Q: How long have you lived in L.A.?
A: Just over two months, after 11 years in NYC.
Q: Why did you move there?
A: For love (I’m marrying an L.A. native this year), for a change of scenery, for a better quality of life, for the outdoors—and to escape the abrasive attitude and constant physical discomfort of New York. It was a great place to discover oneself and make connections, but when you find yourself shimmying through an 18-inch gap between a seven-foot-tall dirty snowbank and a diesel-spewing ConEd truck, heels on ice and toes dipped in a slush puddle, to catch a bus, while holding a huge bag of samples, something in you snaps.
Q: What aspect of the city’s culture would you say is most inspirational for you?
A: For me, it’s the city’s post-modernity—its complexity. It feels like a place that is new and changing—where there is possibility around every corner. I have been reading strictly L.A. books lately—Mike Davis’s City of Quartz and Ecology of Fear, The Day of the Locust, and some Joan Didion—and just really getting into the hidden subtleties of this weird, special place.
Back in April, Shauna and Stephen of Forage made an exclusive edition for us—the Bruiser bow tie. You may remember because, well, it was ridiculously good-looking and—not to brag or anything—sold out really quickly. Today, Forage released its summer collection which, to celebrate…
i LOVE the dress on the right, but i’m not so sure how i’m feeling about those hugeass shoes on the left :)
ummm… cutest knit thing i’ve ever seen! i want! click through to go to the wool and the gang website
i want this cat! it looks like it hates whoever this bitch pouring milk is..
(Source: thisismyatelier)
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