Nick Garrett

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    FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2012

    Party Trend – Chevron Stripes

    Morning! I hope you have all had a fab week.  This week I have been thinking about trends in the party world and don’t panic we will be covering the Jubilee and Olympics very soon here on Let’s Plan A Party.  But for today I want to share a trend that has been quietly creeping into party styling for a little while and now seems to have exploded as I am seeing it alot.  It would seem that chevron stripes are the new pinstripes of the party world.  Just as foxes are the new owls and apples are the new pears in the interiors world, chevron stipes are taking over from our much loved straight pinstripes.  The zig zag of these stripes look fabulous in bright, bold colours or in a paler palette and look great as bunting or cupcake toppers…

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    I have followed Laura Ashley for many years working around the Chelsea scene as interior designer, finisher and project manager, and joined them in 2005, but what amazes me is the lack of will to create a true design statement – finding the icon has alluded LA.

    Why is that?  and let’s face it, the problem is not isolated to LA alone… John Lewis could also be accused of falling short on designing the iconic range across key categories, but at least they drive well planned NPD strategies.

     

     

    Looking at Laura Ashley Plc  it is an organisation based on two strengths:  customer loyalty and … blind customer loyalty.

    But faced with the inevitable client lifespan issue what new schema of pure design is pitched at the younger audience (or any audience for that matter)?

    LA suffer continual staffing turnover problems and this is driven by many deep rooted issues…

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