Fashion Flowers For Autumn
The New Collection: Indian Summer - Autumn 1999

< Chrysanthemum

The chrysanthemum has inspired many myths and legends, but the stunning beauty of the chrysanthemum speaks for itself. The chrysanthemum is possibly one of the most beautiful expressions of the feelings that late summer - and the approaching winter - can evoke in our homes.

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Lily >

One of the first descriptions of the lily dates from the Chinese Middle Ages "The plant flowers until late in autumn and there are three types: red, yellow and purple."

Just as today, people in the past valued the lily for its outstanding beauty as well as its usefulness; the warm colours of the Asiatic form evoke an Indian summer.

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< Gerbera

The bright colours of the gerbera automatically make us think of tropical sun. Pink and orange go so well with the feelings evoked by late summer and autumn. Gerberas also have a very trendy, minimalist shape. Ask any child to draw a flower and nine out of ten will draw a daisy-shaped flower - a gerbera pure and simple!

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Gladiolus >

Gladioli's have always been much used in flower arrangements in south European countries. Here designs are expected to be bold and dramatic. A bouquet of tall, vivid gladioli can be striking - or with the smaller dainty Nanus forms of the flower it can be modest and subdued.

Hot pinks, deep reds and purples conjure up an Indian Summer, the last flare of summer and the deep burgundy of autumn.

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< Crocosmia

Crocosmia's architectural structure gives it a character of its own. Its colour is reminiscent of its country of origin, South Africa, conjuring up sun-baked savannahs, dusty red roads and warm sandy beaches. With their fiery yellow, orange, red and tan colours these pert little beauties will create a sparkling network of Indian Summer lights in any bouquet.

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Rose >

Cleopatra covered the floors of her palace with a thin layer of rose petals every day. This alone makes the rose the flower of love par excellence.

Give your lover a rose and she will come back to you, perhaps. Or adorn your home with a bouquet of red roses heavy with the scent of love and dream of Antony and Cleopatra and of the sun setting on the Nile.

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