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LottyB silk Kaftans, dresses, sarongs and scarves hand painted on the Island of Mustique by Lotty Bunbury

Lotty Bunbury has been painting silk sarongs since first arriving on the tropical island of Mustique.  What started out as a short break in the Caribbean with her husband Michael

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Bunbury the sole Doctor on the island, has turned into a home for them both and their four children.

Educated at St. Mary’s Convent in Dorset, and then at Chelsea Art College in London, Lotty spent her childhood traveling the world with her parents and nine brothers and sisters.  The ethnic influences of Africa and the Far East, and especially the colours and nature of Mustique have all played a part in her many and varied designs.

LOTTY    AT WORK

MUSTIQUE SCENES

OLD FAVOURITES

SUPPORT ORPHANS

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Each sarong is hand painted by Lotty at her home on the island of Mustique, before being sent away for production.  For the first few years every sarong was an original, but due to increasing demand, Lotty went into print in 2002, and has since expanded the collection to include kaftans and resort wear.  Famous for beautiful craftmanship, presentation and attention to detail, “Lotty B” defines the casual, elegant chic style that is Mustique.

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A scarf commissioned by The Sandy Lane Hotel, Barbados.

From sketches and templates to hand painted silk, to the printed end result on charmeuse silk, hand hemmed and modeled on Lansecoy Bay.
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Painting “Papaya Leaves” part of the 2005 collection.  Also showing sketching and and finished result made into Lotty’s own design of kimono.

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Pomagranate and bird design sketches before the silk painting begins.
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Hand painted and printed Salamander Sarong.
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A short video of a new design in production. The colors are painted on at the same time to blend into each other to produce complementary hues.

This design will be available in December 2009

A design from a few years back that was called “feathers”

This video shows the painting directly onto silk