Cup of Daisies Styles

Today's Style Spotlight is shining on our main designer/owner of Cup of Daisies, Oana Balan, as she tells us the inspirations behind the scarf designs and how the unique company name came about... J: So tell us a bit about yourself as a designer and how you decided to design silk scarves? O: Since I was 16 I had the dream to study and become a fashion designer. I applied to all the London universities and went for interviews, during the time, a friend of mine showed me Liberty's! Five years later I thought silk scarves designed for charity can help raise fund towards the charities and impact society. J: How did the name 'Cup of Daisies' come about?  O: I wanted something artistic, like Alice in Wonderland, as I was just finishing my dance project and exhibition at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) at the time. I also used an imagery from the Bible, "a Fenician woman giving a cup of water to Jesus," which I thought is a symbol th

      Happy New Year! 2014 has well and truly began and what better time of year to make a change to not only your life but another life too. This year the Cup Of Daisies team have lots of exciting plans, and we want you to become part of them!   Before the Christmas holidays, the PR team, creator and owner of the label and videoing and photographing team met up for the final time of 2013 to get a kick start on the 2014 plans.  On our Instagrams, we showed you a sneak peak of a behind the scene's tutorial video for our scarves. Myself and J, used our imagination, along with our different styles to come up with 5 different ways that you can style our scarves. A little help from one fashion lover to another.     The scarf above is called "Blue Pineapple" and is designed for a purpose. 10% of the sale price goes to the charity, Merlin. The print was inspired by the Merlin Charity. The charity develop projects in Asia and Africa delivering medical expe