Candy canes, spices and gingerbread houses; ice skates and snowflakes; candles, toys and pine cones; holiday wishes and sugary kisses; children's merry voices and mistletoe branches. Christmas means several things to all of us. But for knitwear designer Laura Theiss it is about magic and fairy tales that warm your heart. Such as her story, entitled "Magic Night", that she wrote inspired by her young child.
On a special night before Christmas a happy band of cute animals - among them a clever rabbit, an elegant fox and a wise reindeer - decide to run from the toy stall where they live and join the festive spirit going ice-skating. Their rebellious act gives joy to a child too terrified to try skating on thin ice. While the child discovers in his heart the courage he needs to learn a new skill, the animals find a new friend and a house full of love.
You can now relive this magic tale at home with Laura Theiss' Christmas tree decorations exclusively made for Harrods in London. Her hand-knitted woollen baubles with traditional motifs such as reindeers, stars and hearts, and her fashionable animals clad in thick warm sweaters in bright shades of red, blue and green, can indeed be hung on a Christmas tree and around the house, or used like lovely puppets to retell Theiss' story.
"I'm proud of this collaboration, even though I sometimes think it's crazy to see my name in Harrods," Theiss told Irenebrination. "It's scarily challenging because, as a designer, you always have to keep up a high standard in your work, from your collections to side projects, or special collaborations like this one. But, at the end of the day, it's all very exciting and inspiring."
"I would really love it if people would send me pictures with my decorations hanging on their trees or cheering up their houses. While I would like to see the new homes the little animals have found, I genuinely hope the decorations will bring light and joy not only to people's houses, but to their hearts as well."
All images in this post courtesy Laura Theiss. Photographs 1, 2 and 5 in this post by Jennifer Weyland.
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