Category: FabricsHS
Storytelling Fabrics Collection
Take a journey into the past, see my collection of storytelling fabrics below. I am a storyteller and I love the past. My first collection of fabrics “Victorian Britain” was inspired by my Nanna’s stories. Fabrics Inspired by History “My Nanna taught me how to sew when I was a little girl. She would tell…
My Story: How I Started a Fashion Company
As a girl growing up the big dream was to be a fashion designer, with my own fashion company. One day armed with my lap-top and sketch-book I made the first step. This is my story of how I grew my fashion company into a successful vintage brand, during the early 2000’s, during the dot.com…
Mid-century Vintage Fabrics
Mid-century inspired fabric collection by Manchester designer Collette Costello. As a child, my kitchen was decorated with the most amazing 1970s retro pattern wallpaper. Our living room was full of what is now classic retro 1960s furniture, including a teak G plan sideboard. This collection is inspired by these mid-century interiors. Dinner Party NightDinner party…
Victorian Vintage Fabrics
Vintage fabrics collection “Victorian Britain”. By Manchester fashion designer Collette Costello. This collection captures the stories told my Nanna, about growing up in inner city Salford. During the early 1990s. A world of smoky chimneys and cobbled streets. See the fabrics these stories inspired below: More Tea Dear?The parlour is set for tea and biscuits, table…
Classic Cars Vintage Fabrics
Classic Vintage Cars and Caravans, vintage fashion collection. By Manchester fashion designer Collette Costello. My pride and joy is my original vintage Eriba Pan caravan. Old cars and caravans have so much style. They have a history, previous owners, trips they have been. This collection is inspired by classic vehicles and their stories. Dancing NightAll…
Home & Kitchen Vintage Fabrics
Home and Kitchen, vintage fashion collection. By Manchester fashion designer Collette Costello. Going to my Nanna and Grandads house was like taking a step back in time. I remember how their house was so cosy, like being in the 1930s, 1940s. My Nanna taught me to make jam, bake pies, and knit. This collection is…
Edwardian Vintage Fabrics
Edwardian Britain, vintage fabrics collection. By Manchester fashion designer Collette Costello. My second collection was inspired by old postcards, I found in a stone terrace house. From the 1910s, 1920s, featuring old photographs and messages of love. Read the stories and see the fabrics below. Invitation for the LadyAn invitation for the lady for afternoon…
Traditional English Festivals Fabrics
Traditional English Festivals, vintage fabrics collection. By Salford fashion designer Collette Costello. This fabric was inspired a photograph of my Nanna. Taken when she was crowned rose queen, in Salford during the 1920s. The Rose Queen festival, was one of the many traditional English festivals held yearly. My Nanna’s Rose Queen Story The Rose Queen…