About Me

So, about me....hmmm....I hate this, having to sum up a complex individual such as myself in a brief paragraph.

But seriously, I'm really just a big goofball who loves to write about what I love, and judging by the posts on this blog, that must be fashion. I live in the UK with my very supportive husband and gorgeous daughter, having come from Canada three years ago. My background is visual arts and advertising as far as education is concerned, and I've mostly worked in communications and marketing. At this point the thought of returning to the office makes me want to vomit with rage. I run my own online shop which I'm about to move over here to Typepad, making bags mostly by creating my own merino wool and cashmere felts. I'm inspired by the fashion of the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, and by French culture as it has manifested itself in its women.

And I should mention I'm in love wih a dead man, Mark Rothko.

People who inspire me (for some it's simply their look):

Audrey Hepburn (for everything she was)
Vanessa Paradis (circa 1991, no one prettier, ever and the sweetest voice)
Audrey Tautou (how irresistable is she?)
Julie Delpy (is there anything she can't do?)
Daphne Guinness (ditto)
Carla Bruni (style, beauty and music)
Francoise Hardy (style, beauty and music)
Carole Bouquet
Lou Doillon
Tina Fey (how brave is she?)

Designers I love:

Karl Lagerfeld
Marc Jacobs
Alexander McQueen
Basso & Brooke
Erdem
Eley Kishimoto
Nicolas Ghesquière
Phoebe Philo
Alber Elbaz
Leanne Marshall
Ivana Omazic
Diane von Furstenberg
Daniella Helayel (Issa)
Christopher Kane
Sonia Rykiel
Max Azria
Giles Deacon
Rebecca Taylor
Sabyasachi
Richard Chai
Consuelo Castiglioni (Marni)
Luella Bartley
Cynthia Steffe
Jonathan Saunders
Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte)
Nanette Lepore
Richard Nicoll
Vivienne Tam
Lela Rose
Sari Gueron

In other words, people who make pretty clothes that would brighten my day to wear them. It's just fashion after all, no one is saving the world, here.