A New Way to Think about Fashion

Tonya Lobato, slimline pants in wool gabardine, super 130s, a view of the inner construction, by Tonya Lobato

The Details Inside Tell a Story

Have you ever looked closely at the inside construction of your favorite garment? How the seams and hems are finished and whether or not the garment features any hand stitching...

The Details Inside Tell a Story

Have you ever looked closely at the inside construction of your favorite garment? How the seams and hems are finished and whether or not the garment features any hand stitching...

Changing Careers and Discovering My Creative Voice

Changing Careers and Discovering My Creative Voice

I made a risky decision a few years ago, at 40, to quit my job and switch career paths from editing to fashion design. Working in publishing as an editor for over...

Changing Careers and Discovering My Creative Voice

I made a risky decision a few years ago, at 40, to quit my job and switch career paths from editing to fashion design. Working in publishing as an editor for over...

Garments Have Changed; So Have We

Garments Have Changed; So Have We

Why have we changed our attitudes about the value of a garment? We are caught in a vicious consumer cycle in which the number of new things that one owns...

Garments Have Changed; So Have We

Why have we changed our attitudes about the value of a garment? We are caught in a vicious consumer cycle in which the number of new things that one owns...

Brooklyn Challenges Manhattan at NYFW

Three designers who chose to buck Manhattan and exhibit in its less polished but more forward thinking sister-borough, collectively captured for me this chaotic, sometimes joyful, often rebellious spirit of...

Brooklyn Challenges Manhattan at NYFW

Three designers who chose to buck Manhattan and exhibit in its less polished but more forward thinking sister-borough, collectively captured for me this chaotic, sometimes joyful, often rebellious spirit of...

Swiss Design at its Best

Last weekend I visited the Swiss design fair in&out, in Aarau, Switzerland, which tags itself as "die grösste und wichtigste Trendmesse und Verkaufsausstellung für Schweizer Design" or "the largest and most important trend...

Swiss Design at its Best

Last weekend I visited the Swiss design fair in&out, in Aarau, Switzerland, which tags itself as "die grösste und wichtigste Trendmesse und Verkaufsausstellung für Schweizer Design" or "the largest and most important trend...

For the Love of Learning

I am excited to announce a website blog with a focus on sustainability that will cover design news, garment construction techniques, information about fabrics, fibers, and materials; as well as information...

For the Love of Learning

I am excited to announce a website blog with a focus on sustainability that will cover design news, garment construction techniques, information about fabrics, fibers, and materials; as well as information...