‘RUTH CROSS’ is the company name used by Ruth Bridgeman who started RUTH CROSS in 2004. The name Ruth CROSS was chosen in homage to her grandmother and acknowledgement that the company is a group effort not just involving Ruth herself.
To Date… (For press please see ‘press’ section) November 2007:Exhibiting at the Black Swan Gallery as part of their ‘Home’ show.
November 2007: Country Living Christmas exhibition.
September 2007- October 2007:Exhibiting Spring summer 2008 in Paris (ATMOSPHERE) and New York (DESIGNERS AND AGENTS)
June 2007: Launch of new website with online shopping section to promote other designers and sell one-off pieces to a wider market.
June 2007: PULSE exhibition at Earl’s Court London: RUTH CROSS was picked by International textile magazine SELVEDGE to exhibit in their endorsed area.
May 2007: Work Commissioned by acclaimed stylist Jane Howe to appear in ANOTHER MAGAZINE later this year.
April 2007: Collaboration with TN_29 shoe designer for Spring Summer 2008.
February- March 2007: Exhibiting the Autumn Winter 2007-2008 collection in Paris (ATMOSPHERE), New York (DESIGNERS AND AGENTS) and London (CLERKENWELL DRESSED).
January 2007: Patterns commissioned by ‘LOOP’- London knit boutique for their forthcoming book ‘Pretty Knits’.
October 2006: Paris and London exhibitions for Summer 2007 collection.
February 2006: Paris and London exhibitions for Winter 2006-2007 collection.
September 2005: LONDON DESIGN WEEK interior installation and exhibition at TN_29 Marylebone Lane, London.
February 2005: Launch of first collection during London Fashion week at Le Salon; first international sales.
November 2004: First sales as RUTH CROSS.
June 2004: Ruth Bridgeman graduates from the University of Brighton with a degree in Fashion Textile Design with Business Studies. Duing this time she gained experience working for cashmere knit company TSE in New York, a textile trend and design studio in Como, Italy and Paul Harnden Shoemakers in the UK, all of whom she considers vital to her inspiration and decision to start RUTH CROSS.
March 1981: Born in Suffolk UK, then moved around before settling in the New Forest, Hampshire where she grew up and has now returned to. Ruth has now set up her unusual studio in a converted farm building - please call for appointments.
