Cath Kidston

Cath Kidston is bringing back the kitschy 50s kitchen, and I couldn’t be more thrilled!
Selling all things frilly, floral lined and inspired by the retro housewife, Cath Kidston brings the best of the country kitchen into the 21^st century. The pastel pinks and cute stripes on the mugs, linen and aprons is adorable.
Their kitchenware is fantastic, with new ranges to suit outdoor garden parties (how fitting of this shop!) There is a definite English tea party theme running through the designs on the mugs, but it’s equally as good if you’re looking for a girly jewellery gift, or a new bag.
My cousin has declared that she wants her entire kitchen to be from Cath Kidston in her new flat. She is obviously hinting that she wants us to buy her presents for her new home, but shopping for someone in here is a treat rather than a chore so it’s ok. What’s more, a lot of the stock isn’t as expensive as you’d think from a designer with such a good reputation.
Absolutely delightful!

This place is my girlfriends dream shop — she loves everything in it, and as such, I have come to quite enjoy looking around it — although there is never anything I would buy for myself.
It’s all quite old fashioned designed stuff, but at the same time tends to have a moidern something about it, meaning its all retro-chiq-1950’s-housewife style clothing and jewelry and various household items. Pretty nice really. It’s all a bit expensive, but hwat do you expect from a designer store on George Street?
The shop itself can be described in one word — quaint. Its small, old fashioned and welcoming. Staff are friendly and generally just very nice.

Love, love love this place!
I remember that when I was in London, going to Cath Kidston was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. Everything is so cute and pretty!
I like to imagine myself in my country kitchen, surrounded by kitsch florally things from this shop, it’s very picture perfect.
Not only does it do fab home ware, it also sells some very nice wellies, cute mirrors, lovely luggage and handbags, and fantastic soaps and lotions, which are all very reasonably priced.
Just lovely!

Everything at Cath Kidston is very pretty and floral and girly, and I am a fan of all three of these adjectives, but until I am in any way able to perform domestic tasks properly or own my own home, I will probably be rejected in some form by the items at Cath Kidston, as I don’t feel I’m quite worthy yet.
This is not to slight anything in the shop, because as I’ve said, it’s all very beautifully made and quite classic in its look, and I’m always a fan of something classic. I reckon when I finally grow up and I’m adorning my home with delightful items, this will be a definite port of call for me. I recently received a birthday gift from here, which included a large pink polka dot mirror for my handbag, plus a mini polka dot purse, all very cute. The travel bags and travel accessories are very cool, as is the jewellery. Some of the wares are a tiny bit out of my slim price range, but all in all, if you’re a fan of multitudes of flowers, this is definitely a must visit.

Cath Kidston has a sort of Stepford Wives/1950’s housewife feel to it. Everything is prim, proper and pretty. It has become quite trendy and girls everywhere are wandering around with Cath Kidston bags.
I do quite like this store. I wander around picking out all the things I want to buy, then look at the price tag and think «Nah, it’s not worth it». Everything is very twee with very girly, flowery prints and nice pinks or blues on pretty much everything. It would be nice to kit out ones summer house down by the beach in Cath Kidston, but one doesn’t quite have the budget or need for such things.
Cath Kidston=Susie Homemaker.
Still a lovely shop though.

This store is absolutely beautiful and if you are a wannabe domestic Goddess there’s no better place to go. They have a great range of kitchenware, garden items, kids toys and clothing and plenty more home ware. The prints are super stylish and quite cutesy too making all the items look homely rather than just trendy. The shop is very well organised and clearly separated into different sections making everything easy to browse. I spent a while in the bath and body section the other day trying on the different hand creams and the bluebell and rose ones smell amazing, they come in a good size tub and are a snip at £8 in comparison to other brands.
The staff are very friendly and smiley making Cath Kidston a very welcoming place that’s really nice to browse, just being in the shop makes me imagine living in a cottage in a small seaside village where everything smells like roses and there’s chickens running around laying eggs…
I may not be a domestic Goddess but boy, when it comes to having green fingers I have ten and I have this oddball thing that I buy myself a new plant to mark a special occasion so far I have a ficus called Florence, a giant ficus called Clemence, a lucky bamboo named Yuki and a cactus called Cecile — I also have to give a shout out to G-​Bots cactus Glen here. My gardening CV is jam packed my two proudest achievements are when I managed to revive Florence as my mum forgot to water him for a whole YEAR when I was living in Germany, and I also managed to resuscitate a completely wilted potted flowering plant… it’s amazing what water can do. Anyways, Cath Kidston fits into this equation as they stock gorgeous gardening items and I have my eyes on a rather fetching pair of gardening gloves and I was very tempted to buy some radish seeds but I already have my hands full with the rich vegetation already in my room. I think I’ll throw some hints around for my birthday though and hopefully those gloves will be mine.

I’m a huge Cath Kidston fan, so coming across this awesome shop in Edinburgh was a real treat! Decorated with everything Cath Kidston, this store is an experience in itself, for Cath Kidston fans.
My only gripe is that it’s all a little pricey!

i love cath kidston shops my favourite is in st ives it has the most beautiful toffee apple red painted wooden staircase and when i was there it was a gorgeous summers day and they had a little window open and the gingham curtains were wafting in the summer breezeheaven. the first cath kidston shop i visited was bath and i was amazed by all the products being on show at once. i also like the edinburgh store which is nearest to me but there is something niggly naggly about it which actually puts me OFF cath kidston i think it is overkill i find myself thinking this is just mass produced stuff a million miles away from the thrill of actually finding and loving an original vintage item the prices in the shop for their vintage items is laugh out loud nonsense head to one of the charity shops for items a fraction of the price and goi ng to a good cause!!! having said all that i could not visit a city or town with a cath kidston shop and NOT go in.

A very bright and cheerful addition to the shops on George Street. Always nicely decorated on the outside, eg geraniums in pale blue flowerpots. Her trademark brights and florals inside can overwelm a little all together. But they are very distinctive and it is nice to be able to see the full range instead of just particular items in magazines. She has a small but extremely well designed and flattering range of clothing, again based on vintage designs.

I love Cath Kidston I have been to her shop in London and I was a little disappointed, how ever when I heard that there was going to be a store in my home town endless to say I was very excited.
I was utterly amazed is a small layout but it soo cute and the dressing room is amazing. It is like out like a cosy house lots of nice fabrics and plates and amazing cake tins.
Look at the website to get a feel for the products but check out the store full in love with them.

This shop is heaven for any girl with a vintage streak– it seems that everything is chintzy and quirky and colourful, from spotty wellies to childrens’ clothes. The store feels something like a cosy, cluttered 1950’s kitchen, and it’s great fun to rifle through the unique looking clothes and range of knick-​knacks. The gorgeous weekend bags are definately on my xmas list… If you’re passing by on George Street you just have to go in, and I assure you that even the greatest lover of minimalism will succomb to its charm.