L.A. is BURNING!

         Skirt & top by Please Dress Up! 


   This morning I woke up to the smell of smoke and went to our roof to take a look around and saw that the entire Los Angeles skyline had disappeared into a thick cloud of smoke.   We thought it would be a good way to hight-light some of our recent work.  Perfect for this weather,  a silk jersey top and the skirt is a vintage african print.   This is part of an apocalyptic chic photo series.   Behind me is downtown but I wont see that for a few days.    

Le Tag

  As some of our friends know, we are big graffiti enthusiasts and appreciate the unique art form.  So, when we saw ads for a graffiti exhibit at the Grand Palais we did a double take but decided we would probably check it out.  On a rainy Saturday afternoon we went to take a look at graffiti in a famous museum.  

  Inside of a huge room hung 300 pieces of artwork by 150 artists from all over the world.  The idea was that every artist had two canvases the same size to write their name on one and on the other to paint their idea of love.  I think somewhere after viewing only a quarter of the show I was getting the feeling that most of the artists took this exhibit as a joke and most could not think of anything to paint except hearts.  

   The crowd was made up of all kinds of people: young, old, kids, parents, tourists.  All intently taking photos and following the announcer as he deciphered every painting and artist.  It was quite funny in my eyes having seen some of the best graffiti in San Francisco and Los Angeles on the streets for free.  There weren't even any west coast writers represented so I was a bit disappointed.  

   Some of my favorites were Horfe, Amaze, Ghost, L'Atlas and Miss 17.  

étudiants à la mode

(vintage jacket, hand knit PDU sweater, PDU private label dress, Gaspard Yurkevich tights, Melissa for Herchcovitch Alexandre shoes)
(Lanvin Jacket, Vintage sweater, Burberry shirt, Liberty Tie, Vintage Pants, Ferragamo shoes)


  For a few months now, Grant and I have been taking a french course near our place.  At the moment we are on one of many school vacations for a couple of weeks.  Last week we were a bit early to class and the lighting was perfect for a photo op in front of our school.  Our teacher loves us and always makes a point of talking about fashion during all of  our classes.  She always comments on our outfits and our style. Bonne Vacances!

Hook in hand

Sorry for the lack of posts.  We are busy working on all of our new ideas for the next spring season.  We have some really great ideas we are super excited to bring them to life.  Here is a little crochet collaboration we made while watching Mr. Freedom the other night.  Expect more to come soon.  

April Reality

  Considering these "economic times",  yesterday I did something so embarrassing that I can only show you a drawing.   I dressed up in a cute pink dress and dark sunglasses and went to the busiest street in our chic neighborhood and gave the usual peddler lady some competition.  I was open to money or  a possible job opportunity.  I've done crazier things so it wasn't too bad.  Unfortunately, the rich investor that I was hoping would take pity, never passed by. 

 O.K., maybe my April's fools joke(poisson avril in french=april fish?) doesn't read well via web, but I couldn't resist pulling some legs(even the day after).  I wrote it today because there is a reality in the current state of things depicted by the drawing but not actually realized.

My new favorite dress for summer!

Although the weather has been a little bipolar lately, I had experienced true warmth and sunshine last week and know that the sun will be making another appearance ,and this time for good. That's when I realized that I had only brought a winter wardrobe to Paris and I had nothing for the occasion.   My plan all along was to bring some of my favorite cottons to make into one of a kind, playful summer dresses when it was time.  This red and blue plaid comes from L.A. and is one of the most recent additions to my fabric hoarding.  Grant made the first bold move to cut into it and not too much later we were done with my newest dress.  Voila! 

The puces revisited and a sartorial view of Judy

Last Sunday we ventured back out to the flea market with our friends to see what we could find.   Our friend Julia took us to a very cool store that specialized in all these key chains from the 60s, and they were all only a euro each. Not bad.  Right when we got to the good part of the market the cops broke up the whole thing so we didn't really find to many things.   We still had fun looking and of course judy looked as stylish as ever.   

7x7

We were alerted to a very kind mention we got on the 7x7 website.  It is about some of our new pieces which have recently landed at Shotwell in San Francisco.  Michael and Holly are two very cool people who put their minds to work and opened an amazing boutique right in the heart of Union Square.  I think their wedding was this week and we are sorry we couldn't be there.  Here are some photos from their store and the link to the article here

Big thanks

So we have had a busy couple of days.  But our show went great,  we had a really good turnout and it all went very smoothly.  Thank you to our wonderful models Helen, Catherine and Illaria. A big thanks to Hanah for your wonderful help and Nestor as always is a brilliant make up artist.  Pring made the whole thing possible and her wonderful space provided a great venue for our show.  Here is some of the photos we have gotten back from our shoot last week. We should get some more in the next couple of days and when we get them you will get them too.  Thanks to everyone who made it out to the show.  Expect more updates later in the week.  

Open for business

Our showroom is complete and we are super excited for our presentation tonight.  We hope you all can make it.  Please come by our showroom anytime during the week and enjoy some champagne and get a closer look at some of the pieces we have been working very hard on.  

Presentation 29 rue Charlot 75003 at 8:00

Showroom 64 rue de Turenne 75003

Photo shootin

Today was the first day of the photo shoot for our new collection.  Jasmine our photographer knew of an amazing location.   We got a lot done in a couple of hours and the end result came together very naturally.  The owner of the property took us in for the day and she was sooooo sweet.  After she kept bringing us out coffee and tea to make sure we didn't get too cold she then topped off the whole thing by bringing us out a huge box of chocolates.  We don't want to give to much away so here are a couple sneak peaks.  

Fall Winter 2009/10

We are so excited to present our new collection next week for our first season in Paris.  We will be holding our presentation on the evening of March 5th in collaboration with the beautiful and talented Pring.  We love the work that we have made since we have been here and are very excited for some of the other opportunities we have made.  If you would like an invitation or showroom information please email us. 

New Projects

This week we were so excited to get not one, but two huge boxes of yarn that we had left behind in the U.S. We have been knitting up a storm and getting some of our last minute pieces done for our new collection.  Which by the way is coming up in a little more than TWO WEEKS!!!!  We will have more details about our presentation in an upcoming post. But we are very excited with the work we have done and Thank you to Carla and Socorro for sending us our much needed yarn.  Also we have been working on a new huge public art project so stay tuned.    

More arts and culture right around the corner

On our way home tonight we noticed a couple gallery opening on our street.  First we saw a performance piece that may have been a little over our head, but then again our french isn't perfect yet.  The next gallery featured 17 artists from Iran in all different mediums.  There was some fascinating abstract works and a lot of other really great pieces.  Most of our pictures didn't come out very well (again) so here is a limited view. If you have a chance to see it, it's worth a visit. Galerie Thaddeus Ropac 7 rue Debelleyme- 75003

Lait de Lune

We met Alex at a gallery during a performing arts event.  She is from L.A. but has been living in Paris for the past 6 years.  When we met her she told us to check out her gallery/boutique that she had just opened.  What we found when we went was a treasure trove of curiosities.  Alex curates a very well selected mix of international artists and displays their works in a very inviting environment.  In addition she serves organic hot chocolate and juice, raw vegan chocolate treats, and delicious little lavender cakes.  She also sells her grandparents secret line of organic facial products (that you can eat), that apparently Gisele swears by.   The store is a little off the main street but for sure worth checking out if you want to relax warm up to some hot chocolate, share some conversation and discover some art.  

Lait de Lune 

48 rue Chapon 75003 Paris