Louisa Parris

  • You, in a nutshell?

    A British fashion designer who always wanted to play dress up.

  • Where is home?

    South London.

  • What did you wanna be when you grow up?

    A choreographer.

  • What did you become? 

    A fashion designer. 

  • A turning point?

    Discovering I could print my own fabric!

  • An odd summer job?

    Waitressing at the Hampton Court garden flower show. I once dropped a cake on a man's lap. Embarrassing.

  • The ugliest item you own and dearly love?

    The plaster cast boobs I gifted my husband as a joke. My mum helped me do it!

  • The best gift you ever got?

    A silver bangle with a personal inscription inside.

  • The best gift you ever gave?

    This coffee machine.

  • If you were an object?

    A Kent & Stowe stainless steel hand bulb Planter. All for the love of Tulips.

  • An obsession?

    Buying books.

  • A guilty pleasure?

    Hermes silk scarves are my weak spot. Colour. Quality. Whimsy.

  • A bargain?

    Buying a bunch of carnations from my local gas station.

  • A side hustle?

    Working on costume designs while channeling Erté or Léon Bakst.

  • A vintage crush?

    Lloyd Loom furniture. 
    I started spraying them with colours and upholstering in great fabrics after inheriting a sofa & armchairs from my parents.

  • A coveted yet clearly unaffordable item?

    This Elyse Graham Coffee table.

  • An all-time hero?

    First Lady Michelle Obama.

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