Kate + Flo

Great design really does stand the test of time, and Australia's very own Florence Broadhurst is a perfect example. Flo is recognised for her use of bold, vibrant colour and graphic prints, and local company <a href="http://signatureprints.com.au/">Signature Prints</a> has been instrumental in bringing her work to the forefront. Now, thanks to a collaboration with <a href="http://katespade.com/">Kate Spade</a>, the rest of the world will soon know what a talent she was:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ0fe5iGW0qnknulpMK2SSpdFk-OSqWc-aa5UXyWKRdf5ze15-jA1QhRqr22FAou5Rf4RPgvaxNChrpbG0dstf-led2L3cOqqnE8jgcZgNXZxMwpMX99ibwznwL5fYF7uyel2mWZLkFD_/s1600/402377_356025384408815_150845711593451_1539506_1895976590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQ0fe5iGW0qnknulpMK2SSpdFk-OSqWc-aa5UXyWKRdf5ze15-jA1QhRqr22FAou5Rf4RPgvaxNChrpbG0dstf-led2L3cOqqnE8jgcZgNXZxMwpMX99ibwznwL5fYF7uyel2mWZLkFD_/s640/402377_356025384408815_150845711593451_1539506_1895976590_n.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlx3VoIPoS9iPrWAJw5-383IYqvsrfDiDF4J8P0s4TG4U5f2DGsLGwgcahz019JxYoFWyR5ifMIvlhEGLN40vnHo4ThnRgGIrgc3Ed2Eb3QX3i3GKlXu-r80UOPlqR2HbAykqOLAJ1XuD/s1600/401011_353164461361574_150845711593451_1530291_550654231_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlx3VoIPoS9iPrWAJw5-383IYqvsrfDiDF4J8P0s4TG4U5f2DGsLGwgcahz019JxYoFWyR5ifMIvlhEGLN40vnHo4ThnRgGIrgc3Ed2Eb3QX3i3GKlXu-r80UOPlqR2HbAykqOLAJ1XuD/s640/401011_353164461361574_150845711593451_1530291_550654231_n.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"> I particularly love the jewellery - my lovely sister bought me some Kate Spade goodies on a recent trip to New York, and I'd love to add these babies to my new collection :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAzCrjdWATvrfACd9KtcL97nYzZU1VuXz6YG9MXMn68A_jCPw5ja5iky07wp8DGghSe53SaJCaPmhWKZjTGLnuM34DxBkQjKcl2KvcD8IOUgG-LHYSrCvhg0NNWke3255Z5UyjV86VSAe/s1600/406175_353706147974072_150845711593451_1531333_1654879839_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAzCrjdWATvrfACd9KtcL97nYzZU1VuXz6YG9MXMn68A_jCPw5ja5iky07wp8DGghSe53SaJCaPmhWKZjTGLnuM34DxBkQjKcl2KvcD8IOUgG-LHYSrCvhg0NNWke3255Z5UyjV86VSAe/s640/406175_353706147974072_150845711593451_1531333_1654879839_n.jpg" width="446" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> Brad Goreski is on the Kate Spade team too - love him</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">One of my dearest friends has just ordered a Florence Broadhurst rug from Cardry's. She chose 'Japanese Floral' (as seen below) in a custom colour combination of red and tangerine - a striking combination and definite statement piece.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSYSVXK1CH2GPRwfNT10YOTtwU1AUbHaFf2-5PU5Qiwg_cqG6kV89MwxKClZ8s7da-0QZ4r68C72v7M2KdAI1gnI5WpUCKu0TXyZ2svvLWWrvCBmJdq2EP-TtGAAY698G4GtqR658Ubx2/s1600/fb2-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSYSVXK1CH2GPRwfNT10YOTtwU1AUbHaFf2-5PU5Qiwg_cqG6kV89MwxKClZ8s7da-0QZ4r68C72v7M2KdAI1gnI5WpUCKu0TXyZ2svvLWWrvCBmJdq2EP-TtGAAY698G4GtqR658Ubx2/s640/fb2-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta;">I love the 'Cranes' design, and how beautiful is it in pink? Drop-dead gorgeous.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58HJ-PBTBV2TJv003KS8omLO-kf1vJd5OGx9fljZS-3NztSScogVYwEQrl0IlOy8Q42s6aHtsL18Jh6WTeET-Mza-8xTJnHCSJB-wWJLrrO83sK8gnA16nNKku1Sw_si3-XL_TceFmK2b/s1600/cadrys-contemporary-showroom0165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58HJ-PBTBV2TJv003KS8omLO-kf1vJd5OGx9fljZS-3NztSScogVYwEQrl0IlOy8Q42s6aHtsL18Jh6WTeET-Mza-8xTJnHCSJB-wWJLrrO83sK8gnA16nNKku1Sw_si3-XL_TceFmK2b/s640/cadrys-contemporary-showroom0165.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">And don't think it's all bright and bold - pale and pretty is equally gorgeous:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ubkkm-4vRF9lysOOI_45hFbr9CZye5_pQ5-Ahwr9c_UAGecjBhdvjyP414-vS_97bSAwywiLysvXVX7LBngynM7Ovblqg56E8fWt8tpkxYMbyAWAregU5xBeS8MOWu5uriFmnw0iQvgW/s1600/FEA42CB6D0716C07E87397245251EA4F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ubkkm-4vRF9lysOOI_45hFbr9CZye5_pQ5-Ahwr9c_UAGecjBhdvjyP414-vS_97bSAwywiLysvXVX7LBngynM7Ovblqg56E8fWt8tpkxYMbyAWAregU5xBeS8MOWu5uriFmnw0iQvgW/s640/FEA42CB6D0716C07E87397245251EA4F.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholUC9Qu7tbigXC-yQ2f-0LbnnDbAqsS-vLS_t6o4JkRh4epAW1H6YuYT5Wa0lNdMr0phqTHJ9MdHWoiINKJG5hL5HmdyHQuyUreThSlbeDsWymq8qUcMXbv8366c9Rino24pMSMY_nYw-/s1600/227055_218078251536863_150845711593451_973919_6527540_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholUC9Qu7tbigXC-yQ2f-0LbnnDbAqsS-vLS_t6o4JkRh4epAW1H6YuYT5Wa0lNdMr0phqTHJ9MdHWoiINKJG5hL5HmdyHQuyUreThSlbeDsWymq8qUcMXbv8366c9Rino24pMSMY_nYw-/s640/227055_218078251536863_150845711593451_973919_6527540_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Two of my all-time favourite designers, working together. What's not to love about that?</div></div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Kate + Flo

Great design really does stand the test of time, and Australia's very own Florence Broadhurst is a perfect example. Flo is recognised fo...

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