Since the '90s, designers have been putting their name to high street homewares. And you can banish thoughts of dodgy diffusion lines as designers have seriously they’ve upped their game. The demand for a home that’s as stylish as you are, and the idea that every brand is a lifestyle package, has given rise to new opportunities for design labels, blurring the lines between fashion apparel and interiors even further. With wallpaper by the likes of Matthew Williamson and cushions by Lacroix, your home might even end up better dressed than you. Click through for the best in designer label interiors.
Henry Holland for Habitat
The latest fashion designer to foray into the world of interiors is House of Holland’s Henry Holland. He’s teamed up with high street favourite Habitat to launch a psychedelic collection inspired by the surreal interiors in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Habitat’s Abel sofa has been dressed in Holland’s exotic Paradise Leaf print, meanwhile creepy crawlies, animal print and stripes romp across cushions, throws and a show-stopping rug. Enjoy the trip.
Jasper Conran for Wedgwood
Jasper Conran should know a thing or two about homeware – as the creative director of design mecca The Conran Shop (founded by his father Sir Terence), interiors are in his blood. One of the first ever fashion designers to collaborate with homeware brands, he’s worked with heritage bone china manufacturers Wedgwood for decades. The Tisbury collection is typical of the elegant and understated Conran design DNA – just like his LBDs on the catwalk, it’ll never date.
Paul Smith for Anglepoise
Two of Britain’s most iconic exports, Sir Paul Smith and Anglepoise, have teamed up for a second time after the success of last year’s limited edition Type 75 desk lamp. For this edition, Sir Paul has given the lamp a makeover in a striking palette of grey, electric blue, racing green and orange, highlighting the design’s angular silhouette. It's as sharp as a well-cut suit.
Matthew Williamson for Osborne & Little
Fans of Matthew Williamson’s bohemian glamour won’t be disappointed by the designer's partnership with wall covering and textile company Osborne & Little. Rich and sumptuous, his decadent prints are teeming with lush jungle foliage, birds, feathers and exotic flora, and all using the designer’s hallmark vivid colour palette. Dig out your kaftan and enter your very own paradise island.
Christian Lacroix
The label of choice for Ab Fab ’s Eddie, there’s no doubt she would approve of Christian Lacroix’s fabulously maximalist designs for interiors brand Designer’s Guild (‘Lacroix, sweetie!’) Channeling the fashion house’s '80s catwalk creations, designs are wild and wonderful – think clashing prints, embellished details and high contrast colours. It’s definitely not for wallflowers. The range spans fabrics, wall coverings, rugs, cushions, towels and even stationery. Puffball skirts optional.
Eley Kishimoto
Pattern perfectionists Eley Kishimoto have always conjured up a feast for the eyes with dynamic prints, and last year they made the leap to wallpaper, translating their eye catching designs for interiors. Optical illusions and clashing colours galore, there are 12 patterns, including their well-known ‘Flash’ print.
Ghost x Sera of London
Best known as the purveyor of slip dresses and bias cut gowns during the '90s, Ghost has struck up a collaboration with interior designer Sera Hersham-Loftus, A.K.A. Sera of London. Inspired by Ghost’s floaty, lingerie-like apparel, the collection has everything you need to create an opulent vintage boudoir; silk cushions, bolsters and bed covers trimmed with all manner of lace, frills and satin roses.
Kenzo Maison
Thankfully not emblazoned with its infamous tiger motif (fine on a jumper – but on a duvet cover it might look more Tony the Tiger than high fashion), Kenzo Maison’s bedding range is just as directional as its catwalk looks. With bold colours and busy prints to layer up at will, your bed will never look better. And if you really can’t resist a logo, there are tiger-toting towels and robes too.
Iittala x Issey Miyake
At first glance, Japanese fashion and fragrance house Issey Miyake and Finnish glass artisans Iittala are unlikely collaborators. But on closer inspection, the two brands share important core values: tradition, functionality and craftsmanship. They also have a strikingly sculptural aesthetic in common – as their debut home collection proves. Miyake’s signature tight pleats appear on elegant fluted glass vases, placemats, cushions and napkins alongside simple ceramic cups and plates in a sophisticated palette of soft pastels, grey and emerald. Finally, a napkin we can wear with pride.
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