Back again

Well havnt blogged for a while, doesn't mean things have been quiet though..oh contraire. Lots of changes are happening in the studio but all very exciting. New collection looking fab but up against the clock..thank god we have fab interns who help us so much. We have a lot of paperwork to do this week booo, but hopefully we are one step closer to our shop and collab with the boys. Will keep you posted x

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Jammy fingers

Well it's been another hectic day at the nook and willow studio. Still workin on collection whilst having ideas for next collection and gathering inspiration for collection after that...... oh why do we have to do two collections a year and work a year ahead??? No wonder I get mixed up with days/ months/ years...time is flying as I'm always in the future, it's crazy!
Sharing a studio with the boys is never dull. Today I brought my oldest son Lewis into work. He soon got stuck in helping the Jam team with their jars and developed a talent called weeding...picking out the annoying cut out bits of the sticky labels for the jamjars, a horrible jobthat he completed with skill. I took the leftover letters and stuck them on my hand..thought it looked rather cool so I snapped it to share with y'all, just the way we roll at N&W. xxx



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Stockists

Well we have decided that our products are best viewed in person...people need to feel them, touch them, open them up and appreciate the attention to detail that goes in to each and every one of our handbags. We have sold them online for most of the time we have been up and running but we need them to be stocked in boutiques. As we make them to order ourselves we have decided that two stockists in London and Manchester/Cheshire is probably the best places for us at the moment.
We have a lovely intern helping us at the moment called Danielle who is currently studying fashion promotion with styling at Uclan....she is looking for some lovely boutiques for as as we speak...think maybe a research trip to London is maybe needed???? Its really hard because the wrong shop is no good to either but the right one could really push our label...the search continues!!!!

Recovery

Well I think I'm finally back in the land of the living, decided to work from home today as I still feel quite tired, apparently once you have had swine flu you are immune making you more healthy than you were before..forget the gym, swine flu is the way forward !


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Bows from squares

I've developed a new bow from a square of leather, it sits fab and is easy to attach to bags, shoes etc,


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Shapes

Here is a sample of shapes being used in our new collection


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SICK

Should fill you in a little as to what is going on....Nina is currently on maternity leave as she has just had her 3rd child since the buisness started, she is as you can imagine up the wall so I'm holding the fort at N&W for the moment. Unfortunately I am at home ill...but rather than wallow in my own perspiration, I am putting the rare oppurtunity of being in my house to good use and have created our blog.
Now Im feeling back in the land of the living the rest has done my creative juices the world of good and I'm currently jotting ideas in my sketch book. The new collection has taken a slightly diff approach as I'm playing around with new 3d shapes...a result of all the pleats, folds and crazy shoulders that are appearing on the catwalk.......as the collection is inspired by the film Troy (crap film, dodgy Brad Pitt blonde surfer hair but fab costumes) the shapes are fitting in nicely. Im also playing with the shapes for some eyecatching leather jewellry...something we have played with in the past and a passion of mine from way back in college. Loving Balmain at the moment.

Helloooo

Hi everyone and welcome to our blog. This is where you can follow our progress as 2 accessories designers/makers in the crazy world of fashion. As Liverpool based designers you can join us in our trails and tribulations....are we creative geniuses, or two fish out of London water bumbling our way through 2 seasons a year...who knows the answer, but this is where you can catch our highs and lows, and insane ramblings... but we do produce some rather fab pieces along the way.

We hope that you enjoy following us...things can get rather hectic in our crazy studio that we share with 2 illustrators and a product designer, but amazing things are happening.....we will indeed keep you posted.