THE RHS COLLABORATES WITH RADLEY ON NEW HANDBAG RANGE The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced a new collaboration with Radley, an industry-leading name in expertly made leather handbags and accessories, that will bring beautiful horticulture-inspired designs to a new collection launching, appropriately enough, in the spring. The Radley X RHS collection includes handbags, purses and tote bags, and features designs inspired by artwork from the RHS Lindley Collections, the world’s finest collection of botanical art, as well as the magnificent RHS Gardens themselves. In particular the designs are based on the work of admired female artists Caroline Maria Applebee (c1787-1854), whose 300 or more elegant drawings are a fascinating record of social and horticultural history in her time, and Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932), whose highly influential work laid the basis for modern garden design. The result is a collaboration abloom with flora and fauna in horticulture-inspired shades of Hosta, Cactus, Lavender, Wisteria and Mimosa. The designs feature colour and foil-embossed details using leather expertly printed and appliquéd onto signature shapes. The RHS name will appear on swing tickets and sewn-in seam labels and on POS material in stores. www.radley.co.uk CHESHIRE & WAIN LAUNCHES EXCLUSIVE LOUIS WAIN COLLECTION Cheshire & Wain has launched an exclusive Louis Wain collection, which is in homage to eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose work often depicted cats with vibrant floral backdrops. Brought to life on screen by Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021), Wain captivated hearts with his widely popular anthropomorphic cats, elevating their status from vermin and occasional mousers to the pets we love today. Author H.G. Wells said, “He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves.” Made from Italian leather, each collar has a contrasting soft suede lining for comfort. www.cheshireandwain.com INDUSTRY NEWS 5
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