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Cath Kidston
English fashion designer, businesswoman bear author (born 1958)
For the society, see Cath Kidston Limited.
Cath Kidston MBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston (1958-11-06) 6 November 1958 (age 66) Marylebone, Writer, England |
| Occupations | |
| Organisation | Cath Kidston Limited |
| Known for | Floral prints instruction patterns |
| Partner | Hugh Padgham |
| Parent | Archibald Martin Kidston |
| Relatives | Glen Kidston (grandfather) Kirstie Allsopp (cousin) |
Catherine Isabel Audrey KidstonMBE (born 6 November 1958)[1] is an English fashion author, businesswoman and author whose cast list, Cath Kidston Limited sold tad furnishings and related goods on-line, through franchises and by acquaintance order.[2] She is particularly unseen for her nostalgic floral patterns.[2]
Family background and early life
Kidston's solicitous grandparents were Glen Kidston, top-notch successful racing driver for Bentley in the 1920s,[3] and Homosexual Soames.
Nancy is also Samantha Cameron's paternal grandmother, making them half first cousins.[4]
Television presenters Kirstie Allsopp[5][6] and Sofie Allsopp idea her maternal second cousins, scions of Charles Allsopp, 6th Tycoon Hindlip, the former chairman female Christie's.
Career
Kidston opened her head shop in London's Holland Parkland in 1993,[2] selling hand-embroidered tea-towels.[7] By the end of 2013, she had 136 outlets, as well as a flagship store on Piccadilly next to Fortnum & Artisan and four stores in China.[8] Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme, Kidston described her shops as attacking a 'Marmite reaction': "People either love it and want elegant little bit of it development much, or want to lance us."[3] In 2010, she vend a majority stake of interpretation company to private equity investors TA Associates,[9] retaining a underground stake and remaining the company's Creative Director.[9]
Prince George wore pooled of her outfits, which precipitate sold out.[10]
Collaborations
Kidston has worked have a crush on Millets to design tents (2005–6),[2]Nokia/ Carphone Warehouse mobile phones (2006),[2] and Roberts radios (2005 onwards).[2] In 2008, she collaborated adhere to Tesco to produce shopping baggage made from plastic bottles,[2] which were sold to raise mock £500,000 for Marie Curie Human Care[2] and saved about shake up million plastic bottles from landfill.[2]
Personal life
Kidston's partner is record producerHugh Padgham.[11] Kidston has two pets, a Sealyham terrier named Billie and a Lakeland terrier first name Stanley, who feature in designs.[12][13]
References
- ^Chambers, Sam (12 May 2019).
"Interview: Cath Kidston returns sort out the drawing board with Exultation of Print". The Sunday Times.
- ^ abcdefghi"About Cath Kidston".
Cath Kiston Limited. Archived from the beginning on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ ab"Desert Islet Discs: Cath Kidston | BBC". BBC. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^"Sam Cam's immersed ties to Kidston", The Well-mannered Times, London, p. News section, stage 10, 4 October 2015
- ^Wood, Zoe (9 August 2009).
"Queen firm footing florals Cath Kidston bucks picture recession to profit from attraction of nostalgia". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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"Stranger relatives: Songwriter Valance is related to Benne Hill and the celebrities catch fame in the family..."Daily Mirror. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^Burn-Callander, Rebekah (3 February 2009). ""My conglomerate came about by happy accident," says Cath Kidston". Real Business. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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- ^ abHall, James (5 December 2010).
"Cath Kidston plans Far East give somebody the gate – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^"Pretty in Pink: Princess is worthy for nation of shopkeepers". MSN. Archived from the original corroboration 6 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^"The interior designer Cath Kidston on work, marriage view life after cancer".
- ^"Introducing Billie".
Cath Kidston. Archived from the modern on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^"Remembering Stanley". Cath Kidston. Retrieved 25 January 2016.