Coco de Paris
Coco de Paris, a mixed media designer, paints charming and humorous creatures on...
Element Eden + Amy Purdy
Element Eden‘s consistent mission to inspire young women is one of the...
The Greenbrier
Later this summer a dear friend of mine is getting married at the historical Greenbrier, a landmark hotel I’ve been dying to visit since . . . well, since she got engaged. Nestled in the…
Alice Cicolini
Inspired by the sacred architecture and patterns found along the Silk Road, spanning from Northern China to Turkey, Alice Cicolini incorporates the ancient shapes, rich colors, and traditional motifs into her jewelry collection. Her use of rare…
DIY Elbow Patch
While perusing Pinterest one evening, I came across an intriguing tutorial on the wonderful art of needle felting. I had to learn more – especially after realizing it entailed repeatedly stabbing a needle up and…
Prickly Chairs
Mexican designer Valentina Gonzalez Wohlers has cleverly and humorously transformed the classic French Louis XV oval chair into the shape of a Nopal cactus. Add multicolored Otomi upholstery and I officially need at least one in my…
April May Spring 2012
We’re loving April May‘s follow up to their fall collection, which coincided with the French label’s US debut. Designer Diane Goldstein Sitbon‘s inspiration comes from her travels. “My woman has moved from Paris to Santa Fe and…
África Magnífica
I love and appreciate Nick Brandt’s photography even more after learning more about his foundation Big Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving Africa’s wildlife and ecosystems. Since its inception in September 2010, Big Life has hired over…
Cecilia Camouflaged
With the help her assistants, make-up and body paint, Peruvian artist Ceclia Paredes...
Giambattista Valli Spring Couture 2012
Giambattista Valli‘s haute couture collection has been described as pure fairytale. I...
Reconstructed Works
Pep Ventosa‘s style of deconstructing and reconstructing photographic images to create new mosaic-like works is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. His process involves taking as many as 101 photographs of a single subject and then…
Mara Hoffman Swim 2012
Mara Hoffman‘s 2012 swimwear lookbook can only be described as: radical to...