Nathalie Farman-Farma started her own textile company and design studio called Decors Barbares, which is inspiring a renewed interest in romantic and bohemian floral patterns and ethnographically-inspired prints and specialises in fabrics inspired by the decorative history of Iran, Russia, and Central Asia.

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Prior to that, she worked in the publishing industry in New York City for a decade, most notably as an associate editor for The New Yorker magazine and as a cultural producer for the Charlie Rose Show on PBS. She graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s in classics.

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She then received a master’s in history from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris in 1993 and an master’s from Columbia University in classics in 1994. She was working on a doctorate in Ancient Greek novels but decided against academia.

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Decors Barbares designs have a wonderfully detailed feature to them and can be printed on cotton, linen and linen voile.

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