| 词条 | Cath Kidston |
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| name = Cath Kidston | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = | caption = | birth_name = Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Marylebone, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | monuments = | nationality = British | education = | occupation = {{Flatlist|
}}| organization = Cath Kidston Limited | known_for = Floral prints and patterns | style = | partner = Hugh Padgham | children = | parents = Archibald Martin Kidston | relatives = Glen Kidston (grandfather) Kirstie Allsopp (cousin) | website = }}Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 6 November 1958) is an English fashion designer, businesswoman and author whose company, Cath Kidston Limited sells home furnishings and related goods through shops, online and by mail order.[1] She is particularly known for her nostalgic floral patterns[1][3] and has also published a number of books.[2] Family background and early lifeKidston's grandfather Glen Kidston was a successful racing driver for Bentley in the 1920s,[5] who was married to Nancie, Samantha Cameron's paternal grandmother.[3] Kidston's uncle is the former chairman of Christie's, Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and his daughters, television presenters, Kirstie Allsopp[4][5] and Sofie Allsopp are her cousins. Raised with three other siblings near Andover in Hampshire, Kidston was educated at a number of English boarding schools, before moving to London aged 18. She was employed by socialite Nicky Haslam[2] before setting up an interiors business with a friend,[2] then opening her own shop.[2] CareerKidston opened her first shop in London's Holland Park in 1993,[1] selling hand-embroidered tea-towels and brightly renovated furniture.[2] She later described it as a "glorified junk shop".[2] By the end of 2013, she had 136 outlets, including a flagship store on Piccadilly next to Fortnum & Mason and four stores in China.[6] Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme, Kidston described her shops as provoking a 'Marmite reaction': "People either love it and want a little bit of it very much, or want to stab us."[7] In 2010, she sold a majority stake of the company to private equity investors TA Associates,[8] retaining a minority stake and remaining the company's Creative Director.[8] Prince George of Cambridge wore one of her outfits, which quickly sold out.[9]CollaborationsKidston has worked with Milletts to design tents (2005–6),[1] Nokia/ Carphone Warehouse mobile phones (2006),[1] and Roberts radios (2005 onwards).[1] In 2008, she collaborated with Tesco to produce shopping bags made from plastic bottles,[1] which were sold to raise almost £500,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care[1] and saved about six million plastic bottles from landfill.[1] Personal lifeKidston's partner is record producer Hugh Padgham,[2] whom she met as his decorator.[2] They have homes beside the Thames in West London,[2] and in Gloucestershire.[2] She has a step-daughter.[2] Kidston has two pets, a Sealyham terrier named Billie and a Lakeland terrier named Stanley, who feature in her designs.[10][11] Kidston is dyslexic.[2] Both her parents died of cancer,[2] and she was diagnosed with breast cancer, aged 37.[2] See alsoBabycham - trademark dispute of 2013. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|url=http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/t-about.aspx |title=About Cath Kidston |publisher=Cath Kiston Limited |accessdate=29 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102111307/http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/t-about.aspx |archivedate=2 January 2011 }} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kidston, Cath}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1252954/Cath-Kidston-pocket-30m-sale-brand-20-years-shop-assistant-created-famous-nostalgic-designs.html|title=Cath Kidston to pocket £30m from sale of brand 20 years after shop assistant created famous nostalgic designs |date=2010-02-23|work=Mail Online|accessdate=29 April 2011|location=London|first=Beth|last=Hale}} 3. ^{{Citation| last = | first = | author-link = | title = Sam Cam's hidden ties to Kidston| newspaper = The Sunday Times| publication-place = London| volume = | issue = | date = 4 October 2015| page = News section, page 10| url = }} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/09/cath-kidston-recession-floral-empire|title=Queen of florals Cath Kidston bucks the recession to profit from love of nostalgia | work= The Guardian|last=Wood|first=Zoe|date=2009-08-09|accessdate=29 April 2011}} 5. ^{{cite news | last = Layton | first = Josh | title = Stranger relatives: Holly Valance is related to Benny Hill and the celebrities with fame in the family... | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/holly-valance-and-benny-hill-and-the-strangest-822261 | accessdate = 10 October 2012 | newspaper = Daily Mirror | date = 7 May 2012 }} 6. ^{{cite news|last=Garside|first=Juliette|title=Cath Kidston could fetch up to £250m|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/dec/06/cath-kidston-sale-250m-pounds|accessdate=14 April 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 December 2013}} 7. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010lyy4/Desert_Island_Discs_Cath_Kidston/|title=Desert Island Discs: Cath Kidston | BBC|date=2010-04-29|work=BBC|accessdate=29 April 2011}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8181422/Cath-Kidston-plans-Far-East-push.html|title=Cath Kidston plans Far East push – Telegraph|last=Hall|first=James|date=2010-12-05|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=29 April 2011|location=London}} 9. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/royalbaby/pretty-in-pink-princess-is-good-for-nation-of-shopkeepers/ar-BBj7tSp# |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506000926/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/royalbaby/pretty-in-pink-princess-is-good-for-nation-of-shopkeepers/ar-BBj7tSp# |archive-date=6 May 2015 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Introducing Billie|url=http://www.cathkidston.com/fcs/content/ss15/introducing-billie/|website=Cath Kidston|accessdate=25 January 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Remembering Stanley|url=http://www.cathkidston.com/fcs/blog/remembering-stanley-2007-2013/|website=Cath Kidston|accessdate=25 January 2016}} 10 : Living people|English interior designers|Breast cancer survivors|People from Marylebone|People from Test Valley|1958 births|English fashion designers|Members of the Order of the British Empire|People diagnosed with dyslexia|Kidston family |
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