Breaking the Rules: Embracing Winter Whites (and Beyond!)

Forget those dusty fashion dictums! “No white after Labor Day”? Please. We’re living in a world wherecomfort and personal style reign supreme, and that includes rocking winter whites. Inspired by Vogue‘sbold stance against outdated rules, and my spouse’s mission to inject color into her wardrobe, weembarked on a creative journey to redefine fall fashion right […]

Joyful Linen Summer Coat

model walking in a floral linen coat, red pants and white sandals

Linen + vivid floral print = joy! I fell in love with this joyful linen fabric from the first sight. On Fabricville.com this print keeps coming every spring-summer season. It has several iterations, with black or pale yellow backgrounds, but this crisp white background is my favourite hands down. The print has a watercolour vibe, […]

Windbreaker in New York

Taupe windbreaker in New York City

We went on a family trip to New York City over the Easter holidays. For the occasion, I made a windbreaker for Alexei (14). I drafted the pattern with the help of the Rundschau system (система Мюллера по журналам Ателье). The style was loosely based on several Moncler coats. The materials came from fabricville.com, who […]