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Peter Stevens 15/02/1943 - 04/02/2024

Kitty Fisher has always been, and remains, a small family business. Peter was our business and administrative specialist, and Ruth the maker of all our beautiful products. We are extremely sad to let you know that Peter passed away in February 2024 after a very short illness. As such, our daughter, Rebecca (Bex) has taken over his role. We’re adapting to running the business without Peter, so please bear with us, but our products remain the same high quality lovely items that they have always been. We appreciate all our customers, new and old so please do keep an eye...

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Introducing our new Lace Handkerchief

Introducing our new Lace Handkerchief

We are really sad to announce that the Princess Diana Handkerchief has now had to be discontinued as the lace that was made for edging Diana's bridal train and bodice in 1981 has finally been used up.  Thank you for everyone who now owns one of these special pieces. We have now found some vintage lace in our stock rooms which we think maybe a fitting replacement for the Princess Diana Handkerchief. It is a pure cotton lace which is embroidered onto cotton tulle, which is a cotton net, what makes this lace really special is that it is not...

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Kitty Fisher and Nottingham Lace: I want to tell the world!

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Kitty Fisher and Nottingham Lace: I want to tell  the world!

You may have already read the piece on Ruth and experienced the skill, pedigree and design finesse she brings to Kitty Fisher but there is really much more to it than that. Our story really starts in 1983 after the birth of our daughter and, seeing the decline of the Nottingham Lace industry, Ruth decided to try and keep some of the traditional skills of using lace alive. Throughout the 1980's and 90's lace production faltered in Nottingham and, as lace producers finished, we bought up stock for our archives. The last lace factory in the city closed some years ago and...

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