Hello 2024! A return to the Karika journal for me this week with a visit to Top Drawer. On Tuesday my day started with snow in Manchester and changed to sunny (but cold!) blue skies as I arrived in London for Top Drawer 2024. As with previous years I very much enjoyed the RetailFest talks with some familar names from the creative industries Andie Mcdowell of Dahlia Beach, Kirsty Raper of Rebuildagram and Sarah Ward from the Giftware Association.
The Trends section coordinated by the Better Trends Co. was top notch as usual showcasing three looks - Sunset Haze, Have Your Cake and then Summer Solstice. I must have hand bags on the mind as I picked out two companies KIND BAGS and The Somewhere Co as favourites. Another few personal picks were the Japanese sock company Nishiguchi Kutsushita, Donna Wilson's creature creations, then fabric design from Perren Studios. Paper wise I loved the paper decorations from A World of Craft.
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| TOP DRAWER 2024 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA |
above clockwise from the top left: a selection from the 'have your cake and eat it' trend, fabrics from arcana in the 'summer solstice' collection, snowy view from my euston bound train, the 'summer solstice' edit, snap of the wall art from 'have your cake' trend, the 'sunset haze' collection with its mediterranean feel, the better trends co, a view of the olympia.
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