Rob Ryan

I am in love with everything that Rob Ryan has ever designed. His romantic illustrations convey love, hate, doubt, sentiment, ache, passion, adoration and pain through his beautifully precise paper cutouts.

Rob Ryan's delicate screen prints use dainty patterns and exquisite colours to create emotions and intricate structure. These illustrations capture innocence and naivety which cause a child like tone, yet the connotation is mature.

By cutting out and removing shapes within the same piece of card, Rob Ryan creates amorous, charming pieces with less colour or tone. The simplicity of the illustrations are what makes them so more wonderful and engaging.

Rob Ryan has collaborated with a variety of phenomenons such as Earnest Sewn, Paul Smith, Fortnum & Mason, Liberty, Tatty Devine and has designed the cover for Erasure's album 'Nightbird' and John Connolly's novel 'The Book Of Lost Things'.

The Tatty Devine series is a limited edition with only 25 of each design available, but in my opinion, the collection is so enchanting and unique that it is worth the substantial price tag.
I've never wanted a piece of plastic jewellery so much in my life!

The 2010 'it' bag

Within the first couple of days of January, it is clear that the year's 'it' bag has been established. Named after one of Britain's most remarkable style icons, the Mulberry 'Alexa' bag is a fusion of the school girl satchel but with a chic, grown up twist.
It is available in small, medium or large and prices start at £695. The 'Alexa' takes the classic Bayswater bag and gives it an idiosyncratic Alexa Cheung makeover.
“I like to look like a girl who borrowed her brother's school clothes via her grandmother" said Alexa.



The Alexa comes in a variety of different styles including smudged leopord print, tan and (my favourite) oak; yet the black patent model was designed and made uniquely for the bag's muse herself, Alexa Cheung.
Practicality and style are two crucial elements in any 'it' bag, and the Alexa delivers perfectly. The 'it' bag has recently become a dying breed, but the Alexa has managed to survive the plague, so it's no wonder that the waiting lists are filling up for when the bag becomes available on January 18th.