Last week Lani wrote about her five tools to keep her New Year’s resolutions. My five stress reducing tools for the new year are meant to meet my biggest goal for 2021: to reduce stress and anxiety.
Spring 2020 Trends Volume 2: Bold and Graphic
This is the week I remind you that we post the seasonal trends not just so you can focus on what to purchase, but also what you might already have in your closet. I think it is good practice each season to find a few trends to embrace which you already own, and maybe one that you do not.
A Beautiful Breather
Marisol Martinez, the artist who created these works, is one of my best friends from our days at Parsons School of Design. I’m so proud of her and in awe of her great talent, that I’m sharing some of her work with you this week. How do you know if a painting is truly art? If it makes you feel emotion. Marisol’s art makes me happy and I hope it will make you happy too. Want more? Follow her on Instagram. Enjoy! P.S. Don’t you think the purple and silver one below would be perfect for the RLS office?! . . …
An ARTful Weekend in Chicago
A quick trip to Chicago last weekend to see family turned into an outright lovely vacation and another stop on my major museum fashion tour. What fashion exhibit is the exact opposite of Punk, the last exhibit I wrote about? It is called Fashion, Impressionism and Modernity at the Art Institute of Chicago, and is a joint exhibit with the Musée D’Orsay in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Imagine a room of impressionist paintings highlighting the fashion of the times, complete with outfits from the time resembling those in the paintings. Although we all know about …