I went up to spend the day with Nigel Cabourn and his crew in Newcastle this week. I was making my selections for SS2012 and also getting more insight into the whole process from beginning to end.
I know we keep banging on about Nigel’s gear at www.studio8shop.com but it really does stand out. It ‘pops’ as we like to say. His use of colour is always risky and adventurous and fun and he manages to straddle function, fashion and workmanship of the highest order without actually following fashion at all. He just does his thing, believes in it totally and combines his product knowledge with a brilliant understanding of how to present the product so that it has maximum impact – he is a marketer as well as a fashion designer and there can’ t be many of those about.
Here is one of my favourite examples of Nigel’s sense of humour
And I completely loved this piece with its raw edges
The new winter Cabourn collection should be arriving any day now and will be available at www.studio8shop.com
