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"​Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten".

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Cat Nash has been up-cycling cutlery into jewellery for 19 years. Here, the daughter of a fashion historian explains how she has also gone back to her roots – textiles – but in the most sustainable fashion. 

Nothing knowingly is shipped in from abroad.

I am passionate about saving our planet. ​

I run my own business, designing, making, and selling clothing that are

99% up cycled.

My Style is a Boho collection of art clothing using all sorts of vintage textiles. My business works with charity’s to save textiles from landfill. My items are all My items and are one of a kind. Handmade, by me in my studio in Norwich Norfolk UK.

I reimagine and reuse the wonderful skill and creativity of the past, such as embroidered tablecloths and fine crochet tray cloths and doilies, to make modern day original fashion. I design and make the patterns for my clothing.

 

I grew up in a creative household, with dressmaking, knitting, crochet and embroidery as a part of everyday life. To have one’s own sewing machine and cutting-out shears was considered a life necessity. My father owned a large collection of historical costumes and gave lectures to local groups and societies from time to time. He was a big contributor to the costume society the textile society and the William Morris society.

I was surrounded by shape, colour, and design from an early age. It was natural then for me to study textile design at college, and privately with the Norfolk designer Pat Burks followed by a year working for the famous Liberty store. 

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I’ve been a sustainable designer for 19 years – everyone else is late to the party! Although it all started with up-cycling sterling silver cutlery.

Fashion is changing. I believe that body inclusivity is important, so I design free flowing garments that complement a lot of body shapes, and which can be worn and look good on many sizes. As I cut them freehand, they do vary, which helps to incorporate many more shapes.

I spent 10 years living and working in Chicago selling ladies fashion when I was in my 20s and take a lot of my inspiration from Donna Jessica clothing, Flax clothing, and Blue Fish clothing. Although my designs are nothing like theirs, I just realise there is a market for unusual, original, wearable, functional art which can bring freedom and joy.

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