Cath Kidston Fabric

Cath Kidston Ltd is one of the most influential and original design companies to emerge from the UK in recent years and celebrated its 15th Birthday in October 2008. The current Cath Kidston fabric collection is perfect for a colourful look, with fresh and modern designs, sometimes quirky but always bringing a breath of fresh air into a home.

Cath began to design her own prints and fabric in 1993. One of the first was a printed ironing board cover - practical, quirky and with a distinctive floral print; it came to epitomize the Cath Kidston look. The product base has expanded steadily to include an extensive range of homewares as well as women's fashion and accessories and the 2008 launch of the Cath Kids brand. With here new collection Cath Kidston continues to modernise the aesthetic of the grand country house.

Cath Kidston is famous for her vintage inspired prints on everything from clothing and accessories to a variety of homeware and home furnishings. Mixing the whimsical, the classic and the nostalgic is what has given Cath Kidston a refreshingly modern edge. Her passion for the past has shaped the Cath Kidston design vision and furthermore, the ability to translate this love into prints and modern images has allowed the company to grow and prosper. Cath Kidston Ltd was founded in 1993 when designer Cath Kidston opened a tiny shop in London's Holland Park. She began by selling the vintage fabrics, wallpapers and brightly-painted junk furniture she remembered fondly from her childhood. Her clever, witty re-working of traditional English country house style meant that her shop soon became a cult success.

Call her designs 'vintage chic', 'shabby chic', 'whimsical' or 'nostalgic', there can be no doubting the fact that Cath Kidston occupies her very own distinctive niche in the British design world. What people love about Cath Kidston is that her items are highly designed, without appearing to be and are vastly less expensive than most of her designer competition. Cath Kidston's 2011 range of fabric, homeware, clothing, accessories and outdoor products reminds us that the company's design ethos is as distinctive, contemporary, yet curiously timeless as it has ever been.