This is an accepted version of this page Catherine Isabel Audrey Kidston MBE (born 6 November 1958)[1] is an English fashion designer, businesswoman and author whose company, Cath Kidston Limited sold home furnishings and related goods online, through franchises and by mail order.
Nancy is also Samantha Cameron's paternal grandmother, making them half first cousins.
Kidston opened her first shop in London's Holland Park in 1993,[2] selling hand-embroidered tea-towels.
[8] Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme, Kidston described her shops as provoking a 'Marmite reaction': "People either love it and want a little bit of it very much, or want to stab us.
[10] Kidston has worked with Millets to design tents (2005–6),[2] Nokia/ Carphone Warehouse mobile phones (2006),[2] and Roberts radios (2005 onwards).