Favorite look of the day

Marni fall 07

Manish Arora

The latest issue of Selvedge magazine spotlighted Indian designers and in particular Manish Arora. I had a lot of fun looking through his various collections. He has so much fun with color and pattern. There is a huge part of me that loves bright colors and patterns yet when it comes to dressing on a day-to-day basis I like a lot more subdued colors mixed in with a pop of color here and there. This is so much fun though! I think Bjork would be a fan :).

Favorite look of the day

I think I'm going to start posting my "favorite look of the day". Today it's this Balenciaga's look from their fall 07 line. This makes me wish it were fall again and not so humid like it is here in TN :).

Chantelivre

I'm really excited to visit the Parisian children's book store Chantelivre. Here's a little pic of the place. I hope to come home with a lot of great French children's books!

On My Way to Buy Eggs

I check out a lot of children's books from the library and I recently checked out the book On My Way to Buy Eggs. It's a lovely book with beautiful illustrations by Chih-Yuan Chen. I have chosen some of my favorite illustrations to share with you.

The Paper Dress

I've been into paper dresses lately and have designed my own that I really want to create. I originally came up with it for an Ugly Betty contest where thy had viewers enter ideas of what sort of dress could be designed using only things found in the office. I came up with this paper butterfly dress. (I never actually entered it, btw, I missed the deadline). But I want to make this myself. It could be so beautiful and simple. White cut-out butterflies on a white jumper. I've noticed too that dresses made from paper or found objects seem to be all the rage. I really adore this plastic wedding dress from the cover of the latest I.D. magazine. I also enjoyed an article in the latest British Vogue all about craft work in fashion.

Jacadi Paris

I've been doing some pre-Parisian research por mon enfant and thanks to the help of my new French friend Nadja, I have discovered Jacadi Paris (their nurseries to be more precise). I absolutely love how they styled these rooms. I'm a big fan of the use of one color of paint over ornate detailed trim work. Very fun.

looking back...

I've been looking through my old files and came across this painting I did 4 years ago. I'm very sad because I never got a high res scan or photo of the painting before it sold and I have no idea who I sold it to (this was before I was knew what I was doing ;) ). Oh well, it's fun to remember. I still am very inspired by this look. Taking a trip down memory lane has inspired me for future work.

Martha Moth Makes Socks

My good friend Cambria Evans Christensen has a wonderful book out called Martha Moth Makes Socks. I believe it's doing really well and has received great reviews. You should all run out to your local bookstore and snatch up this little gem. Expect more great work from her in the near future.

I will be continuing to highlight my friends and their fabulous work so stayed tuned!

Giselle Potter

Giselle Potter has got to be one of my favorite children's illustrators. Her characters and colors are so charming and her style naive yet sophisticated. I particularly love her book The Year I Didn't Go to School which she both wrote and illustrated. In this book she tells the story of a year from her childhood when her family went to Italy where they all paricipate in her parents traveling theatre and puppet troupe. It sounds like something I've dreamed for my life with my children. I'm sure Atticus, with an actor as a father and an illustrator as a mother will have similar experiences. He's been on an airplane at least 8 times, been to 5+ diff states (the "+" referring to the ones he's driven through on a 3 day road trip), has a passport and will be traveling to Paris in May and Santa Cruz in June...and all this in the first year and 1/2 of his life! He'll either grow to love the arts and travel or to loathe it! Only time will tell :).

Sabyasachi

Ok, but my new favorite fashion designer has got to be, Sabyasachi Mukherjee. He is like an Indian version of Anthropologie. I absolutely adore the mixture of textiles and colors and I love his librarian chic take on today's trends. Very fabulous.