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COMPANY HISTORY -
By Alyn Horton
Once upon a time there
was a young woman named Debbie who lived in a little flower
trimmed house near the river in
London. Every day, she went to work meeting
the rich and famous and making them look even more beautiful
with her magical box of make-up. Her work took
her far and wide all over the world, and while on her travels,
she found herself drawn to the most exquisite fabrics and
trimmings of all colours and descriptions; jewel-toned
silks from the Far East, sparkling crystal trims from Russia
and
many more.
One day, Debbie's best friend had a beautiful baby girl,
and when she grew old enough, Debbie took her treasure
trove of materials and set to make the most beautiful,
colourful
dress for her new god-daughter. Mixing and matching,
she wove her unique magic into the dress and sewed all
through the night. The next morning, the dress
was finished. It
had a bodice of sapphire silk from China, the colour of
the ocean at midnight, shimmering with woven gold cherry
blossoms
and platinum coiled dragons.
The rest of the dress was made
from an antique remnant of cosy flannelette found in an
old wooden trunk locked
away
long ago in a dusty attic; feather soft and ice blue, it
was showered with printed tiny roses, floral sprigs and
miniature leaves in a bouquet of dusky and raspberry pink,
forest green
and palma violet. The dress was edged with sugar
pink fringing glittering with woven silver thread and finished
with pink satin ribbon edging the cuffs and neck. On
taking the dress out of it`s box, the room was filled with
the smell of lavender - the god-daughter couldn`t believe
her eyes and it instantly became her favourite outfit.
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