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The UK has some of the best summer hotspots: fine scenery, culture, history, good food… if only it had the weather behind it I would be itching to go back there more often. You can travel for 2- 3 hours in the UK and you feel like you’re visiting another country. There’s some diversity, so (…) Read more »

When I found out we were heading to Napa Valley for BottleRock festival my heart started racing a little. I had always wanted to go to Napa Valley. The picture perfect scenery always made me question how this place can actually exist. Acres and acres of vineyards, beautiful countryside and winding roads… it just seemed (…) Read more »

Our May catalog was shot in the beautiful and vibrant city of Brazil — Rio de Janeiro. A city that has so much energy that as soon as you arrive you know it’s going to be a non-stop fuel-packed trip. I have always wanted to go to Brazil. They say that once visited it’s never (…) Read more »

 Hello True Hearts. Just recently I had the luxury of spending a work day with my current LA Design teammate Kelly and My former teammate Emma from FP Beach, who was visiting from Philadelphia. (…) Read more »

It has become that time of year when people are jet-setting around the world for a vacation, and for me preparing for the on-flight experience is just as important as packing for your vacation. I have always had travel fever. I feel like my mind expands whenever I go to a foreign country and it (…) Read more »

A couple of weeks ago I had a dream about Brazil. The exotic senses spun around in my mind for hours and hours. The next day I found this… The Blue Atelier in Trancoso: a quiet, pristine fishing village on an unspoilt stretch of Brazil’s Discovery Coast, a place that seems as if it has (…) Read more »

I followed our buyers around a for a few days in LA while they were on a research trip. They work fast with a good eye and know exactly what to seek out. We met in the morning around 8am in the Chamberlain West Holiday Hotel and then headed out to our destinations; vintage warehouses, (…) Read more »

My most profound memories of my younger years are the caravan holidays I went on. My parents, my sister, and I used to pack small suitcases and then we would drive 4-6 hours to our destination. The destination was usually the English coast line and there, my imagination used to run wild. Having four of (…) Read more »

The streets of LA smell like jasmine, it’s true! Every morning when we left The Chamberlain, our senses were woken by sweet flowering scents making us drift happily through the West Hollywood hills. The LA voyage was a research trip where our buyers seek vintage finds for inspiration for future trends. And I… I was (…) Read more »

There’s more to LA than meets the eye, it’s vintage fashion scene and holistic way of living is booming. I’m excited to head there this weekend to explore the City of Angles down to it’s very core. I’m heading there with our buyers for a research trip and to create features that will be coming (…) Read more »

Our March catalog was shot in two locations – in a studio in New York City and in a stunning field of flowers located in a town called Lompoc, California. The fertile valley of Lompoc, located in Santa Barbara County, and its coastal climate, make it one of the world’s leading producers of flower seeds.  (…) Read more »

On of the things of my bucket list is to visit the seven wonders of the world, from The Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal. I want to visit India, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, China, Peru, and Jordan and tick the great monuments that these countries carry off my list. It would be an (…) Read more »