The Sketch Book

daphne: street style in soho

  boots: Joie  |  scarf: Vince   Hello! It is a blustery Fall Friday here in Manhattan. I've had a busy week full of launching my newest and most magnificent product to date, the 2015 Art Cale...

It's November, let's bake pies!

  Happy November! The season of baking is upon us! 

Daphne on the plaza

Last night I went to the ballet. Don't you just love that sentence. It should be followed by an entire coming of age novel set in 1940's era England.  But really, I did go to see ABT perform la...

A Story About Oscar

(illustration property of Shannon Ables, Simply Luxurious Life. Dress design, Oscar de la Renta)   I feel unqualified to write about the loss of Oscar de la Renta, like an unwelcome intruder in...

Meet Daphne

jeans (jbrand) /  shoes(madewell)  /  bag (celine)  /  hat (rag & bone)  / button down (marc jacobs)   I have some grievances to air with you, dear readers. Whyyyy did none ...

#fashionedu

What? What's that you said? I can't hear you over how famous I am.  Yes, that's right. Me and Michelle Obama are best friends. And our other best friend is Lela Rose. Michelle h...

No Pants: A life style, A call to action, A mantra to thrive by

In the 1800's, suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton asked women to take off their petticoats and skirts, don a pair of pantaloons and ponder, "the question is no longer how do you loo...

Welcome to October

Welcome to the tenth month of 2014. A month for quiet afternoons in galleries. The buzz of the summertime city has quieted, the colors have deepened, the light has dimmed. A perfect time to spen...

Away we go

As Summer turns to Fall I am preparing to pack up my bags and move my studio to Spring Street. I've enjoyed the most fun, exciting, productive, amazing (insert all other positive adjectives poss...

Sweet Baby Pace

  Behold this munchkin, Pace.  She just turned one year old. She is a fan of bunnies and bonnets respectively. Her mom commissioned this sketch for her very first birthday party invite, a party...