Gabrielle Parker Clothing is a small and friendly business based in East Sussex.
Gabrielle has a lifelong love of colour, floral prints and fine fabrics combined with an appreciation of all things vintage, quirky and quintessentially British, which she expresses in her designs…
Gabrielle started her journey over twenty-five years ago whilst backpacking around Asia, where she fell in love with Indian culture, textiles and colour. This journey led her to start making and selling her own designs, The business grew from a small, popular market stall in Brighton, progressing to an independent shop and now retails online and sells trade to wholesale.
Gabrielle Parker Clothing supplies many stockists with her collection of Womenswear, alongside a small collection of Childrenswear and Accessories.
Designed in the UK, Gabrielle Parker’s clothing and accessories are produced in India at small family-run businesses with whom she works closely and has been working together, for over seventeen years. These are fair-trade companies and Gabrielle has seen their businesses grow alongside hers and benefit the wider community. The working environments are lively, happy and safe, where the staff are treated very well and no children are ever employed. Gabrielle visits them twice a year, to work with and supervise the production of her new fabrics and collections.
Our fabric is a beautiful quality soft and fluid faux silk/polyester. We love this fabric and the way it drapes, which is why we have decided to work with it. There is a lot of confusion about this fabric, known in India as, “sari silk”. Almost all the “sari silk” or “upcycled sari silk” made into Western-style clothing and found in the UK, is high-quality polyester. When we discovered this ourselves and as we value transparency, we wanted to make this clear.
Our stunning new fabric is a viscose modal blend, this is a natural fibre made from the stem of the cotton plant. It has the same stunning vibrant colours and gold flecks as our other fabrics but is even more soft and fluid, as well as being breathable and natural. We love it!