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Designer Ginny Macdonald’s last collection for Lulu and Georgia drew inspiration from towering topiaries she encountered at her best friend’s wedding. Macdonald, a Brit who is California-based, synthesizes all the best things about cozy cottagecore interiors and light-filled coastal style, blending relaxed silhouettes with tailored elements just so.
Today, she unveils her latest line for the retailer, titled On Holiday. She likens it to a continuation of the forms and materials used in the previous collaboration, but with even more of an emphasis on craftsmanship and details. Macdonald also notes another influence from the natural world: the English rose.
“With this collection, I wanted to introduce a softness that contrasted with Topia,” she says about the wood pieces. “The turnings were inspired by the deconstruction of an English rose, the heraldic badge associated with the county I’m from. The result feels more organic.”
Ginny Macdonald for Lulu and Georgia
Other little touches reference Macdonald’s British roots, like the tiny acorn motif that appears on the pull-chain finials of the lighting—that’s a small nod to the English oak, she adds. She also notes the double bullnose edge on the Newburgh case goods and Hutton coffee table, which she calls “a treat for the eye”. Everything is meant to be mixed and matched, and we could even see adding in pieces from another of the brand’s collaborators: Heidi Caillier.
There is also a new fabric, and Macdonald is particularly chuffed about the linen blend in a mulberry hue. “It’s a beautiful purple-mauve tone that will be available on our Darwen sofa and side chair,” she says. “Even though it’s technically a color, I think of it as a neutral. It has a subtle heathered quality, so it doesn’t come off as a true solid tone.”
In her own home, Macdonald has incorporated the Kirkham side tables as nightstands, and the Morecambe bed in a sage green. “For my office, I’m planning to use the Kirkham dining table as a large desk and the Longton Oval mirror in the office bathroom,” she adds. “I’m excited to see how it comes together.” Prices for the collection range from a $95 marble picture frame to an $8,000 skirted sectional.