I love Orla Kiely and think that she's got a great design sense, all retro and mid-century modern. In February, Target will launch a line of her signature-print kitchen items.
But I did see something that stopped me in my tracks. The Orla Kiely Wottle Reusable Water Bottle from Brita. It is being marketed as the the world´s first designer reusable water bottle, which is probably the stupidest thing I've seen in a long while. I think that reusing water bottles is a great idea, but a designer water bottle? It features Kiely's signature leaf print in shades of green.
The website goes on to say Fill the Wottle up with water before you leave the house, and avoid buying environmentally unfriendly (and expensive!) bottled water whilst out and about, and do it all with a stylish Orla Kiely branded Wottle. If the designer water bottle isn't the stupidest thing, then the name is!
At £7.99, or $11.37 at today's exchange rate, I would probably just find an old Evian bottle to use. What do you think?
Mrs. G loves Orla Kiely, too. I'll bet there will be some cool stuff in this collection. Too bad we'll have to go to Target to get it. I always say "Every time I go to Target, a little piece of me dies."
ReplyDeleteThe "Wottle" is embarrasingly silly. I vote for the old Evian bottle.
I think I would be too embarrassed to say 'wottle' out loud! xv
ReplyDelete"Wottle" is absurd and hardly unique. People have been carrying their own liquids in vessels other than the ones they come in forever, they're called canteens, flasks, wineskins, etc. I've been using the same Sigg aluminum bottle for the last 10 years and it's only required the replacement of the rubber gasket once in all these years. Siggs have become become trendy in the last year or two with the bottled water backlash and concerns about the plastic used in Nalgene bottles.
ReplyDeletewottle...bottle...shmattle
ReplyDeleteabsurd. I concur
thanks for the link! I currently don't sell my work on the vineyard, the art market here is very seasonal and provincial, and even that type of work is not selling well as most galleries have the same paintings at the beginning of the summer as they do at the end! don't know how they stay in business!
ReplyDeleteHas the art world continued it's expansion in Baltimore via the energy from MICA? or has the economic situation stunted its growth as it has else where?
Apparently Orla is "branding" it all over the place! I just got a little Orla notebook (very fetching) at Waterstone's this week.
ReplyDeleteHi. I'd want to know if it's made of a different plastic than regular water bottles. I know that you shouldn't reuse water bottles too much, expecially if you freeze the water before heading out as the plastic can leach.
ReplyDeletei love that orla, and am a collector and fan - have several bags, and other items.
ReplyDeletefor some odd reason, they make me feel young & hip in a fresh way.
oh, i am waiting outside target. now.
we use sigg water bottles.
As a water bottle, it's a goof. But used to store bits and bobs, it's well-priced and cute.
ReplyDeleteIt's all perception.
If that "wottle" is dishwasher safe, I'm totally getting it. Agree, stupid name!!
ReplyDeleteI am interested in finding a friend of sorts that can spot clearance/cheap Cath Kidston items in the UK for me in exchange for the Orla items that are here in the US.
Stop by my blog if anyone is interested.
For the people that would rather use their evian bottle, after 3 days the plastic leaches chemicals which can be carcinogenic- do you really want to drink that? As for the wottle it is made of totally recyclable products and in my opinion is well worth the money. Even the DJ epmolyed for the product launch has a degree in environmental science, so i think Orla Kiely has all their bases covered!
ReplyDeleteSarah... i love orla kiely, but i think that the name wottle is very funny. i would be embarassed to ask for a wottle.
ReplyDeleteWell, what do you know? I did comment on this.
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