Hachiko
Jul 4, 2004, 12:41
For any enthusiast keen to know the state of the Japanese antique textile market in the U.K., Marilyn Ratcliffe knows more than most. When we talk -- her already soft Cheshire burr blurred by hay fever ("they just mowed the grass in fields nearby") -- she has just the day before returned from a vintage clothes and textiles fair in Hammersmith, West London.
"People down south are only just beginning to know I'm here. I tend to do better up here in the north because that's where I began the business, and friends and friends of friends have all become collectors."
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040703a1.htm)
"People down south are only just beginning to know I'm here. I tend to do better up here in the north because that's where I began the business, and friends and friends of friends have all become collectors."
Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040703a1.htm)