DESIGNER Dame Zandra Rhodes made a splash when she arrived in Glasgow to launch her latest range of bed linens.

The queen of colour was at the Sterling Furniture store in London Road to meet fans and talk about her ideas and inspiration for the three collections.

Vader features a splash-painted design on white, with a dot painted reverse in a dazzling colour spectrum; Milo has a brightly painted trailing floral with ombre stripe reverse in a harmonizing colour palette.

And Juno is a brightly painted contemporary design to cheer up the dullest day with a co-ordinating reverse of small-scale painted florals on a crisp white background.

She said: "I live with bright colours all the year round, I think they cheer you up.

"I trained as a textiles designer and the thing that is so wonderful about textiles is you can recreate your room just by what you put on the bed, and for relatively little expense.

"I think you can create a mood or it can just be to greet a house guest. It is not something set in stone, but it is a way to recreate your room in a rather wonderful way."

Dame Zandra says she loves the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and enjoyed a visit to the Burrell Collection in Pollok Park on a previous trip to the city.

She added: "Charles Rennie Mackintosh influenced the whole world."

With offices in California and London and a passion for travel, Dame Zandra says she never goes anywhere without her sketch book.

"It could be going to Holland and seeing a field full of tulips," she said. "And I love going to India."

The stalwart of the fashion world has notched up more than 50 years in the industry.

angela.mcmanus@ eveningtimes.co.uk