I've known for quite a while that I wanted to register for white dishes. Although I love the look of some of the patterns out there, I'm pretty sure I would get sick of them in five years' time. I can dress up some nicer white dishes with lots of fun cheap stuff, depending on my mood and the season:
I thought I had picked out my dishes (and had even bought myself the covered dish for 70% off at TK Maxx) when I saw this design by Sophie Conran by Portmeiron online:
I thought the sugar bowl was too cute!
Luckily Selfridges carries the line and just happens to be between work and the train station home. I popped in this afternoon and had a look.
It really is a gorgeous collection, but after a lot of thought, I realized that it just wasn't me. The lines are beautiful but I just didn't like how the edges of the plates and bowls weren't really straight; they kind of undulated and curved. Maybe my science-y brain can't appreciate things that aren't quite straight lines.
So I'm back (and happy) with my first choice: Denby White. It's solid, simple and plain. I like the weight of it and think that it can put up my clumsy self for quite a few years...
I also made a quick stop en route to the train in Accessorize and bought myself a little treat. I think I'll wear it on the wedding day in the low chignon that I've been picturing in my head...Not as nice as some of the Regina B ones I've read about, but at 10 pounds it hardly broke the bank.
4 comments:
Love the dishes AND the brooch. I like the Regina B ones but they are way overpriced, in my opinion. Yours will do just fine.
Not sure if its available near you, but another tableware line to consider is Loft by Rosenthal. It is very clean-lined and features almost translucent concentric circles. Its quite popular.
I love Sophie Conran's Portmeirion dishes. I registered for them. I too have issue with the lack of straight lines around the edges and think my future hubby will blame me when we have guests and the forks wobble and make sounds when rested on the edge of the surface of the dishes. But they made me so happy and for dishes to do that...well they had to be the perfect ones for me.
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