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So when you live in the tropics and you design children’s clothing and you plan a model shoot for your winter line, make sure the power doesn’t cut out. It makes for hot, sweaty, irritable crying kids and really, really bad photos like this: “Dad, I’m boiling!”

Yep try dressing your kids in a turtle neck, tights, corduroy jumper w/ cotton apron, put them in a steam room and then ask them to be cute and smile. Trust me, ice

Read more... | Published: 10/01/08

Living abroad, there are sure to be dozens of misunderstandings. It’s one thing to get served the wrong dinner, it’s another thing when you’re trying to make clothing. I of course learned that lesson the hard way last year when my master tailor cut 300 of the wrong children’s dresses in fabric I could not replace. I know it could’ve been worse. But even with that lesson under my belt, the misunderstandings continue to stack up. Most of the time I can figure where I went wrong, but sometimes it is WAY

Read more... | Published: 09/30/08

Before leaving France I was desperate to find the perfect souvenir for the tailors. At first I thought I’d bring back the traditional hot chocolate bowls from Brittany. Then I thought: heavy, breakable, I need 10. Hmmmm.

Then I remembered my favorite Bretagne crockery designer, Sophie C. I first stumbled across Sophie C. four years ago in the small town of Pont l’Abbe. I had been looking for the traditional bowls, in a not so traditional color. It was unbelievable that there was literally ONE design for these

Read more... | Published: 09/23/08

Okay so I’ve been a bit on the lazy side regarding the blog, however I do have a pretty good excuse! We’ve MOVED!!!

Oh my, I can’t believe how long we were in that mildewy house of mold! Everything and I mean everything that set foot in that house or workshop was filthy. It was gross.

They say that moving is one of the most stressful things one can do, and what did Gina do??? Yes, she couldn’t wait until Tuesday to move,

Read more... | Published: 09/18/08

Dear All,

I am sending you the report from the group in Burma which distributed the clothing you and others donated for communities affected by Cyclone Nargis. In all, over 10,000 pieces of clothing were sent into Burma. I’m very sorry for only sending this report now, but the organization just sent it. They were so busy with the distribution of assistance that they got behind on report writing. Anyway, please know that your donations really reached the people who

Read more... | Published: 09/14/08