Introduced: 2005

Inactive: 2008

Description: The Zandra Rhodes bone china open oval vegetable dish from Royal Albert features her signature butterfly and wiggle motif, based on classic Zandra fabric prints. Famous fashion designer Zandra Rhodes is endorsing her 'My Favourite Things' range of tableware with the established luxury dinnerware brand of Royal Albert. Made for contemporary fine dining in the classic Hampton bone china pattern, her influence can be seen with the signature butterfly and wiggle motif, based on classic Zandra fabric prints. This tableware features mica trim for gold effect, and both the 27 cm plate and mug are made available in two finishes.

Cup Shape: Malvern

Plate Shape: Hampton, Square

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Introduced: 2005

Inactive: 2008

Description: 

Cup Shape: Mug

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Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes was born in Kent in the 1940s and was introduced to the world of fashion by her mother, who was a fitter in a Paris fashion house and a teacher at Medway College of Art. Zandra studied first at Medway and then at the Royal College of Art in London. Her major area of study was textile design. Her early textile fashion designs were considered too outrageous by the traditional British manufacturers, so in 1969, she established her own retail outlet in the fashionable Fulham Road in West London. Zandra's own lifestyle has proved to be as dramatic, glamorous and extroverted as her designs. With her bright green hair (later changed to a spectacular pink and sometimes a radiant red), theatrical makeup and art jewelry, she has stamped her identity on the international world of fashion. She was one of the new wave of British designers who put London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 1970s. Her designs have always been clear, creative statements, dramatic but graceful, bold but feminine and her garments have a a timeless quality that makes them unmistakably a Rhodes creation. Zandra's inspiration has always been from organic material and nature. Her innovative approach to the construction of garments can be seen in her use of reversed exposed seams and in the stylistic use of jeweled safety pins and tears during the punk era.

Zandra designed for the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and continues to design for the royal and the rich and famous around the world. She has a loyal cult following in the USA. Over the years, she has had many academic and professional honors bestowed upon her and was made a Commander of the British Empire by the Queen in 1997.
http://www.zandrarhodes.com/

Zandra Rhodes and the famous British ceramics company, Royal Doulton, have teamed up together to produce a beautiful table and giftware range called “My Favorite Things” for the Royal Albert Collection.

Zandra’s butterflies and signature wiggle lines decorate the entire range but are used differently on each piece.  All pieces mix and match.  Predominant colour's are pink and aqua with gold lines, looking classic on the dinnerware but on the giftware the butterflies and swirls take on fabulous fuchsia pink plates and one dish even shaped like a butterfly!

Each piece is uniquely packaged in its own pink and aqua box with butterfly decoration and butterfly gift tag. An ideal gift. For pictures of a selection from the giftware collection see below. Click an image to enlarge it. For complete details visit the Royal Doulton website: http://www.royaldoulton.com

Zodiac Series

Introduced: 1987

Inactive: 1991

Description: 

Cup Shape: Gainsborough

Plate Shape: Hampton

Other Information: Series of 12, Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus, and Virgo