Kaffe Fassett Talks About His Beginnings and Nepenthe

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Kaffe Fassett talks about his early beginnings when he left home for England and some "finishing." The video celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur, CA which Kaffe's family has owned and operated since it opened in 1949. The history of the Nepenthe is quite interesting with ties to Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, but if you want to learn about Kaffe, he starts talking about his early creative life around 18:16, where he discusses knitting, needlepoint, and Vogue magazine.

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#9 LilyBee 2017-04-02 22:57

Enjoyed the video of Nepenthe and family in the life of Kaffe Fassett. What an interesting and fascinating journey he shared. For those interested in the restaurant, here is the website: http://www.nepenthebigsur.com/
You can also look it up on Facebook. The latest photo by a diner was posted on Jan. 2017, so it's probably open by now.

#8 Pat Pfeifle 2017-04-02 17:42

This was a wonderful video. I found Kaffe's part in this quite fascinating. Thank you for sharing this entire story.

#7 cyncrull 2017-04-02 16:16

Wonderful! I first became aware of Kaffe when I was a weaver and his gorgeous color craze hit. The idea that you should never be afraid to put any colors together was so eyeopening to so many of us in the 80's. Enjoy this whole look back.

#6 SueBuck 2017-04-02 15:08

Great video. Loved it all. Kaffe is such an interesting man...and so very talented. Thanks!

#5 Tinilou 2017-04-02 13:52

Being a child of the 60's I watched the whole video. I am also a great fan of Kaffe Fassett's, he is such a talented person. Thank you for airing the video.

#4 Sally Morris 2017-04-02 11:40

Thank you for this fascinating video. 55 years ago next week my husband and I were at Nepenthe for lunch during our honeymoon to Monterey and Carmel. I wonder what the closure of HI 1 (for slide) has done to them.

#3 Ruth 2017-04-02 11:38

Fascinating! Thank you!

#2 cbraswell 2017-04-02 09:23

A fascinating video. What a great place to grow up! I loved hearing his comments at the end about creating.
Thank you for making this available.

#1 donnamc 2017-04-02 07:05

I wanted to hear Kaffe's interview and found it by jumping ahead to 18:15. What an amazing life story.

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