Cowley House is the combined work of sisters Fiona Cowley and Gwyneth Harris. We share a love of colour, design and things beautifully handmade to last and give pleasure for decades. Growing up, home was on the east coast of South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal, immersed in a unique mix of Indian, African and European cultures. Teenage years were spent visiting colourful spice markets, browsing through stores offering products sourced in India from exquisite, jewel-shaded silk saris embroidered with elegant paisley motifs, to exotic colourful jewellery all of which were an integral part of our teenage wardrobes.
Love pink: 'Boa' collection carved tourmaline ring, size M. As with all of our lines, this has a special handcrafted aspect: the rose pink tourmaline was carved in Idar-Oberstein, Germany where they specialise in lapidary work. The 18 carat gold engraving and goldsmithing, in London's Hatton Garden.
We can't enthuse enough about our XL pure cashmere pashminas. But I'll try.at 3M x 1.40M wearing such a soft and vast swathe of hand- loomed cashmere is so warm and cozy one could walk miles, even in Amsterdam, or Berlin! without flinching Well this is personal - I experienced bitter, .
Gold through the years - icon series Clooney (managing to look both sensational and likeable/ charming) Aniston, one of the best comic actresses - such self-deprecatin g humour, Moss the boss of icons, Thurman, Kravitz (daughter of Lenny Kravitz, impossibly cool) and of course Marilyn. But we can all.
Our beautiful handwoven pashmina shawl 'Gesso', soon to be re-named 'Swan'! I named it 'Gesso' after the chalky coloured primer used under gilding or some painting surfaces, but really, that's too obscure and afterall what is more exquisite than a swan? And it perfectly explains this soft, .
If Covid has done anything for us it's given us in the design world the time to think out of the box. These new creations, aptly named "Petite Trianon" inspired by Versailles for obvious reasons! They are not only absolute head spinners but also incredibly light, they weigh almost nothing but.