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DECADE an illustrated diary
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A diary with my original illustrations, recording the past, present and future of the decade I've lived in New York City with random musings on fashion, textiles, music, art, film, books and food.
#1896 in All , #29 in Art

A Wash

Here is the last photoshoot Andrew and I worked on together, click here or the the link below to view the rest of the story. Photographer: Andrew Stinson Stylist, Creative Direction, Illustration and...

2 days ago 1 person likes this

Where to find me

THE ILLUSTRATED ENSEMBLE No. 40 DOWN BY THE BAY If a fog ever settles over the ocean beach, head on over to the back end towards the bay. It will be clear blue skies, swim and see through to the...

4 days ago 1 person likes this

Oh Hello

A little while ago, I finally made a visit up to the new Celine store on Madison Avenue. For better reasons, I wanted to say hello to an old friend who works there (Hi C!xx). The store is beautiful! ...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

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 B...

25 may 12

Here and there

A little Fashion Illustration, that Ive 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...

24 may 12

Something New

1 Some new watercolor colors Im 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! 2 Just...

21 may 12 2 people like this

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...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

The good flower wine

"Once in a while shed 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 o...

15 may 12 1 person likes this

Blue Stripes

Do you like stripes? Yeah, thought so. Then you should know that these are the softest stripes that youll ever wear: Edith A. Miller I kept seeing this cute Edith A. Miller stripe dress image pop up ...

10 may 12 4 people like this

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 Beauvoirs She Cam...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

Shade my eyes and I can see you

Its been raining this past week, not good for wanting to wear new sunglasses but good for the new group of plants out on the back balcony - parsley, cilantro, chives, lavender, tarragon, mint, basil,...

04 may 12 2 people like this

Illustrationen

More beauty Illustrations! This time for Glamour Germanys May 2012 Issue. I also recently updated my portfolio with some work for Grazia UK, Bumble and Bumble, Kate Spade, more Next UK and the Isabel...

02 may 12 2 people like this

Summer Babe

THE ILLUSTRATED TUTORIAL No. 11 EYESHADOW Continuing on from the Ponytail post, at the same shoot I had a chance to see makeup artist Suzy Gerstein work her amazing magic and also learn some really g...

30 apr 12 2 people like this

April May June

THE ILLUSTRATED ENSEMBLE No. 39 FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE I love the line of Spring nailpolishes Chanel came out with, appropriately named after these next few months. Inching towards the end of April, does...

27 apr 12 2 people like this

La di da

THE ILLUSTRATED CITY No. 11 NEW YORK: AS YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE "Chapter One. He was as tough and romantic as the city he loved... New York was his town, and it always would be." Fun fact, I ...

26 apr 12

Babe Shadow

"On those relentlessly hot July afternoons, Ada liked to sit on a cool piano stool of ivoried wood at a white-oilclothd table in the sunny music room, her favorite botanical atlas open before he...

24 apr 12

Wild Tales

THE ILLUSTRATED TUTORIAL No. 10 PONYTAILS Hanging out at one of Andrews photo shoots, I brought over some of my clothes and Shannon paired the outfits with a bunch of different ponytails. With just a...

23 apr 12

Dress Up, Weekend

THE ILLUSTRATED ENSEMBLE No. 38 LOOKOUT WEEKEND White shoes and pale pink Celine have been coming out more than usual. 1. Acne Leigh Shirt Dress, button downs in dress form yes please. 2. The other p...

20 apr 12 1 person likes this

Fox Trot

The weather has been so amazing. Some pictures I snapped of a little fox on our couch and getting to see the patterns of lights on the walls if you wake up at six in the morning. In an effort...

19 apr 12 1 person likes this

The Illustrated Plate with Sous Style

More Sous Style! Was happy to lend a version of The Illustrated Menu over to the Sous Style, which will feature restaurant dishes from around the city. Check it out here, Im up first on The Illustrat...

19 apr 12

Natural Structures

1. Working on some personal projects, little paintings by me. 2. Tea and lipstick drawings: Film Stills from Farewell to the Summer Light, by Yoshishige Yoshida. This is the first film Ive seen by Yo...

18 apr 12 2 people like this

Jean Genie

M.I.H. Jeans has some collages I made for them up on their website this week. Ive also been designing some scarves and other wearable prints for M.I.H. which should be out very soon! 1. Pink color pa...

16 apr 12

Darling Nikki

Here are some of the final look book pictures that Andrew shot of Nikkis collection. This is where I will also confess to having series of The Golden Girls on DVD - a girl after my own heart, Nikki w...

13 apr 12

What makes the ride

THE ILLUSTRATED ENSEMBLE No. 37 WORTHWHILE 1. All collages, watercolor and pencil rubbings above by me. 2. In Central Park with my Acne Fever Trash Denim Jacket, photos by Andrew. 3. The rare occuran...

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

Lavender

THE ILLUSTRATED MENU No. 4 SWEET SPRING Was in charge of bringing up desserts for my familys Easter meet up. One of the things we made were Lavender Shortbread cookies, inspired to make shortbread af...

09 apr 12

Dress up, Nikki

Earlier this week, I helped out my very talented friend, Nikki, with a look book for her first collection. Andrew took the actual look book photos but I also took a turn behind the camera and snapped...

06 apr 12 1 person likes this

A minimum of things

THE ILLUSTRATED ENSEMBLE No. 36 BUTTON DOWNS AND SUCH An ode to the button down, cant have enough of them. Cotton, classic chambray, paper white silk or blushy pink satin. Since Ive been working from...

05 apr 12

Birthdays are for

Added Deborah Turbeville: The Fashion Pictures to the book collection since Andrews Birthday was this weekend. Because hes a Texas boy there was Bowling, BBQ, Beer and Basketball involved; all in tha...

02 apr 12

Take your time

Yesterday, the French Institute Alliance invited Dries Van Noten to do a lecture as part of their Fashion Talks 2012 series. I had the immense pleasure of sitting through the conversation, as its a r...

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

Spring Cleaning with Sous Style and Elle

Lovely Pippa over at Sous Style featured me on her weekly "Organize The Chaos" column, also as part of a series on Elle.com. Each feature has different photos and questions that I answered ...

30 mar 12 2 people like this

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