Category Archives: Inspiration

Gifts Guide 2012 – For Your Mom Who Likes Board Games and Paris

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

As we get closer to the Giving Season it sometimes gets harder to figure out what to get people, all the ideas that I had back in the summer seem to fly out the window or not be in season … Continue reading →

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Valentino Costumes for the New York City Ballet

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Yesterday I posted about how fashion can inspire costume design. It seems that the reverse can be true as well. Valentino has been working with the New York City Ballet on some new designs for their Fall Gala (Which takes … Continue reading →

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Inspiration – Spring 2013 Fashion Week

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Fashion week just wrapped up here in NYC where we had drones of designers, celebrities, industry bigwigs and fashionistas descend to immerse themselves in the runway scene. While I do generally try to stay out of the hullabaloo, this year … Continue reading →

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The Reason I Create

Posted on March 2, 2012 by
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1930’s Costumes and the New York Public Library

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

This past week I have been working on two new design projects. The first is a set design for a play called HA! (I will be posting on that later in the week), the second is a costume design for … Continue reading →

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In The Works – Stina & Matt’s Wedding

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

As a designer I often get asked to help friends plan events. Two of my close friends are getting married this summer and I have been working with them to plan the wedding and wedding decor. It has been lots … Continue reading →

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Words to Live By

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

In the life of every designer comes doubts, moments of quiet when the artist inside us wonders ‘could it have been better?’ or ‘what if I had done this instead?’.  Sometimes we even wonder if it wouldn’t be better to … Continue reading →

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An Exercise In Color – Sanna Dullaway

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

A few days ago, Designboom ran an article on Swedish Artist Sanna Dullaway. Sanna works as a restoration artist and more recently with old historic photos that she recolors using shades in Photoshop that would have been popular during the … Continue reading →

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I’m On Pinterest

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

This last week I succumbed. To Pinterest. I had been trying to avoid sharing sites like it because normally I find my visual research to be fairly personal, but now that I am helping out on my 5th wedding in … Continue reading →

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Urban Umbrellas

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

A super cool public art/ architecture project is coming to downtown NYC. Mayor Bloomberg and the Alliance for Downtown New York (my Neighborhood!) announced that the first Urban Umbrella has been unveiled at 100 Broadway. The Umbrellas won the 2010 … Continue reading →

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