Liberty of London

We were children of the 80's, who grew up with a mum whom loved nothing more than making our children's clothes and dressing us up, especial Liberty. Mum's parents came out from England and India in the early 50's, and they've stayed strong to their heritage, instilling these to mum. Even if that meant, wearing their kilts in Brisbane summer weather to our speech days, or introducing us to tea at the age of 3, and dressing us in head to toe of Liberty fabric! I'm sure many of you have heard of Liberty of London fabrics, and with that recognition you may 'cringe' a little. If you were like us, dressed from head to toe in Liberty, you will never want to go near it again.

So, I ask you to take another look at Liberty. If you're like me and haven't seen them since the 80's, have a look at their website. http://www.liberty.co.uk They're producing some stunning modern fabrics and products - nothing of which resembles the floral mess on mass! They're still printing the classics, and its our aim to mix these recognisable classics with new fabrics, and use them in ways that will NOT make you cringe (hopefully)! So we won't bring back the blue eyeshadow or the big hair, but instead bring a little bit of our childhood into the modern world. (mum still has all of our Liberty dresses in her wardrobe!). These were just some of the Liberty products that caught my eye...

Some treasures....

These gorgeous woodblocks, I picked up recently in Paris. I discover this most gorgeous little shop, by accident, that sold all of these antique 'odds and ends'. I also picked up a pair of wooden shoe moulds. The antique champagne glass, from one of my many finds in a garage sale (i have a little thing for all things glass and vintage!). The two tall jars were sent as a promotional gift to georgie with oysters in them - very luxe!

Just some old vintage books we had lying around with this lovely branch Georgie had collected.

These are old New York tram signs which I've had framed. It sits at our entrance and I just love the typography, even though I dislike justified text, its the simplicity of the design which has lasted all this time.

Please excuse the photography, my camera is on the blink and so the old digi camera has made an appearance! Stay tuned our product range of homewares and children's clothes using our eccletic mix of fabrics and Liberty of London fabrics.

emx

new york inspiration

When I was in New York late 2007, I passed two of the most fabulous window settings I had ever seen. I can't remember the exact street, but it was down in Lower East Side just before Broadway.

and so it begins...

elki design has been our little creative child for some years, and its been in the past 6 months that we've brought our little baby out into the world. So let me introduce ourselves: emma and georgina kaveney. I (em) is a qualified graphic designer and have been working in an inner-city design studio for the past three years, whilst dabbling in my passion of interiours and painting outside of work. My sister, Georgina, is outragiously talented in all things creative. Having studied fashion design, cheffing and now working as a food stylist for one of Australia's largest food magazines.
Our passions are very similar and we're able to bounce of each other, which is the basis for any great professional relationship. Our love for old treasures (furniture, fabrics, books, jewellery, silver) and vintage shops - as well as introducing modern twists here and there.

elki is a business where we can create childrens clothes and homewares from beautiful fabric with refined dressmaking skills. Mum use to make all our dresses when we were smaller with the beautiful Liberty of London fabric. Probably most people have come across it, and yes it was a little 'abused' in the 80's. But we using Liberty fabric in modern ways to 'mix it up' and avoid the 'head to toe look' of Liberty!

We have our website up and running at the moment, and will be uploading some photos of our products up soon. We hope you enjoy our little blog and more importantly provide you with a little pleasure and inspiration

emx