From the moment we saw Ascher fabrics at a Textile event we fell in love!  Ascher’s fabrics literally turned our heads with their incredible prints and luxurious quality.  We then learnt more about Ascher’s rich fashion heritage.  Ascher was the leading textile designer and manufacturer of the post war years  supplying Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Saint Laurent et al with his fabrics; he also collaborated with the greatest artists of the time.  Matisse and Moore, Cocteau and Toplski (amongst many others) worked with him on exquisitely printed head-scarves; Henri Mattise and Henry Moore also created vast wall panels for Ascher.

These works can be purchased and enjoyed on the new Ascher website and at the forthcoming Ascher London pop-up.  The pop-up will included framed vintage scarves designed for Zika Ascher by Picasso, Matisse, Francoise Gilot, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil Beaton, Henry Moore, and others. Large wall panels by Henry Moore which he designed for Ascher when he was their in-house textile designer, silk screen-printed on thick cotton. Archive correspondence to and from many of the artists – as well as archive photographs, to tell the story of these innovative collaborations in the 1940s.

The entire S/S 2011 scarf collection will be there, to view and to purchase, featuring scarves screen-printed on gorgeous silk twill, silk chiffon and the softest cashmere.  The new A/W 2011 collection will also be launched (but not available for purchase to the public yet).

The pop-up opens on 18th February and runs till March 15.  Free entry. Open 10:00 – 18:00, Monday – Saturday.  221 Brompton Road, SW3 2EJ.

We are delighted to offer a wonderful selection of screen-printed cotton 70′s vintage Ascher neck scarves at Tallulah & Hope.