LoveLoulou is a small design company formed by Raechel (Loulou) Turner specialising in design, furnishing and upholstering.  Often using pre-loved, vintage and unusual fabrics, or using new fabrics to revitalise and make new interesting pieces of furniture with individual design features.

Established in Bow in East London in 2009, various projects have been undertaken since start up including re-upholstering footstools, chairs, nursery items, chaise Lo and vintage or antique items for restoration. 

Also currently in production are garments and slippers made from upcycled vintage clothing, actually all items have been made from fantastic fabrics but where garments are no longer viable as originally designed.  Fine silk dresses and scarves, suede and leather items have been remodelled into underwear, sleepwear and slippers which are produced in box sets.

These will be on show in our showroom window shortly.

The showroom window is attached to a woodcrafting workshop and does not operate as a shop.  However, any items in the shop window are for sale and are priced on the website.

Blendworth are renowned for their wide selection of beautiful prints, innovative weaves, rich silks, luxurious chenilles, wallpapers and an extensive colour palette of plains and velvets.

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Bio

On leaving school, I trained as an upholsterer  at a small furnishing company in Devon.  During that training I re-upholstered an entire cinema’s seats, built specialist bench seating for various pubs and nightclubs along with the standard re-upholstering of sofa’s and chairs.  It was a terrific job but something else more glamorous beckoned. My real interest was fashion.

I decided to finally do something about it and enrolled in an arts foundation course.  I went on to study fashion and textile design at art college. Some of my art works are shown on this website along with pictures of the final year fashion show.  I went on to  work as a graduate trainee at a Gieves and Hawkes , which cemented my abilities and knowledge of tailoring.  Working in fashion was both thrilling and absorbing but also low paid with long hours. 

However it took me around the world and I was involved in producing luxury underwear, bridal and evening wear, handbags and cases, and working at some fantastic companies such as Jacques Vert, Jasper Conran, Yves San Laurent , Laura Ashley and Dannimac.  I worked in two underwear companies, one supplying Anne Summers and later a company contracted to a top London specialist underwear outlet. 
A short period of working in management intervened for a few years but you can’t hold down a creative person for long.