Casey Jex Smith, these are pretty sweet!

Last week was a doozy… so much had to get done in what felt like no time at all. This week is going to be a hectic one too, but hopefully a little gentler than last. We shoot two look books tomorrow, Holiday and Resort, with Martin Betz. After that both new collections need to be prepped for next weeks trade show and we need to finish our Spring prints as well as start designing the Swim collection! Man oh man…We’ll get it done, we always do…

I love the feeling of these drawings. i love the colors and the sentiment. check it out… Morgan Blair

MARA HOFFMAN SPRING SAMPLE SALE!!!
(this is the big one.)
w/ jewelry from ALL FOR THE MOUNTAIN!!

When: Thursday April 23rd 10am to 6pm, Friday April 24th 10am to 6pm, Saturday April 25th 12pm to 6pm

Where: 120 W 28th st 3rd floor between 6th and 7th ave NYC

What: So much clothes you won’t believe your eyes and beautiful jewelry from All for the mountain.
I’m serious, there are racks, and racks, and racks of CURRENT Resort, Spring and Swimwear marked down 60%- 80%! Price range from $10- $100. Crazy.
Dresses, tops, bikinis, cover ups, the best jewelry and much much more!!!!!

ALL CREDIT CARDS ADORED.

PLEASE PASS THE GOODNESS ON!

I NEED this. How genius!! check out the rest of Eiko Ishizawa’s work….

Actually, I don’t know you, but I LOVE what you do. I can easily say that these photos sum up my constant inspiration. SO RIGHT ON. check it out, you simply must…Neil Krug

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photo by by Eric Lafforgue

Steneo

The Raven

Curieux

Stumbled upon this work today…So beautiful…Check out Emmanuel Polanco’s site and his blog, both packed with amazing illustrations and collages.

Brandi Strickland

We are at that point in the design process where we are forced to push work out in order to make our deadlines. One of the biggest frustrations in this business is the time restraints. There is really no time to truly develop something, work it out, fix it, bring it to life, work it out some more, get it right, let it fly. Most of the time the final ideas that come out are pretty much first drafts. It can be so frustrating…Since we last showed Fall 2009 in February, we have already completed a Holiday, Resort, and Swim collection and in a week in a half all of our Spring 2010 prints are due. There is no time! I have always been envious of the way my husband, Javier, gets to work. If he chose he could linger on an inspiration for years. ahhh, the freedom.

So, sweet Universe, this is my formal request for inspiration, vision, strength, and speed in this next week and a half…

With infinite thanks,

Mara

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Artist, mother, wife, witchmomma, shamanista, poet, filled with the lightness, darkness, sweetness, and sadness. The perfect mix. I love Kara, and her family, and her art, and her ways, and her hair.

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