It is pretty hard to imagine a hightstreet without Cath Kidston and her instantly recognisable prints and designs – but here Cath talks exclusively to t5m about the very beginning of her design empire – and the various problems she faced along the way.
When a duvet design went badly wrong, Cath was resourceful in the face of a problem and used the excess material to make a range of throw cushions, washbags and anything else she could think of – and she hasn’t looked back since. Describing her business as ‘basically an accident’, Cath talks us through the frustations and difficulties she encountered on the way to becoming one of the most successul designers in the country.
