The Sketch Book

pleats please

I'm looking forward to wearing accordion pleats this spring. (ahhh I just had to read that sentence and laugh at myself a little bit. fashion blogging really is so ridiculous, isn't it?) Anyway,...

Happy February

Time to change the calendar! This month's illustration is inspired by a beautiful cashmere look by Michael Koors and of course by my love of artfully arranged bookshelves. Or, rather I should say...

Valenciennes

This new card is available today! It is a flat correspondence card and is perfect (in my opinion) for Valentines Day. Interesting Fact: I named it Valenciennes after a classical pattern of lace ...

mid winter LWD

It's freezing in new york and we are lost somewhere in the middle of January. This means the end of chic for me. Winter has been here for weeks and appears to be here for the rest of eternity. I ...

snapshot

Hello! Just a little snapshot of details to brighten this blustery Friday. I love how fashion photographers are zooming in on delicate real life moments of fashion feng shui so I figured I should...

always room for one more

bangles, to know them is to love them. they're so outgoing, always ready to be stacked with new friends. totally willing to mix and match. do i sound a little creepy? but really, thank you to th...

earmuffs

so i've been dragging my feet about posting all week (all year). forgive my absence. i was thinking "the first post of 2012" had to be something monumental. and nothing monumental has happened re...

Happy January

2012 is here! Time to crack open the calendar! I wanted to start the new year with a toast to the designer that taught me so much about the magic of a New York fashion house. So the first illust...

merry christmas

I hope its a weekend filled with love, peace, and merriment for everyone! Here's to one more week of a beautiful year!

headed home for the holidays

Wouldn't this be a chic travel outfit to head home for the weekend? I'm off to take a train home for Christmas and I'm a little perplexed about how you all do this whole commuting home for the h...