Posted in fashion, work on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
joseph altuzarra
and
tommy ton
leah joseph and me
i am so far behind with this blog thing. about a month ago we had a visit from two awesome guys. tommy ton from jak and jil (who is now style.com’s new fashion month style photographer) and joseph altuzarra. it was so much fun hanging out with them and getting [...]
Posted in fashion, work on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
balmain
spring 2009 runway look
acid washed ripped jeans
we just got in our newest line, balmain. i have no other word to describe it besides extraordinary or any of its synonyms. check out their website. for those who are not into fashion, you probably will not understand at all.
Posted in fashion, work on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
going to
carolina
t magazine, which you will find in the sunday issue of the new york times, has a fashion issue two times a year. during chaotic fashion week of course. one for spring and one for fall. in the most recent of these published back in february they did an article on laura and capitol. check [...]
Posted in work on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i will need
sleep coffee
the opening party is coming up. it is next saturday night. jackie, leah and i had a meeting last night to go over everything for the window and interior displays for the party. we have about eleven designers that have sent their ideas and supplies to set up their display. we are starting [...]
Posted in fashion, work on October 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
color
perfection
and beauty
marie helene de taillac
marie helene de taillac was at our store for a couple days having a trunk show. please go to her website and look at her amazing jewelry and read about her. she is an amazingly talented woman. she was so nice and a pleasure to be around.
speaking of jewelry, i have [...]
Posted in work on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
we are having the barbara tfank trunk show at work right now. her fabrics are so beautiful. she uses a lot of vintage fabrics in her collections. everything is very bright and colorful.
Posted in work on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
capitol
this is the place i spend most of my waking hours. these pictures are all from the second floor. you can see a bit of the plant wall in the courtyard. if you are ever in charlotte you should stop by and see it.
Posted in work on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
diptyque
my favorite scent by diptyque
ruth, the buyer, gave a diptyque seminar the other morning and it was really interesting. i have been a fan of the candles for years, but it was neat learning what there was behind the candles and perfumes.
diptyque is a paris based company that was founded in 1961 by three friends. one [...]
Posted in work on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
patrick
blanc
we are moving into a new, much bigger (6,000 sq ft) store soon. we will have a plant wall by patrick blanc in our store. how awesome. check out his website. he is extraordinary.
http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/mainen.php
Posted in fashion, work on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
for the past few weeks my life has been completely consumed by a fashion show i had to put on for work. it is amazing how much work goes into it and then when it comes time for the show it takes ten minutes then it is all over. everything that could possibly go wrong [...]
