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Inspiration
We did two shows so close together I didn’t even have time to mention the wonderful American Craft Exposition at the Chicago Botanical Garden…..thank you all who organized and attended the event, it was wonderful.
I did get a chance before heading off to our next two shows to attend the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institutes show,
“Heavenly Bodies”,
in two locations….at the Met as well as The Cloisters uptown.
Beautiful couture, inspired by beliefs larger than life. Ending soon.
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Going to the Hamptons!
We are bringing our collection to the renowned end of summer event in Bridgehampton, NY, The Hampton Classic, opening one week from today.
“As one of the largest outdoor horse shows in the United States, and a premier destination for horse people, the Classic is a much-anticipated stop on the summer tour. Now well into its third successful decade, The Hampton Classic Horse Show is in a class all its own, both in the minds of spectators and horse people alike.”
It’s a beautiful event to watch magnificent riders and horses compete, stroll the beautiful, grounds, shop the Boutique Garden, and just people watching……..we will be in our usual spot by the red umbrella. See you there!
August 26-September 2
Napa and suede Merino Shearling Jacket with one of a kind stitching and lambskin trim
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Fashion Inspiration/Part 2
We do tons of special sizing in our studio, and recently upgraded our mannequin collection to reflect current shapes and sizes of the female figure, as the way we push and pull our selves, and our diets and exercise regimes, change over time.
So it was interesting to see this show at FIT
The Body: Fashion and Physique
Pretty interesting……corsets for pregnant women? And their daughters? A corset that closed in the front liberated women?
Bustles? Rubber girdles? (I do remember the smell of rubber emanating from my mothers underwear drawer as a young girl!) Marilyn’s buttocks jiggling? Gasp!
My pics of mostly the fascinating underwear!
On thru May 5th
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Fashion Inspiration/Part 1
Items: Is Fashion Modern?
This show wasn’t really making me rush over to Moma for some reason, but I did
catch it a few weeks ago and found it more interesting than I thought. It’s really about
us, and the wearable things that have become staples in our lives, or have had cultural impact. Here’s a snippet of images…….hurry up, it closes tomorrow!
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Shop Local NYC Metro Area
Excited to be back in the NYC metro area with our collection!
Just about 30 miles north of Midtown Manhattan
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Limited Edition and One of a Kind
Merino Shearling
Coats, Capes, Ponchos, Accessories
All Shearling, All the Time!
Handmade on Long Island
model Marta @moveinstylemis on instagram
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Irving Penn
More inspiration, almost too much to handle, from our trip to the Met earlier this month. I know I know. I’m in a museum, taking photographs of photographs. But these images conjured up so many memories for me, I wanted to take them with me, my particular memories of the photographs of Irving Penn.
As a girl, I started receiving subscriptions to Vogue at a very young age, and it was my bible. It came into my room and brought me to a fantasy land of fashion, of where I wanted to be. It was my visual sanctuary.
My mother made all of my clothes when I was growing up, and after each issue arrived, it was followed by a trip to the fabric mills, to collaborate on trying to recreate the illusion of what I saw. All my aunts were in on it in their own ways. So many of these Irving Penn images from the 50’s and 60’s remind me of my mother and aunts.
Here’s a sneak peak. Show closes July 30.
And we got to play a bit. They had Penn’s backdrop set up that he used in his studio, so as my “photographer” was with me, I got to particpate.
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Electric City Couture
We had such an amazing experience this weekend working with Corey Aldrich at the Electric City Couture runway show and Pop Up event in Saratoga Springs, NY
A fundraiser for Universal Preservation Hall, a Performing Arts Education and Entertainment venue for Saratoga Springs, NY. The restoration of the Saratoga Springs Universal Preservation Hall has been a true community project. The sponsors and attendees came out in full force, we had such a great time meeting and working with all of you. We surely left a piece of our hearts in your community, and hope to be back soon!
Thank-You!
Here are some snaps of our trip, preparing for show, fitting some of the models, our pop up shop, time out with local artist friends, including visiting Textile Studio….it was a whirlwind of a weekend!
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New York City!
In just 11 days we will bring our collection to New York!
Save the dates!
Dec 5th 5-8
Dec 6th 10-6 Dec 7th 11-5
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Thank You Philadelphia, Onward to New York
We had a great show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Pleased once again this year that our work appealed to women in their twenties thru their eighties, who want to be stylish as well as warm, makes us feel like we are staying current as well as classic. Thank-you all who purchased, and with this fall freeze I am sure you are happy. If you had your eye on a piece, it may not be too late so give me a call 212.475.8324 or email me!
So many interesting people come to the show as well. Here is Valerie of Idiosyncratic Fashionistas trying on one of our shearling head pieces!
Next up for us is a new show to our schedule, in NEW YORK CITY!
A fundraiser for the historic Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Dec 5th, 6th, and 7th.
Also catch the exhibit of the Phoenix by Xu Bing, on view thru the end of the year.
We are really excited for this one…….Stay tuned for more info!
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Sourcing
I spent the day yesterday wandering around the garment center, doing what they call “sourcing”. Looking for components of what we do, parts, fabrics, usually invisible or barely visible aspects of a finished piece. It can be exhausting and a time consuming, but when you find the right thing, its pretty great.
I create my own “catalog” with my iphone, and bring the new ideas, or new sources, back to the studio.
If a project is on “the front burner”, I text the image to Toshiki, we discuss it, and it goes in the bag that day.
Here is some of what I looked at yesterday.
If you have seen our work, you have seen the hand tied frog buttons we make. We cover this type of cording with lambskin strips, which have been skived thinly, stitch the edge to make a long leather “rope” which is then tied into a frog, picture detail of frogs on black shearling coat.
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