This year was one of my most transformative and monumental years. I was overwhelmed with joy after welcoming twins into our lives, moving the brand to California surrounded by a newfound nature and opening our first store. I was enraptured by so many beau- tiful and impactful things, while at the same time still restless about the uncertainty of the things we cannot control. So, I found my girl escaping, visualizing a more Utopian place. The countryside, linen and gingham dresses draped on clothing lines in the wind, overgrown grass fields, sun soaked grounds of wheat and barley, somewhere lost in the words of Jack Kerouac. She is yearning to be understood, complex with contradictory impulses and provoked by the bonds of sisterhood to her own sexuality. She too has transformed, after a long journey that has led her to discover new realities and remem- ber forgotten parts of herself.
I am using embroidery anglaise to create dreamlike dresses, while also layering in tulle and trimmed plissé in silk-chiffon. Using new techniques with hand crochet on crisp cotton percale while deploying soutache on drapery and seam closures. We approach fresh and new angles using guipure and macramé while expanding our offering into military parachute pants and jumbo-sized liquid twill cargos that came from imagining what people wear to a rave-like dance in this fanciful world. The color scheme this sea- son is playful utilizing pastel shades of lemonade, cherry blossom, and sky blue; while neutral utilitarian tones in ecru, spring green, and off-white are also seen throughout the collection. Letting my mind drift is not a way to change the world, still my dream is that the looks in the collection that came from this place can change the world of the individual who is wearing them.
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