The London Design Festival has come and gone leaving us with plenty of inspiration! We thoroughly enjoyed Decorex and meeting with many of you at our stand, thank you all for dropping by.

On the final day of Decorex an engaging overview of the future of how Interior Design may evolve to keep in line with our changing way of life was dressed by Kasper Iverson of Houzz, Denmark, Jennifer Chong of The Cambridge Home & Garden Show and Interior Designer as well as two of our favourite London designers, Olga & Anatoly of Black & Milk.

The discussion circled around a growing need to create homes which allow us to escape the pressures of daily life, though this may be translated differently for each one of us. Olga noted that her clients are “moving away from large, glitzy statements and being more willing to invest in iconic pieces and understated luxury”.

This is startling similar to our how our founder, Jo Cassabois, has often described what we design as being “the Little Black Dress for windows”. Essentially the definition of understated elegance, the goes everywhere and can be dressed up or down piece in a wardrobe. Our designers work with you to achieve the best solution for your window, using your favourite fabrics from a curated selection of timeless, quality textiles so yo know you will have something that works and that you’ll love for years to come.

The idea of sustainability and provenance was also touched upon. Jennifer Chong noted that customers are becoming more educated, researching not only the material types but as where they come from. We feel this is an extremely important aspect to ensuring the best final result for the product as well as for the environment. While we have always worked with cottons, linens and silks, as well as blends, we have been assiduous in the choosing high quality fabrics for our exclusive range. We have long-standing relationships with family-run mills in the UK and Europe and test each fabric as made products before giving them the Prêt À Vivre name.

More recently we introduced the Voile Isla, a sustainable choice of a blend of wool and Tencel, a fibre made from Eucalyptus which is fast-growing and requires less chemicals to grow. The wood pulp grown for Tencel is FSC (Forest Steward Council) certified.