‘We’ve done it on a wing and a prayer,’ says the self-deprecating former Vogue Living journalist Christina, whose legion of followers now extends across America, Japan and China, devotees keen to snap up a slice of the bucolic British romance via her fresh whites and faded florals. The interiors and clothes brand which has defined chic for the shabbily rustic cognoscenti ever since its inception has, in fact, so much in common with Rachel Ashwell that the duo recently collaborated on a selection of projects Cabbages & Roses garments made up in Rachel Ashwell-designed prints. Cabbages & Roses The dreamily-named Cabbages & Roses was born as a mail-order business at founder Christina Strutt’s kitchen table in Somerset at the turn of the millennium. Who to follow if you love shabby chic, Rachel Ashwell styleġ. Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie by Rachel Ashwell, published by CICO Books (£25) Photography Amy Neunsinger © CICO Books As she says, ‘Instagram has been such a valuable tool for me to communicate my philosophy of living a true authentic Shabby Chic life.’ To keep posted on these, and all Shabby Chic news, follow Rachel on Instagram, where the squares are an unadulterated celebration of faded gradeur-meets-timeworn-elegance. The B&B itself and its land, which she describes as ‘beautiful as it is soulful’, has inspired its own range of soon-to-launch products under The Prairie banner, a more rustic and primitive take on Rachel’s aesthetic but still romantic and vintage-inspired.
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