Lighting up Manchester window turns pop up shop
Friday 12th November 10am-6pm and Saturday 13th November 10am-4pm
The colourful patterned lampshades lighting up the window of 285 Deansgate has created such a fantastic response, the Manchester makers behind the designs are opening a pop-up shop in the store. at 285 Deansgate on Friday 12th November and Saturday 13th November.
Adopting some of Manchester’s iconic designs, which include the famous Peveril of the Peak tiles and the unmistakable Hacienda hazard stripes, Kitsch Republic prints onto fabric made into lampshades and cushions for this a limited edition range.
“These designs to me are part of the city’s visual language, they evoke such fantastic memories of growing up in the city, it’s part of a Mancunian generation’s DNA. We have had such an amazing response we thought it would be brilliant to open a pop up shop so people can come and see the products and buy them if they like them.
Kitsch Republic is an all-woman maker team working in Reddish and started out making products and selling them in and around Manchester’s makers markets. Now the company has expanded online and is supplying the nation with bright and affordable handmade homewares products.
www.kitschrepublic.co.uk
