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First used by Vivienne Westwood as a gesture to the house’s affinity with Scotland, Soft Thistle features an abstracted representation of the regal milk thistle. The angular edges are softened with muted colours, with the motif appearing in the Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood Spring-Summer 2023 Sous le ciel de Paris collection.

Whilst the oversized scale of the design brings a strong graphic quality to the wallpaper, designers at Cole & Son worked to soften the pattern subtly for the walls by combining it with a hand-painted, cross-hatched texture that simulates the distressed fabric treatments frequently employed by the house.

Colourings for Soft Thistle range from the muted Rose Quartz & Gold and Dove Grey & Charcoal to the bright and bold Ginger & Mocha and Blood Orange & Viridian.

he Rainforest Squiggle is an abstract and free flowing interpretation of the iconic Squiggle print – first seen in Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s debut catwalk collection Pirate in 1981. The Rainforest Squiggle, featured in Cole & Son x Vivienne Westwood, was first presented in the Autumn-Winter 2014/15 Gold Label Save the Rainforest runway collection. Vivienne and Andreas referenced master couturier Charles Frederick Worth, combined with influences from the Asháninka, a Peruvian tribe living in the rainforests which they visited in 2013 with Cool Earth. The runway show itself represented the fight for the environment – namely, to save the Asháninka’s rainforest by 2020.

Cole & Son’s artists took the graphic layout of the Rainforest Squiggle motif and saw the chance to infuse the design with an element of hand-craft by painting it in one continuous duo-toned brushstroke. The result is a simple yet bold contemporary wall mural that exudes a vibrant energy. The meandering layout allows the eye to travel throughout the composition in an unending loop where the journey of the artist’s hand is never broken.

Colourings include bright palettes of Crimson & Lipstick on Parchment and Navy & Cerulean on Stone with monochromatic Charcoal & Soot on Cream, White & Grey on Charcoal, and Soft Grey & Dove on Chalk. A stately Rouge & Burgundy on Soft Blue completes the selection.

The V Love A print was hand-painted personally by Vivienne and first featured in the Autumn-Winter 2022/23 Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood La Nouvelle Eve collection. The painting was inspired by an art book Vivienne was enjoying at the time of naïve 18th-century Italian paintings, featuring countrymen in the mountains. The collection was an elegant tribute to the world of theatre and art, reflected across prints and through silhouette – presented in the historic Belle Époque La Nouvelle Eve revue theatre in Montmartre, Paris.

For translation into wallpaper the Cole & Son studio worked to keep the artwork and hand of Vivienne as faithful as possible to the original, with a tile-like repeat. Offered in three colourways – one, Night Sky, honouring the exact palette of the original artwork, alongside more muted palettes of Moss & Thistle and Mint & Tangerine

Vivienne Love Andreas derives its name from the hidden graffiti-like scrawl Vivienne embedded within the design and represents the unique opportunity to decorate your walls with an original artwork an original fashion innovator which tells the tale of a long-standing love story and creative partnership.