£38 from Net-A-Porter
It has, by my rough calculation, been far too long since my last scarf post…
Today I bring you the extremely talented duo from Swash, Sarah Swash and Toshio Yamanaka. The pair are known for their signature hand-drawn and painted artworks.
Like so many creative types I admire, Sarah and Toshio met at Central Saint Martins, then spent time in Sarah’s hometown of Penzance, Cornwall before working in Toshio’s home of Japan for a year. The brand emerged after they won the prestigious Hyères prize in 2004. They were later invited back to exhibit 100 framed drawings, a scarf retrospective and 3D sculptural installation.
Another important landmark in the partnership came in 2005 when Swash acquired their beautiful whippet Candy, who quickly became an inspirational talisman and recurring motif in their designs – clearly, a design team with impeccable taste!
Part of the Cinerous Forest printed silk scarf
£229.17 from Net-A-Porter
Today they are based in East London. See what you think…
£229.17 from Net-A-Porter
£229 from Net-A-Porter
£321 from Net-A-Porter (yes – that’s £321!!!)
£321 from Net-A-Porter (No – it didn’t get any cheaper the 2nd time around…)
Conveniently, Colette in Paris and Liberty of London both stock Swash scarves. Of course, after picking up one of their gorgeous wool-blend babies, I won’t be able to afford much else, but hey – what’s a girl to do…?
Swash have a pretty swish website. You can check it out here.
LOVE those scarves…. no I do not need any more scarves… I do not need any more scarves…i do not need any more scarves! 🙂
A girl can never have too many scarves, BCD…
I might be interested in an iPhone 5 case…
Didn’t I plan that post well? An iPhone 4 case on the very day Apple announces the arrival of a completely different shaped iPhone 5. Duh!
I thought that was on purpose – a little tease.
Just call me techno-geek (not)! 🙂
I love the scarves but I gotta get me that iPhone case 🙂
Yummy, isn’t it? 🙂