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The subtle tension between heritage and modernity Some cities move quickly, always pushing forward. And then there is London, moving to its own rhythm. A city where centuries live alongside tomorrow’s ideas. Where elegance never needs to raise its voice. Where contradictions don’t cancel each other out, they dance. This unique spirit inspired The London Edition of Le Plaid des Villes, a luxury urban throw blanket woven with the quiet strength of an extraordinary city. It doesn’t aim to seduce. It doesn’t try to shine. And yet, it leaves a lasting impression. London holds its breath: the inspiration behind the throw To create The London Edition of Le Plaid des Villes, we avoided the obvious. No red buses. No tea-time clichés. Not even the rain. Instead, we listened to the city’s mood. Its silence. Its weight. Its impeccable stillness beneath the bustle. London has nothing to prove. It carries centuries of dignity in the curve of a doorknob, the layout of a Georgian square, the quiet rustle of a newspaper on a station bench. These are the details that shaped our palette, our textures, our rhythm, turning textile into a design-led interior accessory. Personal note: between punk and palaces I’ve always loved London. Not only for what it is but for what it allows. A blend of modernity and English traditionalism suspended in time. A city where monarchy continues its rituals with precision, while a man in neon leather reads Proust in a café nearby. There’s a certain British composure that polite restraint, that apparent calm, that conceals a deep tolerance. In London, everyone seems to belong without needing permission. And then there’s that dry, sharp wit that whispers: “The world is absurd. Might as well dress well and carry on.” What inspires me is that Monty Python energy, that cultivated absurdity, that elegant irreverence. London doesn’t flaunt its soul. But once you see it, you never forget it. The colour of fog and iron London is not a city of bright colours. It’s not Rome. It’s not Barcelona. Its beauty lies in nuance, in shadow, in texture. In the way light softens through mist. The London Edition of Le Plaid des Villes  translates that subtlety into textile. It invites a closer look: Cool greys , like slate rooftops softened by rain Off-whites evoking fog over stone Dusty blue-greys , discreet and elegant, like the morning light on the Thames A chromatic silence neither cold nor bright, but quietly sophisticated. Places that whisper If this throw carries something of London in its weave, it’s because the city offers places that aren’t destinations but atmospheres.They don’t dazzle. They suggest. A quiet afternoon in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, where coloured light rests gently on stone. A walk through Bloomsbury, past ivy-wrapped railings and the scent of books.A solitary cup at the British Museum, tucked into the hushed expanse of the Great Court. Even the chime of a teacup at Fortnum & Mason, a lone bench in St. James’s Park, or the worn wood of a pub in Hampstead, each of these holds something of the throw’s spirit. They’re not meant to be seen. They’re meant to be felt. To extend the murmur Some pieces speak quietly but they reach deep. The London Edition throw blanket, like a true high-end throw inspired by London, reflects a way of being: rooted, composed, and quietly bold. Think of it as a London moodboard for home: iron greys, architectural rhythm, textile softness. Discover what makes the difference, when textile becomes a language.

There are cities where one arrives. And there are cities where one returns. Rome is neither a beginning nor an end. It exists beside time. It does not unfold, it accumulates. With each visit, it offers a slightly altered version of itself, not because the city has changed, but because we have. To walk in Rome is not to follow a path, but to inhabit a palimpsest. Every street is a margin note. Every piazza a dialogue between centuries. The sound of heels on cobblestones, the hush of light filtered through pine trees, the slow, deliberate drift of morning through shuttered windows, all of it feels unhurried, suspended A City of Stillness in Movement Despite its motorini and its voices, Rome retains something meditative. Not inert. Not frozen. But composed. As if each moment is framed by something older than memory. You turn a corner, and suddenly the past confronts you, not as nostalgia, but as architecture. Columns without roofs. Paintings without names. Fountains still laughing. It is a place where contradiction cohabits: grandeur and modesty, spectacle and silence, the sacred and the mundane. The design of our Rome Edition luxury throw did not begin with a moodboard. It began with a pause. With the space before speaking. We remembered the colours seen from above the Gianicolo at dusk: stone warmed to sienna, rooftops brushed with gold, ivy climbing over ancient plaster. The tones are not descriptive. They are atmospheric. The Weight of Light, the Whisper of Material There is a sensuality to Roman texture. Not the polished kind, but the kind that reveals itself only when touched slowly. The faded velvets of a theatre seat, the worn curve of a marble step, the cool linen of a curtain swaying in a private chapel. These sensations informed our palette, our weight, our weave. In Rome, material is memory. Even water has texture here. From the slap of the Tiber against its banks to the trickle of a hidden fountain in Trastevere, it is not decorative. It speaks. It remains. We tried to listen. Not just to what Rome shows, but to what it withholds. Personal Fragment: Before the City Woke I remember a morning when we were allowed into the Vatican before dawn. No one. No echoes yet. Just the faint hum of anticipation. We crossed the courtyard of the Belvedere under a still sky and stepped into the long passage toward the Sistine Chapel. A corridor of 120 metres. One by one, the lights came on. First darkness. Then colour. Then silence again, somehow deeper. I recall the way the air changed, how the light made the dust feel sacred. Not awe in the theatrical sense, but in the private way something beautiful disarms you. As if you were suddenly in dialogue with time itself. It wasn’t about majesty. It was about presence. Why Rome Resonates Differently Rome doesn’t speak to the same part of us as New York or Tokyo. It doesn’t pulse. It leans. Its beauty doesn’t perform. It waits. The grandeur of the Forum is not in its size, but in its patience. The Pantheon doesn’t ask to be admired. It simply opens. And in that stillness, something happens. We understand, perhaps unconsciously, that refinement lies not in adding, but in preserving. Not in shouting, but in allowing room for quiet. Design That Holds Rather Than Explains Le Plaid des Villes inspired by Rome does not attempt to tell Rome’s story. That would be futile. It suggests an atmosphere. A feeling. The faded blush of stucco at noon. The weight of air before a summer storm. The dryness of a sun-warmed stone wall. It was important that our piece feel neither ancient nor modern. But continuous. As Rome is. We worked with restraint. With tact. With time. A weave that remembers more than it says. For us, this is the only way to honour a city like this, not to recreate, but to accompany. Rome, too, does not try to convince. To Those Who Know This Rome-inspired luxury throw is not meant to be understood instantly. It is for the one who has walked Rome not with a map, but with instinct. Who knows the difference between ruins and remnants. Who has tasted carciofi not for their flavour, but for the slowness they required. Who has felt the sweetness of time passing, and of things not changing. Rome is not a city for the hurried. Nor is this throw for those who rush. A Quiet Object of Place As with all our Editions, the Rome Edition throw is a refined textile memory. Not of monuments, but of moments. Not a souvenir, but a fragment of sensation. It folds not only fabric, but temperature, mood, and silence. Rome gave us its textures through gestures, not declarations. So we give this piece not as a statement, but as a presence. There are cities you visit. And there are cities you carry.

Venice is more than a destination. It is a sensation, of light on stone, of silence over water, of craftsmanship suspended in time. When imagining this edition of Le Plaid des Villes, we didn’t aim to portray the city but to evoke its atmosphere. This blog traces that inspiration: the colours, textures, and impressions that linger long after the journey ends. A throw blanket inspired by Venice, not as an object, but as an experience. Venice, Whispered into Fabric Venice doesn’t proclaim. Even at carnival, draped in velvet and gold, it murmurs. Built on water and silence, it suggests more than it shows. You do not enter Venice, you tune into it. At Viñas Genève, we believe in discretion, in nuance, in textiles that speak in low tones. Venice gave us a language we already knew. This edition of Le Plaid des Villes is not a souvenir. It is a pause. A way of holding a city's hush in your hands. A Venice-inspired textile for those who understand atmosphere over display. The Beauty That Lingers Nothing in Venice is frontal. It turns. It leans. It peels. Beauty is layered, worn, and never quite complete. Walls flake in dusty ochres and washed browns. Grey hovers like morning haze. The colours feel lived-in, not applied. Light is everything. It does not impose; it grazes. Morning glows gold on stone. Afternoon stretches into silver. Evening softens everything. The palette we chose for this luxury interior throw reflects this quiet poetry, a soft harmony of beige, brown, and grey. Venice teaches us to look slowly. It appears gradually in a quiet courtyard, in the angle of a column, in a colour you didn’t expect. It waits. Echoes and Silence Venice isn’t silent. But the sounds are sparse and measured. A wooden oar dipping into the lagoon. Church bells muted by mist. A spoon swirling in porcelain. A pigeon rising from a step. One of my strongest memories is in Piazza San Marco. The organ began to play. The pigeons rose, tracing spirals above the domes. The moment was brief. The sensation, lasting. It was silence framed by sound : a gesture, not a spectacle. We sought to capture this stillness in Le Plaid des Villes. Venice isn’t silent. It simply gives silence more space. The Hands of the City In Murano, I once watched a man shape molten glass. No words, just concentration, rhythm, and breath. The fire, the gesture, the waiting. It reminded me of weaving. Of the way a hand can hold knowledge. At Viñas Genève, the hand guides the work. Our Venice-inspired textile is not a technical object. It is a woven reflection of place, light, and restraint. A slow, deliberate creation made for interiors where softness matters. What draws us to Venice is not what it shows, but what it shares. The way it trusts the hand. The way it leaves room for imperfection. The Colour of Memory We didn’t want to mimic Venice. We wanted to remember it. Soft greys like early fog. Warm beige like plaster faded by sun. Brown like salt-worn wood. These are not colours of display. These are Venetian tones in home decor, grounded, quiet, and true. This edition of Le Plaid des Villes is our way of allowing this memory to continue, gently. A soft throw for interior design, created not for the eye alone, but for the hand. Venice as Gesture, Not Imitation This throw blanket inspired by Venice does not replicate the city. It gestures toward it. With softness. With discretion. It folds light, silence, and structure into one presence. Like the city itself, it suggests more than it shows. A luxury interior throw that feels lived-in from the start. A Place You Carry Objects retain atmosphere. Le Plaid des Villes doesn’t tell you about Venice. It brings you back to a feeling, even if you’ve never been. It belongs with you, quietly. A soft throw for interior design that holds a city in its folds. Some cities cling to you like noise. Venice disappears into you like breath. To Those Who Know We don’t design to impress. We design to accompany. The Venice Edition is for those who know that beauty is rarely obvious. That presence is never loud. It’s for the quiet collector. For the observer. For those who listen. A Venice-inspired textile, not for show, but for continuity. If you’d like to explore how places can become textures, and how a city’s silence can live in a textile, step into the story behind Le Plaid des Villes   here .

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