Looking Back - Looking forward
This summer was mostly filled with work. After breaking my foot on April 15 I focused on healing and taking a longer and harder route to and from my studio-
I met with my old school friend from boarding school, whom I had’nt seen in many decades, to collaborate on a mother of the groom dress for her son’s wedding.
Finished dress - Flowered Silk multi-layer Organza - Mother of the Groom with daughter-in-law at Nantucket Wedding
I had another wedding commission - Mother of the Bride for a Bermuda client - I helped her pick out the English blue cotton and Silk brocade which exactly matched her eyes - The green flowered dress next to it ( both in progress) was one of the few projects that were not for clients- The fabric reminded me of Monet’s garden-
Printed silk chiffon dress with silk lining for mother of the Bride rehearsal dinner
The dress- in silk chiffon so light and diaphanous it seemed to float in air.
A client brought me a length of fabric she had been given in Indonesia where she travels and lectures frequently. She is often given gifts and was made a princess of 2 indonesian islands in recognition of the work she has done there. The fabric depicted the village life and culture . We made an outfit that would honor that culture and that she could wear to a peace conference on a future trip.
Another client brought me some block-printed fabric from a trip to London. In the first dress I used the fabric selvage edge to disguise a hidden front zipper. The second dress had 3 different snap on ornamental accents.
In progress - Oscar de la Renta fabric which needed to be appliquéd to create a pleasing design as all the lemons were concentrated on one side of the fabric. I had saved a picture from a few years ago of the same motif used by de la renta in a dress. I was now shocked to observe that they had also used an appliqué technique, but with an entirely different fabric piece. The dress and my appliquéd scarf below. . .
Finished Outfit - Tweed vest and skirt, Cloisonné buttons, organza blouse and scarf with Lemon motif -
Dress for a black tie event with reversible evening wrap and an optional pin-on bow
A vintage silk and cotton ottoman faille - double-sided.
Nantucket wedding with mother of groom
from n magazine in Nantucket
Fun was had at our annual Hamptons Birthday weekend- If you’ve stayed this far - ❤️🚴♀️😎