June 6th, 2018 Our outfit of the week is in alignment with the talk of the town.Yesterday several fashionista friends reached out to me to share the sad news of Kate Spade's passing. I'm lighting a candle for her now, and while my heart goes out to her family I thought of the somewhat disappointing changes made to her company and clothes over the last few years and moved on with my day...Then one more conversation in the afternoon with Jenna (a collector of Kate's bags - one featured here) and I started realizing how many ways this woman has been a part of my life. I started remembering how I felt when I first found her pieces. SO COLORFUL! SO PRETTY! SO SMART, so well articulated... You catching this?! She is the inspiration for vocabulary in many many ways. I once gave a gift to my now husband of images that told the story of our first year together all cut from my first Kate Spade calendar which I could barely afford but certainly could NOT live without. This collage still hangs on our wall today. He bought me a party dress from her for Christmas one year and it is one of my ALL TIME favorites! She used cotton faille, no one uses cotton faille-and they SHOULD! She (and her team of course) taught me how to instagram before instagram. How much story could exist in an image. She made playful adult, she allowed color to be cool, and used a woman's wit to showcase her products, instead of her breasts!!! Ladies, she was groundbreaking, and while I ate it all up and recommended my clients do the same, I didn't exactly realize all that she was providing. She created space for fun to be a part of our everyday life, while mixed with class and intelligence. This, at a time when many many women are walking around with "juicy" embroidered on the bottoms of their many velour track suits, which is also fun & adult but at a slightly different vibration. I have always been a fan of bows and sparkle, she did them well, and she invited me to wear them while writing an old fashioned thank you note to my grandmother with a colorful pencil at a desk, designed to inspire a cocktail party that would certainly ensue as the work day commenced, because it all matters equally and there is grace in every aspect of our lives. Kate Spade, merci! et champagne s'il vous plait! (and because I prefer the way "kisses" sounds in french) Bisous, Cecelia
Ps. The farmer's market has moved a block away. Two great things about this: you can park much more easily on West Cedar Street when you head into vocabulary on Saturdays with less people in the fitting room all at once. You can still easily pop in before or after grabbing your market goodies. #WIN WINP
ps. Need a new spot in the 'hood?! Nolita has opened and it looks, feels and tastes delicious!!!
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