DECADE an illustrated diary

The kick off

 

 

 

The latest pile of visual inspiration on my desk - a copy of Lula, Love On The Left bank by Ed van der Elsken which was gifted to Andrew (Thank you Nxx) and the Bruce Silverstein Gallery catalog of Brancusi: The Photographs. Highly recommend visiting the beautiful Brancusi show, also worth taking a peek into the Lucio Fontana exhibit and the Ernesto Neto installation if you are in the area.

The editorials in Lula are the perfect images to kick off this Holiday weekend, the official start to Summer. We're doing a quick daytrip with Rocky to Montauk, can't think of a better way to get into it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Photo of my desk by me,  watercolor card by me. 2. Editorials via Lula, shot by Damon Heath. 3. Watercolor by me, my photo of Brancusi catalog from Bruce Silverstein. 4. Watercolor painting by me, looking at a photo from Lula. 5. Editorial via Lula, shot by Annabel Mehran. 6. Watercolor by me, my photo of Love On The Left Bank book. 

Here and there

 

 

 A little Fashion Illustration, that I've been dabbling on in between work. A lot of recent projects have been based on just handwriting, so I made a new section on my portfolio website that summarizes my lettering work to make it easier for clients to view all in one place:

 

Handwriting Portfolio

 

 Who knew that penmanship could turn into a thing? 
More handwriting coming soon!

 

Other online bits, where I am here and there:

... a Textile Design section for some upcoming collaborations 
and a couple of new commissioned product Illustrations.

... a Q+A I did with Amy. You can also click here
or the link at the end of this post to read.
Thank you, Amy! xx

... Music as a memory, our random music tumblr.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Illustrations by me, looking at Celine's Five Perfect Trousers Collection.  

Something New

 

 

 

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Some new watercolor colors I'm trying out,

on top of lookbook photos from the French brand,

Roseanna

The new store Warm in NoLita carries this line

and it caught my eye, some very cute stuff!

 

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Just down the street from Warm,

had a girls evening out getting nail art done at 

Valley Nails.

My first foray into the world of nail art,

with a pale pink gradient gel manicure and a little

hand painted floral print on each ring finger.

Feel an addiction coming on...

 

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Stocking up on some new products:

Aesop Parsley Seed Serum, Byredo Gypsy Water Lotion,

La Roche-Posay SPF, some Aesop Lip Cream

and not pictured, a fresh jar of Coconut Oil (thanks mom).

For summer, almost there...

 

 

 

 

 

 

All watercolor and collages by me. Lookbook photos via Roseanna, all other photos taken by me and Andrew.

 

An afternoon in

THE ILLUSTRATED CITY No. 12

AN AFTERNOON IN: BROOKLYN / NEW YORK

 

Favorite daily routine neighborhood haunts - coffee break at Bakeri, lunch across the street at Diner or Marlow, flowers at Sprout and chocolate break at Mast Brothers' new bakery set up. Mixed in with collages from some recent art exhibits - the opening of À Rebours at Venus Over Manhattan and going to outerspace with Tom Sach's Space Program: Mars at the Park Avenue Armory (loved! especially the space machine powered by Chanel).

Haven't done a little "An Afternoon In" post since Paris and being able to walk around whenever the weather turns always makes me realize that my own neighborhood and city can be pretty damn sweet, too. Andrew got us a new Canon 5D setup, which is one powerful camera. I've been enjoying using it along with some of our old film cameras and my iPhone to look around me with new eyes. 

I've taken to tumblr to post random pictures taken. So if you're interested, you can follow me there, for more regular updates on places seen and other snaps from recent art exhibits. There are a bunch of shows I'd like to pop into soon:

Prada/Schiaparelli at The Met, Brancusi at Bruce Silverstein, Richard Prince at 303, Wes Lang at Half Gallery, Agnes Martin/Vija Celmins at Starr Gallery.

They'd all make great weekend picks, hope you have an amazing one xx

 

 

 

 

 

1. Collage by me - I like seeing editorials where you recognize the place they are shot in, though I don't know who took them. Please let me know if you do! Watercolor and flower drawing by me. 2. Around the neighborhood, photos by me. 3. Collage by me, photo via Carven Ad Campaign.

The good flower wine

 

"Once in a while she'd give me some lilacs to take home and

they were always fine-looking lilacs, and I always felt good,

Walking down the street, holding the lilacs high and proud

like glasses of that famous children's drink: the good flower wine."

-Richard Brautigan

 

 

Pulling color inspiration from some pictures that I like, the film stills are from "Les Biches" by Claude Chabrol. This was one of the first movies that I blogged about long long ago, I recently re-watched it and the images and tones in movie seem so fresh to me again.

Never realized how much I really love the color lilac - recently got a lilac colored open back Carven "honeycomb" sweater. Sitting along some of my favorite rings, Alicia found this beautiful antique Victorian Opal ring at Erie Basin and gave it a home with me. Extra hearts because it is my birthstone.

The sweater is my first Carven pick this season, I've been trying to be really good with waiting to buy things I've been coveting til sales start at the end of the month. There are so many things I want. You know you have a problem when sale day at Barneys is marked on you calendar!

 

 

 

 

 

1. Head to toe Carven in an editorial shot by Hugh Lippe, one of the coolest dudes in the photo biz. 2. Watercolor collage by me, flower photo unknown. 3. Film still from Les Biches. 3. Watercolor collage by me, Carven honeycomb sweater image from MNZ, flower photo unknown, ring film still from Les Biches. 4. The window ledge above my drawing desk, Carven sweater and some of my favorite rings, photo by me. Thanks Alicia xoxo

 

Blue Stripes

Do you like stripes? Yeah, thought so.

Then you should know that these are the softest stripes that you'll ever wear:

 

Edith A. Miller

I kept seeing this cute Edith A. Miller stripe dress image pop up here and there, but all I could find were the shirts. My friend Eve at the Maryam Nassir Zadeh Showroom is awesome and was able get the dress for me. I love it and wearing it I can see why you'd want stripes of all shapes and sizes from this line. Thanks, Eve!

Eve has her own collection of beautiful jewelry and also always has on a nice manicure whenever I see her. She told me that the girls at her work like to use the Bernhard Willhelm nailpolish sold at the store or Illamasqua nailpolish. I picked up a bottle of Illamasqua in Jan, a gray lilac-y pink. The polish dries so fast! It also lasts a long time. Again, very impressed.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Unknown image, via tumblr -  I've been updating more frequently on my tumblr than here. 2. Watercolor and collage by me, with photos of Edith A. Miller Stripe dress via Mohawk General Store and BB via unknown. 3. Photo by me, on my desk: the Edith A. Miller Stripe desk and Illamasqua Nailpolish in Jan. 4. Nailpolish swatch and handwriting by me. 5. Photo by Angelo Pennetta. 

Dress up

 "She went into her room, took her coat and gloves. Her heart blazed with pleasure." - She Came To Stay

 

 

 

From the weekend:

Getting through the very last chapter of Simone de Beauvoir's She Came To Stay,

Peony season and some polaroids I took at Andrew's weekend photoshoot.

There were quite the looks, J was in town and brought in the most incredible pieces.

Head to toe Celine Pre-Fall, long Givenchy Fall leather gloves

 and that dusky pink double faced Jil Sander coat.

 You know I had to try that beauty on, truly being just the thing you wrap

around yourself and clutch closed with your hands.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Polaroids and watercolor by me.