Tulle le Monde. Tout le Monde.

I just got back from a surprise weekend in New York to celebrate our anniversary. I snuck in a few appointments with some leather suppliers before heading back today. 

I meant to post this sooner.  I found these images of silk tulle and lace inspirational and so romantic.

Found via tumblr.

Discovery and Exploration

 

Zena Holloway/ Weheartit/ Flickr

  The mysteries of the ocean are beautiful, yet menacing.

Walking into Dreams, She Hit Pause

I found these prints on Etsy from the shop, She Hit Pause Studios. They evoke a dreamy, nostalgic feeling photographed by Mark Schwartz. His work is captured on Polaroids which are then transferred onto watercolor paper, allowing this grainy washed-out texture to surface.

These remind me of forgotten photographs or glimpses into someone's dream.

Things that give me Butterflies..

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via: WillowandFrank.com

Valentino Spring 2011

via: d-andelions.tumblr.com

Soft, ethereal imagery and pastels are starting to fill up on my desktop. I can always find inspiration from butterflies and the design genius of Valentino.

Feathered Frenzy

I've been quite busy the past few days. Along with just trying to keep up with the sudden supply and demand from my shop, I've been running around doing some photography assignments.

However, I've found another website to keep me procrastinating for hours. The site is called Pinterest and you can easily scroll through a mash up of inspirational images. My current obsessions and infatuations are feathers that come in all forms of wearable clothing and accessories.

via: pinterest/ tumblr

Montreal's Couturier: Denis Gagnon

I went to check out the Denis Gagnon exhibit a the The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts before it shuts its doors on Feb 13th.  It's a pretty amazing collection of his best work. You're able to walk around all of the garments and view every detail closely. There were a few garments made entirely of zipper teeth; braided and crisscrossed to form different shapes and patterns. He also displayed some extreme fringe dresses, chain detailing and lace.

Such beautiful pieces of art and to see them up close was even more amazing.

She's all Leg

 via: weheartit/ tumblr/ melinwonderland/ tumblr

I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm a bit obsessed with legs.

If you own these pictures, please let me know so I provide the proper source. Thanks.

A Study of Roses: Sources of Inspiration

via tumblr, weheartit, beautyineverything, Camilla Akrans

When I'm creating an inspiration board, I compile a stack of tear sheets from my favorite magazines and images I've collected over a period of time. I got into this habit of tearing magazine pages when I was 12 with my first subscription of Seventeen magazine. I like to make a collage of fashion tears, images and thread colors/fabric scraps for colour inspiration, which all fuel my creativity.

At this moment, I'm enchanted by roses. Expect to see some rose inspired items for the new collection, and maybe something mythical and mysterious.

Just a reminder, you still have time to enter my giveaway HERE which ends tonight.