REVIEW Nirvana Marley
Deep midnight navy is contrasted with a mustard gold to create a simple but striking colourway. The petal and leaf illustrations have an organic feel - delicate but at the same time defined in their design. It’s a style that can take you through every season - teaming with tonal winter woollies as I’ve done here, or it can look enlivened against a white cotton summer t shirt. It’s all cotton, weighing in at 300g/ms and is soft immediately after the first wash. Nirvana has a flat design - when you run your fingers across it you can just make out the leaves and petals, but the surface feels fluffy. Despite the flatness, the fluffy cotton surface provides a nice level of grip, allowing slip knots and carries to stay put. The wrapping experience is fuss-free and easy to work with but with a feeling of absolute luxury. It moulds beautifully from knee to knee to give a good seat and passes can be created without breaking into a sweat giving you a broad repertoire of carries. When I was wrapping out and about however, I did rely on car windows as I couldn’t quite connect with the natural instinct to feel if a pass had stretched nicely across the back. Perhaps it’s because I expected more stretch? Don’t get me wrong, there is stretch - enough to provide comfortable bounce and any tension I did lose from fumbling about is easy to put back in as the fabric folds and concertinas beautifully. In fact these pictures were taken after a good two hours walk and she felt as secure as when we had set off. It was only towards the end of our trip, I placed a hand under her bum to provide extra support.
The truth of the matter is, I’m nit-picking, trying to give you the pros and cons when actually I’m pretty giddy-eyed and fuzzy headed over Marley. It ticks so many boxes - easy care, fuss-free wrapping and the famous Lawilde cotton cush and luxurious finish. I wrapped my 6 year old in it for fun and considering I am nearly 5 months pregnant, she felt superbly comfy, yet I can see this as a lovely option for when the squish arrives. I don’t want to gush - I want to be objective and a good reviewer, but really I just want to have a hilltop Julie Andrews moment over this one. So I’ll just say it as I see it - this is Lawilde at it’s best - style and luxury at the forefront but comfort, ease and carrying close at it’s heart.
