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Velvet, Designed for the Day to Day
Velvet has a reputation for being precious: beautiful to look at, but trickier to live with. Heatherton, new from Harlequin for AW26, is designed to change this.
A sumptuous performance velvet with a softly brushed, mohair-like texture, Heatherton brings depth, warmth and a subtle, light-catching quality to a room, without asking for special treatment in return. It’s finished with a stain-repellent performance treatment, making it a practical choice for sofas, armchairs, headboards and curtains alike, as at home in a busy family living room as it is in a hotel lobby or restaurant booth.
That durability is what opens up where and how it can be used. Suitable for both upholstery and drapery, and suited to contract and residential interiors alike, Heatherton works equally well as a statement sofa fabric, a tactile curtain in a bedroom, or a hardwearing choice for high-traffic hospitality settings. Available in a bold, versatile palette drawn from the wider Harlequin portfolio, it’s easy to pair with existing patterns and colourways, whether you’re layering it against something graphic or letting it anchor a room on its own.
For anyone specifying velvet for spaces that need to look good and hold up to daily life, Heatherton offers a rare combination: the tactility of a luxury fabric with the practicality of a performance one.