Collection 001
A dress for all seasons, a skirt that is endlessly adaptable, Collection 001 explored the concept of two patterns that could form the backbone of a uniform. The wrap skirt can be paired with a breezy linen top in the summer and tights and knee high boots in the winter. The slip dress can be the perfect airy summer wedding dress or a silky layer underneath a chunky winter knit. Worn with blazers or t-shirts, heels or sandals, to the office or the beachside party - a classic, a staple, a foundation from which to build.
Production Gabriella Loeb
A kit of parts for a summer on the move. This set can be worn together for a fun play on a summer suit or broken down into multiple different outfits. The easy little shorts worn to the beach, the blazer paired with a dress, the top tucked into a skirt - from one outfit comes many.
Production Gabriella Loeb
Unwilling to simply toss them into the compost heap, I collected and dried a pile of dahlias from my garden in an array of reds and pinks, some with electric yellow centers. Using the simple technique of bundle dying, I imprinted these late summer tones on raw silk which I then turned into a little summer dress, a pillowy eye mask, a set of pouches for precious stones and a garden herb filled meditation pillow.
garden alchemy
Saul Steinberg Hand Towels
After being given a book of Steinberg sketches, I began madly embroidering them onto every piece of linen I could get my hands on, creating a collection of items with these brilliant, evocative little scenes by a master of humorous illustration.
The collection began to grow beyond hand towels into a set of placemats. A fun little dinner party game for a crew with a sense of humor - let them choose the character they relate to most and then see which the others would choose for them.
Saul steinberg Placemats
Once the embroidery got into the table linens arena, it was only natural to do a collection of Ludwig Bemelmans’ waiters. As the king of restaurant illustration, no one captured these characters quite like him.
Ludwig Bemelmans napkins
The oven mitt landscape is littered with ineffective, impractical and inconvenient options. From a rag that may be wet, may slip or may be too thin to the overstuffed, unwieldy mitts that can’t get a proper grip on any handle, this most modest of kitchen tools often leaves the home cook burned and frustrated.
Inspired by a pair of small profile MUJI claw mitts, these made a few key modifications to the concept. Where the MUJI mitts were fixed in a clamshell fold, these mitts lie flat making it easy to grab and grip items of various sizes and shapes. The knuckle pockets come up just high enough to secure the mitts in place without limiting mobility and there is a minimum of cotton batting ensuring that the mitts can easily fold and allow the cook to actually feel whatever it is they are trying to grip.
Production Gabriella Loeb
Oven mitts
Tired of walking around with someone else’s logo slapped on the side of my bag, I started to make my own tote bags out of leftover linen. Wanting to add a little something, I once again turned to the genius of Saul Steinberg to give each bag a character of its own.