Blue Birds

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This design was the starting point to Mrs. Press's latest collection, the look of this season was to be based on the 1930's seaside escape, with lovely flowing dresses that you can imagine Hollywood stars walking the decks of the cruise boats inn, looking ever so sophisticated and glamorous.

Magnolia Dress 2

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This Dress was such a challenge to design for, it is made up with lots of triangle to make the bottom of the dress more full, when I first started to design for this dress I didn't know that the triangles existed, so when I found out about them I had to start all over again, oh well one should always learn from their mistakes :-)

Magnolia Dress 1

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Image 1 and 2 were the first designs that I showed Clare Press for her sweet silk dresses, we both loved the designs but they didn’t fit into the flower theme that we came up with after the designs were created, that was when I started to introduce the magnolia flower into the motif shown in image 3.

Image 4 is the cad version of “ Magnolia Dress 1” put into repeat and Image 5 is the end product, how cute does it look!!

The Party Dress

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These beautiful images came from a book i found in New York, its called "The Party Dress", I bought it to inspire myself to design and create my own clothes, fingers crossed it works!!
The chapters within the book are for different dresses , for example the cocktail dress, the formal dress and the garden party dress.
I love all these dresses, I wish women of today could always dress up and look feminine without feeling out of place, for femininity can be quite powerful and alluring.

Tea Rose

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The Tea Rose design, funny enough, is a favourite of the boys - and it would have to be the most feminine!!
With its fine lines, this design has driven me crazy, getting them smooth and rounded drove me and Clare’s Graphic Designer bananas!!
But in the end I think it came out the best and also the nicest by far to smell ;-)

Warm Spice

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When it came to designing the Warm Spice packaging, I knew the motifs had to be more angular than Magnolia as it was to be the more masculine of the designs (not that soap is exactly masculine!).
I looked into different spices and thought that Star Anise could be interesting with its star like angles. I also love the shape of cloves, so using the same layout as the Magnolia design, I started to place the motifs in different areas until they were balanced and in sink with one another.

Penhaligon's

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The first time I came across a Penhaligon’s store was when I was spending time with my family in Paris, I felt like I had stepped back in time to the 19^th Century, what an amazing discovery!!! I was instantly in love. The perfumes date back to 1872, they are so unique and natural compared to the modern perfumes of today.

When wearing them I feel I am wearing a rare perfume that no one else has, I feel as if I’m wearing a unique peace of history.

Magnolia Soap Design

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The magnolia design was the first design I worked on for Clare press’s soaps, when it came to coming up with ideas for the allover look, I made myself do loads of research, having never designed for packaging made me a little nervous!! but I do like to challenge myself when it comes to design :-)
Being a textile designer I’m always working in repeat, so I decided to let that go, I loved the idea of having one design wrap itself around the front of the soap bar, this gave it a real art nouveau/ Deco feeling which we loved.

Design Inspiration

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These beautiful images came from a book called Exceptional Jewellery by Rene Lalique, it belongs to the lovely Clare Press, this book was the very starting point to our inspiration for Clare’s Dressing Table products.
The Art Nouveau look was a must have, being such an elegant movement suited Clare down to the ground!!