Following a collaboration with Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, sisters Rona and Heather Stevenson, co-founders of clothing company One Hundred Stars, launched a debut range – The Kew Collection – at Top Drawer earlier this week.
With access to Kew’s archive of drawings, and taking inspiration from its rich heritage and botanicals, the collection features ornately decorated scarves, kimonos, gowns and pyjamas, printed with passion flowers, apples and pears and magnolia.
Since its launch in 2015, One Hundred Stars – which features unique, eclectic designs featuring botanicals and vintage map prints – has established a loyal following to include celebrities such as Nigella Lawson. Most recently, actresses Julia Walters and Anna Seyfried, both starring in Mama Mia! Here We Go Again, are shown wearing the company’s kimonos in the movie.
“We created One Hundred Stars to fulfil our dream of sharing our eclectic style and taste,” explains Rona. “Our roots have always been in textiles. Our father was an upholsterer and our mother was a passionate seamstress, so our childhood household was full of colour, patterns and design. We love what we do and the pleasure we feel when we see our designs come to life.
Rona and Heather are also co-owners of gift shop Within Reason which they opened over 20 years in Sheffield.
Top: Among the designs in The Kew Collection from One Hundred Stars. Shown are, from left to right: Passion Flower, Magnolia and Apples and Pears.
