The Scarlet Carson is a general store for people who want to make informed decisions for their way of living. The name is inspired by a fictional rose in the graphic novel V for Vendetta.
The character Ruth grows them for her partner (Valerie) and V during his imprisonment in the Larkhill Resettlement Camp.
Throughout the graphic novel, V commemorates his enemies’ deaths by placing roses on their dead bodies. It’s implied that V got the idea to plant roses on each of his victims after reading Valerie’s letter, in which she notes that the Norsefire government destroyed her happiness and “took away the roses.”
Thus, V’s roses pay homage to Valerie’s memory: he’s “bringing back” roses. Of course, V’s roses are symbols of death and brutality, not happiness, as they were for Valerie. And yet V sees his roses as symbols of kindness, as well as violence. He grows the roses in a private garden in his home, tending them as carefully as if they were his own children. This tells us something about V’s acts of terrorism.
Like gardening, killing is a form of “creative destruction” for V: taking others’ lives but also doing so in order to bring peace and justice to England.
In that ethos, The Scarlet Carson offers products that are personally curated and visually pleasing, with quality that will stand the test of time.
Some pieces are truly unique and not to be found elsewhere, whereas other products are tried and true classic items that we cannot live without. The Scarlet Carson’s selection, like the rose, is one of a kind and will be ever-changing.
The items in this store are curated by me, Brian Felix.