to hate the Cath Kidson or Kitson stuff or whatever its called so much that I actually feel quite would up about it!

[bibbitybobbityhat]

It is everywhere, everywhere, EVERYWHERE. Gah.

And while I'm at it, pregnant celebrities who pose for the cameras cradling their bumps. Spew.

Isn't Cath Kidston married to Phil Collins?

I just bought DS some lovely blue spotty Cath Kidston towels . Nonetheless, I agree with what most of you lot said.

meant to say a knitting bag is what Cath Kidston is for

Oh dear, I think I wasn't paying my full attention to Desert Island Discs - Cath Kidston's DP isn't Phil Collins - he's a record producer who has engineered / produced Phil Collins at some point .

Hugh Padgham?

Yep, that's him .

Hugh Padgham?

Cath Kidston?

Who fucking gives a shit?

STANERLY?....GET HERE NOW.

Cath Kidston...

You have just lost moi.

And once i did love you.

CK must be laughing all the way to the bank.

It's all HIDEOUS.

I was actually starting to worry about my pretty CK handbag when I remembered that everybody that has posted on here has done so because they agree with the op. They are probably a miniscule percentage of the population. I only ever see one or two CK handbags round where I live.

Now if someone starts a thread about Emma Bridgewater, I'm right with you

I bought the 'cowboy' t-shirt for dgs and the quality was very disappointing.

Some things aren't too bad (I like the blueberry lipbalm) but others, that pram for example, look like a pair of legging I had in 1988.

*leggings

Some of it is quite nice, but it's just so overdone so I avoid it.

I like it a lot.

My whole home (apart from boys rooms) is shabby chic.

YABU

Cath Kidston stuff is so lovely. I'd kit my whole house out in it if I could;
A) Afford it
B) Get rid of DH

HTH

I like the idea of it, but not the reality. It's all so same-y and Page 72 of the interior decorating catalogue. Too matchy-matchy.

I admit it, I love the vintage, quirky, shabby chic look, especially in kitchens and bedrooms, but prefer it to be more organic and pulled together from all sorts of different sources (and definitely less in-your-face polka dots and ditsy (ditsy, FFS!!) florals), rather than just going into her shop and ordering one of everything.

So, in summary - YANBU.

Its all twee and flowery and try to hard and a rip off

YANBU - it makes me want to vomit. In fact Cath Kidston oil cloths are wipeable, possibly for that reason.

I also abhor the bump holding and any waddling from pregnant women.

I had never heared of CK, until this thread.

I have just realised, after looking at the pram and googling her, that i have bought a copy of one of her bags from Primark, only because i needed a bag big enough to put a file in that went with black. So now it's hit Primark, it hopefully should die out pretty quick.

I used to love CK 8 years ago when my dd was approaching her final weeks of gestation.

Now, meh.

I have the mugs (a gift), the Ikea ripoff duvet set and some bits and pieces from arty farty bricabrac type shops.

But the cost

And the people in the Bicester shopping outlet! I swore off CK at that moment. (Sadly DD is now approaching the age where she loves it. sigh)

For reasons I'm unable to explain, the fact that CK and Kirstie Allsopp are cousins, has given me The Rage. I feel a bit like I did when I realised that Emma Bridgewater isn't just some mumpreneur with a spare kiln, knocking out teapots, she's actually propped up by her cousin, who happens to be Richard Branson.

"(Sadly DD is now approaching the age where she loves it. sigh)"

38?

I can't stand Emma Bridgewater stuff boring boring boring

I do know what you mean BagofHolly, it's as if they're all in on it together, telling us what we should like and then charging the earth for it

"So now it's hit Primark, it hopefully should die out pretty quick." Good observation there.

CK has been overdone. And I hate to say it but Orla K is heading the same way.

I love Orla K stuff