Kati ran a small textile studio in Montreal — a fashion designer, seamstress, and at one point a baker. She drew on the Modern and Surrealist eras and the decorative line of Art Nouveau, especially Koloman Moser. Some of her designs went out into the world on linens and towels; the most personal she kept for herself. For her granddaughters, she made paper fashion dolls and painted their tiny wardrobes by hand. When she passed, she left behind more than 300 original textile designs, tucked inside her black portfolio case, where they sat in her son's basement for years — waiting.
Her granddaughter Daisy — a Fashion Institute of Technology graduate who spent her 20s in New York's fashion industry — was chosen to inherit the archive. Now based in the Bay Area with her family, Daisy pairs Kati's prints with modern silhouettes built to last decades, not seasons.
"Every print begins with Kati, my grandmother, who spent her days painting in her small Montreal studio. Art Nouveau ornament, the folkloric embroidery of her birthplace, the op-art graphics of the early 70's, the bowl of fruit on her table. She gathered inspiration everywhere and made it her own. Kambric Goods exists to carry her legacy forward."
— Daisy Hartmann, founder of Kambric Goods✦
Hartmann Studio Archive
Hand-Painted Heritage Prints
Northern California
Contemporary Womenswear
Est. 1960s Montreal
Kambric Goods
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