BUTTERTIES

Ce ne sont plus des cravates

ONCE UPON A TIME...

Once upon a mulberry leaf a plain white butterfly laid a tiny egg. A little, very hungry worm slipped out of it and started to eat leaves until it was a big fat caterpillar. Then it began to spin fine silk to wrap itself up in a cocoon and waited to become a butterfly. But the silk was reeled off and woven into precious fabric. It was dyed with bright colours and printed with patterns to become a tie. .And now that the tie is old and worn, the silkworm’s fine fabric has become a colourful Buttertie

The silk recovered from old ties is reborn in the form of butterflies. This poetic gesture completes nature's cycle and pays tribute to Bombyx mori, the white butterfly at he origin of silk.

DESIGN, CRAFT & RECRAFTING

Artists and designers have imagined and drawn thousands of patterns in thousands of colors, and highly skilled craftsman have applied them onto fabric. "The infinite diversity of the metamorphosed ties makes each Buttertie almost one-of-a-kind, giving this project its unique beauty. Origami, an ancient Japanese folding technique, is transposed onto silk, to create a new craft. It celebrates the Asian origins of silk and transforms small pieces of fabric into objects with meaning.

STYLE LIFE

Butterties can be worn by everyone Attached to a broche, they can land on your coat, hat, dress, curtain or anywhere else you can think of.

STILL LIFE & LIFE STYLE

Displayed in a frame or under a dome they decorate your interior, or attached to a bookmark they love to sit on your books

YOUR BUTTERTIES

The name Buttertie is a combination of two words: They evoke the history of the material but also the relationships between people. The ties, once worn, hold our memories, our emotions, our invisible bonds.

COLLABORATIONS

Small pieces of left over silk from the production of ties and scarfs are transformed into limited editions of Butterties in collaboration with French textile brands.

Collaborations with Brochier Soieries 1890, Ames Soeurs, Divine Trouvaille, Mont Kiji et le Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

SUBLIMADE IN LYON, THE FRENCH CITY OF SILK

BY ANITA KLAIBER

Anita Klaiber Designer and  Founder of Things with Souls was born and raised in Switzerland. She lived, worked, studied and collected stories in many countries on three different continents, Europe, America and Asia. She holds a Bachelor degree in Product Design from Art Center College of Design and a Masters in Design Strategy from the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Now she lives with her family in Lyon where she creates and custom tailors Things with Souls.

“I want to re-enchant neglected objects in order to preserve and pass on the stories they contain, so that they forge emotional bonds and become Things with Souls”