bore old customers, that won’t alienate us from the young/the old/the indifferent/the husbands/the boyfriends….

How to intrigue? How to flatter? How to inspire?

Well, the answer is – I have no idea.

I pick up a pencil, gather Mrs Dent to my side and we draw pictures of clothes that we would like to wear.

We are doing nothing that has not been done before, we are, in a way, re-inventing classics.

After all, most clothes are made to be practical, to avoid being naked, to look, well, nice.

To look better than your peers.

To be complimented, to feel good.

Clothes that are so intrinsically classic, that they will never be ‘out of fashion’, will never be dull and will not contribute to landfill until the last threads can no longer hold on to each other.

Our clothes are sometimes re-cycled on E Bay and we see that often people sell Cabbages & Roses clothing for more than they bought them for – good old Ebay.

Here is a coat which will shortly be available to buy. It is made from beautiful British Tweed in heavenly hues of pink.

It is a classic coat which will look beautiful for many years to come, on you, your daughter, your mother. Although it is just a coat we feel it is ageless, traditional, enduring – a classic coat.