Eloise Grey - summer collection

I am very happy to report Eloise Grey's summer collection, following up on an earlier article published on the blog on her winter coats - January article on ethical tweeds  

Eloise Grey's mostly works with tweed, ethical and organic tweed from the Isle of Mull weavers, Ardalanish. Naturally, anything to do with sheep wool was bound to appeal to the mutton in me and Eloise Grey's tweed coats and jackets are truly irresistible. For her summer collection, launched last night at the The Hepsibah Gallery in London, Eloise Grey has broadened her choice of fabric to include hemp from Romania, Belgian linen and hand loom cotton from India without sacrificing her exacting quality standards. Presented in a lovely corner of London, Brackenbury village, the collection exudes the timeless charm of the English countryside, made relevant for today through sharp tailoring and smart details. The gallery featuring Hepsibah's colourful paintings and extraordinary hats provides the perfect setup for the collection.

The collection is on show until Wednesday 12/05 in London.
The piece de resistance of the show is the Vita Gardening Coat, a 1930s inspired piece in natural hemp colour, beautifully finished and detailed - bound seams, pretty blue piping, hand made ceramic button and clever pockets, including a sneaky one at the back. It feels and wears beautifully and sells for £490.

Also for the summer, the Delafield blouse comes in off-white unbleached linen and retails for £155 and in hand-block printed cotton at £145.

 The Mansfield blouse comes in hand woven and hand-block printed cotton at £155 or in off-white linen at £165. The blouse ties at the front with a ruched effect.

The Vita breeches in Belgian linen (£180) and a simple linen skirt (£140) complement the collection.

The exhibition also comprises amazing tweed slip-on shoes that are hand made by CarreDucker and can be made to order for £275.

The aptly named Aeneas MacKay who runs Ardalanish in the Isle of Mull attended the launch of the new collection and showed the fascinating variety of tweed produced by the Isle of Mull Weavers, all in natural sheep colour. He was particularly proud of the tweed made from their local dark Hebridean sheep's with a stripe of rust colour produced using local lichen.Working with Eloise Grey since her beginnings, he also produced the organic tweed used by Jigsaw with great success. The two winter coats shown in the gallery with the summer collection display new tweeds from Ardalanish to great effect. The Elisabeth I has a ruched collar and the Elisabeth II a straight collar - both retail around £899 - investment pieces to wear with pleasure and style for years. The coats will be available for sale at Few and Far, Priscilla Carluccio's eclectic shop in London's Brompton road.

Visit The Hepsibah Gallery, 112 Brackenbury road, London W6 0B: 10:00am to 5:00pm (except Sunday)

Visit Few and Far's website: http://www.fewandfar.net/ and shop at 242 Brompton road, London SW3 2BB

To learn more about Eloise Grey and order from her website:  http://www.eloisegrey.com/
To learn more about Ardalanish, Isle of Mull Weavers: http://www.ardalanish.com/

I have no connection with the designers featured on the blog, other than the fact that I like what they create!