Flawless People
Mette Mitchell Founder of flawlessonline.co.uk and the woman behind the Flawless label. Her background is in interior design as a trend adviser. This career sent her around the globe every year for almost ten years, until her daughter Miko was born in 2006. Japan is her biggest source of inspiration both for the cute and quirky stuff as well as the organic products that embrace the wabi sabi aesthetic. She founded flawless to be able to do creative work within a simple structure. "With flawless I get to work with my friends and I meet a lot of interesting people. So much great stuff is made at home and in small workshops. It gives me the ultimate pleasure to market and sell things that brings pleasure for both the person who makes it as well as the person who buys it. Everything on flawlessonline.co.uk is made with a real passion that I hope shines through all the way to the person who ends up using an item."
Kendt "I love seeing girls trying on lots of dresses in my shop and I love to talk to them about clothes. Actually that is what its all about for me. Clothes should give you confidence. I love seeing women wearing my clothes with their head high and a big smile on their face, feeling great about themselves," says designer Kendt. The fabulous tops, dresses and accessories by Kendt have, until now only been available from his shop in Copenhagen's Nansensgade. He is known for his flattering cuts and dresses you want to wear every day as well as his pretty outrageous designs that are fit for any red carpet. Most of the fabrics he uses are expensive Paris scraps, but he will use anything that finds his liking. He also takes special commissions.  Sharon Turner Her background is Interior Design, Art & Soft Furnishings. A busy mum of two, based in Nottingham, Sharon is totally addicted to making gorgeous, quirky and utterly scrummy things. With a strong client base all around the world, a lot of her work is privately commissioned. She makes all sorts of kid’s things using fabulous fabrics mixed up creatively in exciting ways; cushions, buntings, bags, baby blankets and comforters, French lavender gifts too. Sharon also makes unusual bold Sx Jewellery (Sharon with a kiss!) - handcrafted using silver, gemstones, glass and natural materials sourced worldwide. Everything is unique and lovingly made with a strong passion for colour, texture & design. “I take inspiration from all around - all the time. Colour lights up my life and I let my imagination run riot with the jewellery and soft furnishing I make. I create things that will make a child feel special in their space… a woman feel able to express herself… I love love love the things I make!”  Trine Jørgensen "Hønsehuset" is the brand name for Trine's things. She used to share a shop with 7 other creative people for many years, but now she has her workshop and showroom at home. She lives in the countryside of Southern Jutland/ Denmark. She keeps chickens, has a cat and even a couple of cows in the back of her garden. "I love to sew and I have done so for many years. I love colours, linen, cotton, silk and soft leather. I love patchwork and modern embroidery. I choose to spend many hours being creative as for me it is an essential part of life."  Sisse Baklund Meet the Queen of Crafts! There is nothing she can't do: sewing, patchwork, knitting, felting, glass work, mosaics -you name it. Maybe it is because Sisse gets so easily bored with doing the same thing over and over again that she keeps looking for a new challenge. On flawlessonline.co.uk, her collection is very varied and produced in small numbers, "I don't like working under pressure or work on something that has to be done within a certain time frame. I simply enjoy doing what I am doing." Sisse is a huge inspiration for Flawless Founder, Mette...maybe it is because she is her mum.
Stephanie Williams Stephanie used to love watching her mother sew when she was a kid growing up in New Zealand. She tried not to disturb her too much, especially when she was making something for her! She must have watched a lot, because she was only 10 when she started to make her own clothes and presents for friends. Today Stephanie lives in Holland after a long stay in London also. She enjoys being a full time mum a full time mum after having her daughter in 2006 and she is as productive as ever. She puts it this way: "I love the fact that i no longer have a 9-5 job and can spend time with my daughter. I am always thinking of new things to sew and now drag my daughter to material shops just like my mum used to do with me. I hope the love of sewing rubs off on her".
Stefania Flawless people are every where! Stefania lives in what most people would call "in the middle of no where" in Iceland and it is a miracle that we have met her at all! She works on her own but have good friends who are fashion designers too in Iceland. They even set up their won fashion shows. Stefania describes herself as a fashion freak and she has always made her own clothes, simply because this is what you do when you live so remote. She says: When I was young I lived on a farm in the east of Iceland. Of course there were no fashionistas there and people made their own clothes, and so did I since i was a teenager. My clothes always seems to take their own shape and style, as if they have a mind of their own. But I always wore my own stuff and it always made me feel good about myself. Later, friends and family started to place order and this is how I became a designer." |
