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Catherine Isabel Audrey "Cath" Kidston, MBE, is an English fashion designer, businesswoman and author whose company, Cath Kidston Limited sells home furnishings and related goods through shops, online and by mail order, most products being made with her floral prints.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Cath Kidston ) 〕 In February 2010, the company was valued at £75 million. She is particularly known for her nostalgic floral patterns〔〔 and has also published a number of books.〔 == Personal life == Cath Kidston's grandfather Glen Kidston was a successful racing driver for Bentley in the 1920s,〔 who was married to Nancie, Samantha Cameron's paternal grandmother. Kidston's uncle is the former chairman of Christie's Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip and his daughters, television presenters, Kirstie Allsopp and Sofie Allsopp her cousins. Raised with three other siblings near Andover in Hampshire, Kidston was educated at a number of English boarding schools, before moving to London aged 18. She was employed by the socialite Nicky Haslam〔 before setting up an interiors business with a friend,〔 then opening her own shop.〔 Both her parents died of cancer,〔 and she was diagnosed with breast cancer, aged 37.〔 Kidston's partner is the record producer Hugh Padgham,〔 whom she met as his decorator.〔 They have homes beside the Thames in West London,〔 and in Gloucestershire.〔 She has a step-daughter Jessica〔 and a Lakeland terrier Stanley〔 who features in her designs. Kidston is dyslexic.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cath Kidston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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