Creative Women
// AMY SAVILLE Fashion designer turns her hand to interiors //Words by Jason Pierre //Photography by Matthew Thomas
The talented designer Amy Saville has now turned her hand to gifts and interiors. The award-winning fashionista has had her dresses worn by Davina McCall, Jenny Frost and Jane Torvill. After training as a Fashion Designer, and working within the industry for five years, a love of interiors and a passion for all things beautiful changed the direction of her path. Her home town of Liverpool seemed like the perfect location to embark on this new journey. She has become completely immersed in the ‘Twigg’ lifestyle and spends her time between making unique products and sourcing stock to enhance the ever- growing range. With quite a few accomplishments already under your belt, why did you set up your gifts and interiors business? I come from a fashion background, and lived and worked in London for five years. This kind of shop has all sorts of quirky, unique gifts, there was lot of that thing going on down in London but thinking about it there’s not that much in Liverpool. I love quirky, unique gifts and little bits and bobs for the home so the idea was to bring that back to Liverpool with me. It’s a fusion of beautiful ‘shabby-chic’ items and modern contemporary pieces. I still work in fashion though, freelancing down in London but it’s nice to have that balance between home and the crazy world of London town. You call your website ‘a home away from home from the comfort of your chair’ - tell us a little more. The website has that handmade feel without going too far that way. It had to be in the middle between the homemade feel and modern at the same time. I didn’t want it go too much down the vintage route. Our product catalogue is a fusion of shabby chic, vintage inspired pieces, with a modern contemporary look to enhance your home and lifestyle. Which items do you make yourself and which ones do you purchase? I make all the cards, the cushions and curtains - I would say I make about a quarter of the stock myself. I do things for children’s bedrooms, things to go on the walls, bunting and textiles. I use about eight suppliers and it’s a case of cherry picking the nice bits of them all really.
// AMY LOUISE KEATING Boudette wins young person of the year
Amy Louise Keating from Cavern Walks retailer Boudette shined at the Liverpool Ambassador awards, picking up the prize for Young Person of the Year. The prestigious award ceremony that took place at the Crowne Plaza last month, celebrates the unsung heroes and heroines of the Liverpool tourism industry and recognises outstanding examples of customer care. Amy Keating, who opened her boutique fashion store selling international labels such as Barbour, Traffic People and Supertrash aged just 21, said: “I am thrilled and honoured to have picked up this award as there were so many fantastic nominees in the category. The last few years have been really busy and it’s nice to
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see that’s it all been worth it”