lifestyle

21 March 12

feyt

journaled under: lifestyle, shoppe, styling, wares

Feyt is my favorite new daily dose of curated fashion picks.

Real style comes from discovery. But discovering the best of what you like takes time, energy and access. Feyt is a website that customizes and curates your personal shopping experience. Welcome to the future of style.

Exquistely launched last month, Ferebee Taube and Eleanor Ylvisaker have created a flawless platform. Due to expand further this summer, the site will soon include personalized member profiles, customized purchase proposals, styling advice, wardrobe planning and an integrated social shopping experience known as the “Closet”. It’s sure to be fabulous.

Feyt’s branding and web design is also most noteworthy and amongst my favorites, by Sweden Design.

I hope we see these two fashion darlings on The Glow one day soon too. They’re a shoo-in!

07 November 11

behind chance

journaled under: creatives, i like words, lifestyle, wares

After reading this month’s fabulous Matchbook feature on Kate & Andy Spade, I stumbled upon this wonderful Q & A with Julia Leach, Kate Spade’s former Creative Director of eleven years, and most recently, Proprietor of Chance.

The article was written last year, four weeks into the launch of Chance. There’s something so special about learning of one’s creative path, and how it led them to where they are now. I could read pieces such as these all day long; it’s a little like finding a kindred spirit.

Some favorites from the article…

THINGS IS COOL: Do you have a team or is it just you? In other words, are you designing and doing all of the strategizing for the brand?

JULIA LEACH: Gosh…I am. It’s very much entrepreneurial in the old fashioned way. While I don’t have a staff, I have great relationships in that my web design team and warehouse fulfillment partner are both fantastic. The production person out of L.A. is a consultant, and my web developer is a consultant. I did design everything, but I hired a technical designer to do all the tech packs. The goal now is to grow the business, and then there most definitely will be a team. I really want it to feel authentic, to put it out there in a way that I would want to discover a brand.

T.I.C.: So you are Chance at this point.

J.L.: [laughs] Well I am, but I have to say that on a certain level, it has been like a barn raising. I have an incredibly generous and inspiring group of friends who have all said, “What can I do to help?” It’s a very loved brand; it has a lot of godparents. So while I am Chance, I could not have done this without my friends.

T.I.C.: What about the name, Chance? Where did it come from?

J.L.: Well, I was considering several options. But then I was watching the Peter Sellers movie, Being There, in which he plays a character named Chance who’s a gardener. The quote on the Chance website slideshow, “And all will be well in the garden,” comes from the film. And in the movie, one of the journalists says about this character, “He has a particular brand of optimism.” And when I heard that, I just thought that chance and optimism are so much what I am about. And I never looked back. The name was Chance.

J.L.: I want it to be a brand that inspires people. These are difficult times, but I think doing something entrepreneurial, as much as it involves some anxiety, is worth it. It’s worth it for me creatively, and hopefully it can provide some oxygen to other people who want to do their own thing but aren’t sure where to begin. I do want it to be a business, now and always, that people will be inspired by and learn from, and I mean that in a very humble way. That’s what will make it all worthwhile for me.

Visit Things is Cool to read the article in its entirety. And be sure to watch the Short films for Chance; so lovely.

12 October 11

the wedding collection

journaled under: creatives, film, i do, lifestyle, products, shoppe

The new wedding collection by 31 Bits is here and, in a word (or two), it’s picture perfect.

Quite possibly the most beautiful shoot I’ve come across in a long time, captured in true Trever Hoehne form, and styled impeccably by the fabulous Summer Watkins.

As luck would have it, I had the privilege of visiting the 31 Bits compound last summer, during my first trip to Uganda. The young women behind this company are total go-getters, and have grown both their brand and business so well.

Cheers to a beautiful new collection 31 Bits beauties!

To see more, kindly click here

26 September 11

salt. optics

journaled under: autumn, gentlemen, lifestyle, products, shoppe, summer

Alongside Warby Parker and Barton Perreira, SALT. Optics is one of my favorites for eyewear. Their branding, design and handcraftsmanship is impeccable, reflecting California coastal lifestyle perfectly.