Dressing In Delft. Valentino's New Women's Dresses Take Cues From The Netherland's Classic Blue & White Pattern.

Italian fashion House Valentino recently unveiled his 2013-2014 Fall Winter Collection of RTW Womenswear. A stunning line, the new collection includes some gorgeous dresses and gowns whose patterns take their cue from the traditional blue and white patterns seen on ceramics and earthenware from Holland.




Using textiles whose imagery is similar to Delft (and a bit of China's Willow) patterns commonly seen on vases, ginger jars and dinnerware, the dresses made of brocades, silks, organzas and cotton are wearable objets d'art.




















The entire collection has been inspired by Flemish paintings, I have just shared with you the blue and white pieces. Be sure to see the entire beautiful collection at Valentino.com

Lovegrove & Repucci Now Do London Delft!

If you're a hipster, chances are you are familiar with Lovegrove & Repucci, the creative duo about which I've blogged before. Their latest "must have" is their new dinnerware, London Delft, a follow up to their very hot New York Delft Dinnerware.

The classic tradition of Dutch Delft craftsmanship now has a London calling. The ‘London Delft’ Porcelain dinnerware collection, new from Nicholas (Nick) Lovegrove and Demien Repucci. Each place setting is made of fine porcelain and has five pieces; a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer.

$100 for each five piece place setting.

above: the 10.5" dinnerplate from their latest London Delft Dinnerware

Above: dinner plate detail

Above: the 7.5" side plate

Above: side plate detail

Above: the 8" soup bowl

Above: the cup and saucer

And for those of you who have not seen the original New York Delft Dinnerware, here are some images from that collection:


above: New York Delft Dinnerware set


Above: Dinnerplate from the New York Delft Dinnerware

Buy either fabulous set of Delft Dinnerware here.

Funky Find Of The Week: Lovegrove & Repucci's New York Delft Dinnerware

Nicholas Lovegrove and Demian Repucci have come up with this fun and funky twist on traditional delft dinnerware.

In the classic blue and white, gritty new york imagery and graffiti pepper the porcelain plates, making a wonderfully modern version of classic Delft porcelain.


Above: detail

New York Delft Tableware

The classic tradition of Dutch Delft craftsmanship hits the streets of New York City. Presenting the ‘New York Delft’ Porcelain dinnerware collection. Each place setting is made of fine porcelain and has five pieces; a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer. Sold as a set. Or, cups and saucer sets at lovegrove repucci.com

Buy them here.