Slow Jellyfishes in NYC’s Blue Sea
9.30.2014 New York City (some of my) 1 Million LOVE Smiles Yesterday: Morning: A fruit vendor passes a free apple to a very old man; I discover a small shop door leading to a big screen of the biggest...
View ArticleWhen it Rains it Flowers
October 2.2014 Hi LOVE! LOVE my innie work from home RAINY DAY NYC ~ Casual Fridays indeed! ~ Voila! PJ’s to PJ’s ~ ~ a call from Paris b4 tucking in~ catch ups with my new mama/Elle editoress/brand...
View ArticleSaturday Swells, Big Dippers
October 4, 2014 “a dragonfly laying in coat of snow” (((((( Nico poetry ))))) Rainy Saturday morning swells water imagery/delicate emotions this week. Best picture above of my favorite Francofile,...
View ArticleMy Orange Crushes: NYC’s Throwing Down Rituals of Fall
NYC Fall 2014. At every autumn, orange sunset in Manhattan, Central Park trees float their last yellowy orange leaves down, and a leafy shag carpet begins to rise, ready for tomorrow’s millions of feet...
View ArticleWinter Transformed. Trend #1 STAR LOVE
Wintry mix in #NYC this week…we are finding our own mix + warmth as usual in fluff from flashy awards + fashion shows, and snarky media, to nature and the esoteric. We’ve spotted 9 trends, c’mon...
View ArticleWinter Transformed. Trend #2 QUILTS
#2 crazy, sexy quilts of prophetesses, everywhere! Wintry mix in #NYC this week…we are finding our own mix + warmth as usual in fluff from flashy awards + fashion shows, and snarky media, to nature...
View ArticleWinter Transformed. Trend #3 SELF-MADE
Wintry mix in #NYC this week…we are finding our own mix + warmth as usual in fluff from flashy awards + fashion shows, and snarky media, to nature and the esoteric. We’ve spotted 9 trends, c’mon...
View ArticleWinter Transformed. Trend #4 ELDERS.
As the wintry, snowy mix in #NYC this week ebbs…we found our own mix + warmth as usual in fluff from flashy awards + fashion shows, and snarky media to nature and the esoteric. We’ve spotted 9...
View ArticleSIEVE US, O Spring!
one wednesday, after all the animals and people creatures trekked through the snow, they left only their tracks as portals. snow melted into the earth, new peep-holes for flowers. In this auspicious...
View Article9 futurist muses: the handmaidens of design
Wave hello to the futurists! Peeking and pecking at new worlds sprouting up this past spring, we happily feather-rubbed with the masses, descending upon all the future-peeping creatives as they...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends, + Pioneers: Iris Apfel
Destiny om’d. Time actually does come to a full stop when truth drops. When Little Marvin, my good friend, and friend of Iris Apfel, the style icon, suggested that I illustrate Iris as his gift to...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends, + Pioneers: Serena Williams
Serve This! Tennis speak has some lovely words like Love and Serve. When a powerful and beautiful woman, like Serena Williams masters the sport, much more is served than lobbed tennis balls across...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends, + Pioneers: Caitlyn Jenner,...
3 for the Front Row. The Lion Queens. Meeeow! All hail the Queens I would love in the front row for my New York Fashion Week show! Caitlyn Jenner, Anna Wintour, and Beyonce make a nice trio of Kittens...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends, + Pioneers: Daphne Guinness
The Glamorous Mariner Number 3 in my illustration series of magical people. London Fashion Week opens. Who personifies London fashion? There’s just one answer. Daphne Guinness. Royalty. Singular...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends + Pioneers: Franca Sozzani
Love affairs with Italy are like living in a sensory masterpiece. If you’ve never rode a Vespa in the Tuscan hills in a haze of fireflies; breathed in Lake Como’s cool, magical, early am mist; savored...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends + Pioneers: Karl Lagerfeld
“J’adore ma Choupette, mais when she turns tail…it tears me apart! Everytime.” Karl (note the tiny man in black above!) This is the story of how this portrait of Karl and Choupette was inspired by the...
View ArticleMagical BEINGS: Portraits of Artists, Friends + Pioneers: Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz is a fashion designer who transformed the designs of Lanvin, the legendary and oldest Paris couture maison, into a modern signature of playfulness, bravery, and a new, bold expression of...
View Article9 Smart, Slow Luxury Connects for Spring
The long NOW of winter has disappeared. The last shadowy, emotional eclipse, the tiniest soft breeze, an urge tickled over exposed skin, or white snowdrops popping through the earth is all it takes...
View ArticleCacti Clearly Tell You, They Hurt.
NOVEMBER 2016 Pocahontas, an American princess above + below, an American Saguaro cacti holding Immortal Beloved perfume. WAIT…THE ONLY NEWS IN NOVEMBER WAS THE ELECTION! WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO...
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