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MAY DAY! MAY
DAY! Don’t panic! The sunshine is finally here and it’s time to slip into something lighter. Our linen sale is the perfect oppportunity to update your summer style. With 20% off you’ll want to fill your wardrobe twice over but keep a cool head and remember to view our full range of objects at www.selvedge.org. |
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FINE LINEN Relax in the sunshine with an iced tea and enjoy the latest issue of Selvedge. Subscribe or renew this issue and receive a beautiful jacquard woven Volga linen tea towel in red or blue*. An annual UK subscription is £45 or reduce your paperwork and sign up for a continuous subscription for just £40*. For more information please visit www.selvedge.org. *Offer ends 30 June 2008. All prices include postage, continuous subscriptions do not include a gift. After maintaining our cover price since our launch in 2004 increased transportation and paper costs have led to an increase in our rates this issue (see below for new rates). |
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AFFILIATES
Subscribers who purchase a 3 year subscription are rewarded
with an enamel badge entitling them to 10% off selected items. In
issue 23 we have 5 fabulous new affiliates: Pachacuti, Contemporary
Cloth, Sarah Walker Artshades, The Great English Outdoors and Frank.
Each company offers a 10% discount to Selvedge Pin holders. If you
would like to become an affiliated store please contact Jessica
Hellin marketing@selvedge.org. |
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THESE
FABULOUS GARLANDS from Sophie Cuvelier are perfect for
a summer garden party. Using different shapes and sizes she works
like a master confectionner to create beautiful paper bunting Prices
from £24 for 3 metres available from the Selvedge Object shop.
www.selvedge.org |
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MEET
PEOPLE MAKE STUFF is the motto of The Make Lounge, where
everyone can learn new skills such as survival sewing and how to
crotchet corsages. The Make Lounge is even open for parties, recently
moved and can now be found at 49-51 Barnsbury Street, London. Classes
from £45 per person www.themakelounge.com |
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FASHION
IN MOTION: China Fashion Now. Fashion show featuring Chinese
designer Ma Ke’s Wu Yong (Useless) collection. Using
discarded items Ma Ke transforms them into beautiful patterned and
shaped garments. Shows at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm, 16 May, V&A Museum,
London. For tickets please call 020 7942 2211 www.vam.ac.uk |
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BLOG
AHOY! We are about to launch the Selvedge blog, keep updated on all things textile related - a scrapbook of textile information. Our first entry is ready for you to read now at www.selvedge.org |
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| DATES FOR YOUR DIARY... | ||
| 10 May | Play date: Selvedge Afternoon Event | Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood,
London assistant@selvedge.org |
| 16 May | E17 Designers’ Market | Asian Centre, 18a Orford Road, London e17designers.blogspot.com |
| 18 May | The Midcentury Show | De La War Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea www.ourshowhome.com |
| Until 31 May | Flatweavers | Joss Graham Gallery, London www.jossgraham.com |
| Until 31 May | Quilt Art 22 Under Construction | Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery www.quiltart.org.uk |
| Until 31 May | Peacocks and Pinstripes: A Snapshot of Masculine Style |
Fashion and Textile Museum, London SE1 www.ftmlondon.org |
| Until 1 September | Superheroes, Fantasy and Fashion | The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA www.metmuseum.org |
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