As part of its Autumn/Winter 2015 fashion collection, entitled A Wallflower’s House Party, pattern expert Eley Kishimoto has collaborated with Scottish knitwear company ROAM on a selection of cosy lambswool blankets. Based in the heart of the Scottish Borders, ROAM was set up in 2007 by Sonia Ambrosano and Lachlan Munro. They have a studio and micro factory in Galashiels where they dream, craft and create the softest knitted products from a handful of natural and sustainable materials. Their vision is simple: ‘to create warm, soulful products that express our collective imagination, inspiring and evoking wonderful thoughts of travel and distant places’.
For this collection, the patterns, which range from bold, psychedelic swirls to muted, architectural brick-like shapes, have been taken from Kishimoto’s wallpaper collection, originally inspired by the studio’s fashion archives of over 22 years. The studio sees no distinction between garment, wall surface or home decoration, all can be adorned with the same pattern under their lovely motto “Print the World”. The blankets, for example, are designed to be both draped over a sofa or over your own shoulders; I don’t know about you but I can easily see myself curled up on the sofa with one of these round me on a cold evening… I’ll have one in every colour, stat!
