A Clothesmaker’s Life, 2000-2020
“vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. they change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.” ~ virginia woolf, orlando sometimes…
Fashion
51 looks, cari borja clothesmaker collectibles / “caterpillar by day, butterfly by night” ~ coco chanel
“There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a catapillar and a butterfly, caterpillar…
japan / from concept to concrete / those things that “quicken the heart”
“I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten….
on describing the color red / a love letter to you, my dear royal…
“i can’t go back to yesterday because i was a different person then.” ~ lewis carroll, alice in wonderland ~~~ who has the capacity to change your life ~ or rather, what has the ability…
internships and apprenticing ~ the who, how, when, where and WHY of your first steps into the future…
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great…
From Salon #95 to #96 ~ with THE DEEP SKY film shoot in between…
“the stars we are given. the constellations we make up. that is to say, stars exist in the cosmos, but constellations are the imaginary lines we draw between them, the readings we give the sky, the…
from 40 to 45 / on becoming who i am…
“The same chemicals were used in the cooking as were used on the composition of her own being: only those which caused the most violent reaction, contradiction, and teasing, the refusal to answer questions but the…
From She-Can gala and The Deep Sky film to Postcards from La Costiera ~ creating experiences
“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. “ ~ George Bernard Shaw ~~~~~ How do…
WorldWideWomen’s Girls’ Festival / The Fashion Show / October 15th
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart ~~~~~ …and we all in fact, did do it ~ as in, everyone ~ behind the scenes, on the floor, runway,…
a Q & A with Project Runway Designer Emily Payne of Devon Rose / the making of a runway show at WorldWideWomen’s Girls’ Festival
“There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.” ~ diana vreeland ~~~~~ above / designer emily payne with husband Isaac and daughter Devon ~ the inspiration for her Devon Rose collection)…
The Power of Clothes / the making of a runway show at WorldWideWomen’s GIRLS FESTIVAL, Oct 15th
“Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.” ~ Virginia Woolf, Orlando…
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget” ~ hotel california, 9/11 and shedding skins…
“Every time she saw a videotape of the planes she moved a finger toward the power button on the remote. Then she kept on watching.The second plane coming out of that ice blue sky, this was…