Normally my One to Watch segments focus on new designers, but I thought this title fitting for an up and coming photographer, Valeria Castillo. We shared a tiny NYU dorm with a few other crazies one very hot and sticky summer, what seems like a...
Lines and angles have been on my inspiration radar the past few months. I love the idea of folding fabric like paper, in a less contrived form of origami, an organic mix of draping and folding. If you have ever draped a garment, you know...
With all the Halloween parties this weekend, hopefully you already have your costume together. But if you don’t, here is an easy idea for a mummy. Always shying away from dead/scary/bloody costumes this time of year, I would opt for being dead in this somewhat...
Stumbling upon these backstage photos from the Maison Martin Margiela Spring 2013 show made my day! No matter how many photos are online of a collection, the backstage images are always the most inspiring to me. You can see up close construction details of the...
I was just invited to the Hamptons for the weekend and have to throw together a Halloween costume for Saturday night. I always look in my closet before buying any sort of costume because chances are, I can put something together! I always look to...
Laid back chic is one of my favorite looks, but hard to pull off. In this editorial from Rika Magazine’s Issue 7, the oversized turtlenecks, wide leg pants and comfy sweaters make up the perfect mix....
If this isn’t the chicest nod to menswear, then I don’t know what is! Vogue Paris features clothes that sit perfectly away from the body, exuding a menswear vibe while keeping a feminine edge for their September 2012 issue. I especially love the stark background.,...
Tara Donovan is a Brooklyn, New York based artist who takes the mundane everyday object and turns it into ethereal sculpture. Tara’s sculptures take on an organic form, which is ironic because most of her work is born from synthetic materials. The levels of depth...
As a designer who’s dating a graphic artist, I appreciate creative couples and their dynamic. I love learning about designers whose other halves are in a different but inspiring creative field. Maria Cornejo is one of my favorite designers because of her ...
The 1990’s don’t seem that far off, but believe it or not, the days of platform shoes, baggy pants and flannels was more than a decade ago. The nineties are back already and I want you to be more chicly prepared! I recently fell in...