For Artistry…For Design

This incredible image of artistry is one of the most pinned images from my Pinterest Style Integrity account.              #styleintegrity Just like the many images that have inspired me, this designer’s work captured the pure passion found in true design artistry.  So, it came as quite a shock to me, when I…

Style Integrity Inspired By Nature

Style & Beauty are found everywhere.  Nature provides the riches design inspiration.                     #styleintegrity The color of leaves during the autumn.  Snow falling in a hush.  The waves lapping against the beach.  A sun rise or sunset. Fields of lavender in the South of France. The images below did…

Men’s Style Luxury

You have heard me say often, nothing is more appealing than a man with a style that clearly defines him.  #styleintegrity It is the combination of understanding one’s body shape, silhouettes that work for one’s overall proportion, and quality of style. I enjoy seeing fashionable style on men just as much as I enjoy the…

Style Integrity Tools

“Tools of the Trade.”     You hear that phrase in many specialty professions, including ‘Designer.’                                                               We, Artists, create a ‘Work of Art.’   We…

A Styled Brand Experience

 I still remember seeing these shoes.   Sitting in a Barcelona shoe store, floor to ceiling windows poured sunlight throughout the shoe store.  The terra-cotta color of the walls felt cozy and warm.  The store was filled with activity, yet I felt as if I was touring the store privately.  The store layout aisles allowed…

New Year Style, with Integrity & Promise

2015 is underway.  January is already halfway through.  Style paused temporarily due to the single digit weather! Does anyone else feel like the pace of the past two weeks lends to the belief that we should be further into the year! Good thing technology/social media keeps us productive hibernating in front of a roaring fire!…

My Memory of Oscar de la Renta

By now, much of the world knows of Oscar de la Renta’s passing. It truly is a somber day for the apparel industry.  It can be said by many of his elegance, his style, his class.   For me, Oscar always epitomized the elegance of a true gentleman. His integrity towards his craft….  His love and…

Color of Rain

The pouring rain outside, tickles the leaves.  The leaves stir in orchestrated crescendo as if my own window opens onto the beach. Sigh-my senses fill… completely blissful. When rain falls like this morning’s down pour I SEE RED. RED-a color of passion, romance, heartfelt stirring-that is what I see through the colors of the rain.…

The Art of Dressmaking

The book is beautiful. The faded aqua blue cloth cover, the hand bound pages, the paper quality, even the lettering font-all signaling quality. Even before I opened the book to read, the title held my interest. …………… I started right at the introduction and there written in black and white signified THE VERY WORDS I…