Cup of Tea x Alja Horvat
Cup of Tea x Alja Horvat
Armchairs in collaboration with Cup of Tea are finally here! Tea up cycles/restores old armchairs and breathes new life into them.
All these three designs were created for my fashion collection and then adapted for selected Cup of Tea armchairs. Cup of Tea then replaced the cushions, refreshed the frame of armchairs, sewed new upholstery by hand, glued protective felt on the legs and finally added badges "by Alja Horvat" and “Reloved by CUP OF TEA”.
You can learn more about the project and inspiration behind the patterns in this blog post.
From Cup of Tea website:
Alja named her patterns after the songs she listen to at that moment (the moment of creation). The first pattern is therefore called “Season of The Witch” (Donovan), the second pattern is named “I’ll Follow The Sun” (The Beatles), and the third pattern is “Crystal” (Fleetwood Mac).
The first pattern (Season of The Witch) for Reloved Armchairs 075 & 082, which Alja describes as the “simplest”, did not find its way into her fashion collection, but it was created with the intention of combining it with the rest of the patterns. Reloved Armchair 076 is covered in a pattern (I’ll Follow The Sun) that carries a nostalgic touch. Alja got her inspiration for it from the memory of her grandmother’s garden. Last but not least, the pattern (Crystal) for Reloved Armchair 077 with psychedelic flowers, was inspired by the 60s and 70s of the last century. Alja’s favourite Cup of Tea piece is the armchair with “simple” flowers in purple-red-yellow.