While searching for the perfect summer dress, I stumbled upon these adorable nautical-inspired dresses from JCrew.  I love the way the large conversational prints are used in a new way to reinvent these classic summer dresses.  I especially love the anchor shirt dress!

I was introduced to Marcus Nilsson’s photographer yesterday, and I’m totally in love with his ability to capture the mundane in an achingly beautiful way. His pictures are amazingly minimal but are jam packed with expression, strong colors and contrast. Check out his site here:marcusnilsson.com.

I have a new obsession…shiny shoes. It all started with this pair. Leo and I argued about the impracticality for me to wear these at work (amongst the screen printing and general mess, probably not the best choice). But I’ve got to say that I totally adore the fact that they stay pretty and shiny no matter what my environment happens to be. I like them so much that yesterday I picked up the heeled version to go with my 2nd wedding dress (it has red embroidered flowers on it so it’s the perfect opportunity to wear red shoes!

I love these whimsical illustrations by camilla pentti. Her work is so lovely and color based.

Call me crazy, but all of a sudden I’m totally into woven shirts. I’ve always held a grudge against them…growing up I had to wear collared shirts to school every day as part of our dress code. Following that as I approached college, I rebelled and cut the necks off of all of my shirts. Then landing a job designing garments, I struggled through designing woven shirts, and worst of all trying to draw a collar accurately (very challenging, try it you’ll see). And after all that, I actually bought one the other day, and I can’t seem to take it off.

These days I know way more about suits than I ever thought I would. With our wedding coming up, Leo and I have searched high and low for the perfect suit. Although we didn’t end up with a Band of Outsiders suit, I must say they do make the most amazing pieces. Their cuts are amazingly slim and they seem to be one of the only brands that cater to young stylish men. The other thing to love about them is their website, it’s a blog. And even more love-able is the fact that they are preparing to launch a women’s wear label, ‘Boy’ which will debut at Barney’s sometime real soon.

The other day when I was so taken with Kate Moss’s graphic identity, I had no idea who to thank for all it’s lovely-ness. Turns out British graphic designer Peter Saville in conjunction with Paul Barnes is responsible. You may have seen Peter’s work on album covers for bands such as Joy Division and New Order. Basically his stuff is amazingly rad, check out some more of his work here (Designed by Peter Saville) or here (co-author of Visionaire 36).

I love this crazy sleeping bag from SCAD’s shop, made by  Maura McDonnell.

As some of you may know, Leo and I have a textile studio in Philadelphia. I just wanted to let you all know that our website is newly redesigned (you can see it here) and we have a video on there showing what a typical day is like at Printfresh. Enjoy!