Fairy Clothing by Flutterbydaisy – The Daisy Speaks
Flutterbydaisy fairy clothing range founder Natanya Waybourne lives in a world of lace, bunnies and prettiness. The flower child reveals her enviably innocent view of life and what the future holds for her…
The first time I met Natanya, she was hosting her first Flutterbydaisy fashion show in London. All dainty limbs and a magical air of loveliness, her individuality is very much in keeping with her gorgeous dresses, designed for Broken Dolls and Victorian Ballerinas.
Her clothing designs speak volumes. They attract admirers in their droves, yet her creative demeanour also holds a tenacious quality that has led her business to bloom. I spoke to her about the creative process and what the future holds for the talented designer…
You create gorgeous dresses, have a degree in Creative Writing, have your own blog, and are a photographer of all things luscious. Is there anything weve missed out?
Uhm… I was a bunny in a previous life…
What inspires your designs?
The little girl that lives inside me makes them! I’m definitely inspired by all things childhood: my past, fairy tales, films like Picnic at Hanging Rock
How long does each dress take to design?
Sometimes if I’ve been thinking about a certain dress design for days I can make it in a couple of days. From that to a week at most…
What are the joys of living creatively? Are you surrounded by prettiness all day?
Yes, it’s everywhere; sometimes I can’t wash it off. I think it’s nice to not live in the real world – I don’t think I’d last long there. In fact, I know that to be the case, because I’ve been there…
Whats been the one point in your career so far where you’ve thought I’m happy, and this is where I want to be?
Just now… and now…
Today I sorted all my fabric remnants into eight pretty piles, soon they will be eight pretty dresses and I’ll be prancing around the woods in them with flash photography and then in a few weeks they will be in my shop. Maybe here in this part of the planet, world, country, city, house isn’t physically where I want to be but mentally I’m all over it…
You’ve worked alongside Esther Dee. How did that collaboration came about? Is it a case of two Northerners teaming up to take the world by storm?
With our Petal super powers! I can’t remember… we met through a common friend or two and just clicked, decided we should work together, so came about the photo-shoot for her album ‘Esther Dee and The Carousel’ and her first live solo performance at my first Flutterbydaisy Fashion show … meant to be…
Have any other celebrities worn your designs?
I made a couple for Freya Mavor of SKINS, Stephanie Dosen took a few on tour, and recently Allison Harvard wore a dress I made her on the new All Stars Cycle 17 of Americas Next Top Model and just ordered something super special (to be blogged about soon)…
I would love to design for Zooey Deschanel, Eva Green and Marion Cotillard: do you have their phone numbers?…
What are you working on now?
A bunch of Hallowe’en dresses, two of which to send to Hannah Daisy for a creepy shoot… I’m also working on designs for a short film and a video Look Book among all the other dresses I have to get out of my head first. In the future I think I’m going to make some art with pressed flowers, and some short films of my own… we’ll see…
Lastly, a very important question. Which do you prefer: kitties or bunnies?
BUNNIES!!!!
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