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    • 51 looks, cari borja clothesmaker collectibles / “caterpillar by day, butterfly by night” ~ coco chanel
      51 looks, cari borja clothesmaker collectibles / “caterpillar by day, butterfly by night” ~ coco chanel
    • japan / from concept to concrete / those things that “quicken the heart”
      japan / from concept to concrete / those things that “quicken the heart”
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    • 100 days / how far have we come, where are we now + what’s next??? (part 4 of 4 / 100 days of sheltering in place)
      100 days / how far have we come, where are we now + what’s next??? (part 4 of 4 / 100 days of sheltering in place)
    • 80 days… and counting / “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” (part 3 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
      80 days… and counting / “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” (part 3 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
    • Day 55 / STILL in quarantine. More baking, making, eating, reading, watching…(part 2 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
      Day 55 / STILL in quarantine. More baking, making, eating, reading, watching…(part 2 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
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    • 100 days / how far have we come, where are we now + what’s next??? (part 4 of 4 / 100 days of sheltering in place)
      100 days / how far have we come, where are we now + what’s next??? (part 4 of 4 / 100 days of sheltering in place)
    • 80 days… and counting / “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” (part 3 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
      80 days… and counting / “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?” (part 3 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
    • Day 55 / STILL in quarantine. More baking, making, eating, reading, watching…(part 2 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
      Day 55 / STILL in quarantine. More baking, making, eating, reading, watching…(part 2 of 4 / 100 days of Sheltering In Place)
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  • Family 8 Feb ’18

    what’s in “an education”? / on finding a fitting place at Orinda Academy, and re-thinking the wonders of Holy Cross

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Fashion, Feasts, Friends 24 Jul ’14

Color as communication, as transformation ~ a conversation with Laura Guido-Clark

“Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” ~oscar wilde ~~~~~~~ I love color, and I love the absence of color even more. I…

Fashion, Friends 22 Jul ’14

“On Becoming Mom” ~ Mae Chan Frey on Ruby’s Garden and her path to “NOW”

“Give ’em what they never knew they wanted.” ~Diana Vreeland The challenge of being a new mom is not just figuring out how to care for a newborn baby, but what to do with your time,…

Family, Food, Friends 21 Jul ’14

California Road Trip ~ with the family, with Ponyo…

“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train.There is an almost quaint correlation between what is in front of our eyes and the…

Fashion, Film, Friends 15 Jul ’14

My Fair Lady ~ an homage to my 2006 collection, runway and editorial

“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.” ~ Richard Bach I love the process of transformation. I’ve been consumed by it over the past decade ~ both academically and…

Feasts, Food, Friends, WIne 15 Jul ’14

On WINE ~ “what i dream of is an art of balance” ~ henri matisse. Interview with Rajat Parr

“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein I came to Raj through his name. Someone mentioned it, and it was mentioned again, and then again. And my…

Family, Feasts, Film, Food, Friends 9 Jul ’14

Angelo Garro ~ hunter, forager, mentor, friend…(part 2)

“I know there is no straight road  No straight road in this world  Only a giant labyrinth  Of intersecting crossroads”  ~Gabriel Garcia Lorca I met Angelo on a boat in the Bay. It was the day…

Fashion, Feasts, Food, Friends 8 Jul ’14

Jeweler Deb Durant ~ friend and collaborator…

“The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing.”…

Film, Food, Friends 4 Jul ’14

On Foraging ~ during Telluride’s 40th Anniversary, with Angelo, Michael and Charlie (part 1)…

“Walking with a loaded rifle in an unfamiliar forest bristling with the signs of your prey is thrilling. It embarrasses me to write that, but it is true. I am not by nature much of a…

Family, Fashion, Film, Food, Friends 30 Jun ’14

Fashion, Film, Food ~ Through Royal’s EYES

“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” ~ miuccia prada My daughter Royal has a voice… she has a voice…

Fashion, Film, Food, Friends 24 Jun ’14

Oakland’s Camino ~ “Paris, a Moveable Feast” ~ from David Tanis to David Lebovitz, through Chris Marker

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” ~ Nelson Mandela        Above ~ Yohji Yamamoto in Tokyo, opening still from…

Fashion, Film, Food 20 Jun ’14

Hanna and SNOW 2013 runway show ~ “rose snow” in reflection

“Dream… how I dream to feel…Dream… how I dream to feel, And everything will fill with light…A golden sun would fool this night, And all that is and ever was. Begin again. Begin again…To feel, finally…

Feasts, Food, Friends 16 Jun ’14

A Sextet of Women in Food ~ Sarah Scott and The Wild Table

“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that…

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