THREAD OF LIFE

An ode to Provence

Slow, sweet summer mornings, leaning into long hazy afternoons, fading into intimate cinq-a-sept hours, spending time with friends & family, sharing moments. This year, as we find ourselves deep in the days of a summer unlike any that’s come before, we are creating that familiar sense of connection in unexpected – and often beautifully poignant ways.

This collection was conceptualized in Provence. An ode to Monet’s garden with the lure of weathered rose blooms – beautiful, ethereal, and tangled just as all good fairy tales can be. This sustainable collection reflects pieces of me, weaving the story of what was around me – with humility, and respect for that time, place and the earth. Timeless enchanting pieces with soft silky silhouettes and easy – ruffled lace gowns, this collection is for life’s most precious moments, hence it’s name, Fil de Vie, “thread of life.”

Now, as the world has come to a pause, we choose to collectively create around it. This campaign is an ode to the very moment – a moment in which we are striving for connection wherever we can get it, holding our loved ones closer than ever, and finding the greater meaning in our work and creative collective. This was an intimate setting by design, where instead of bringing her to Provence, I re-lived Provence through my muse.

Photographed in California by an unscripted pairing of a designer ( turned photographer ) and muse ( turned to stylist ), on medium format film, are barely re-touched reflections of a slow song of temperate breezes in the garden, natural yet dramatic light throughout the chateau and nothing short of belly aching laughs and glasses of rose. These images are intimate portraits of life as we live it: slow and steady with simplicity, full of a sweet sultriness, full of new understandings, and full of love. There is something intimate and special about experiencing a creative vision designed with precisely those moments in mind, translated so sheerly. I felt as if the spirit of Provence’s balmy warmth and dreamy, intimate landscape was toasting to life with us.

Discover { part 1 of 4 series } love letters to High Summer 2020 from Provence to California