“Earth laughs in flowers” – Ralph Waldo

As the dawn of autumn slowly dulls the summer’s glow, golden season memories never fade…

October is its own in-between golden season, an ephemeral time of vibrant moments that dance us into autumn with lingering memories of endless sun-drenched days. Though this year has differed from its predecessors, the magic of the golden season has flourished with vivid memories of endless fields of blooms and fluttering butterflies.

For this past summer collection, the stars aligned in an unexpected way. I was honored and excited to work with friend, muse, and collaborator Danielle Fortin to shoot the first of a four-part series of our Fil de Vie Collection in California, with frames that harkened back to a quintessential day in Provence.

Most recently Danielle invited me to her Boston sanctuary to capture her in our Flora Gown at the golden hour of the day. In a traditional Bostonian brownstone nestled in the Back Bay, livable layers of silk danced, carefully painted with a fleeting palette of late-blooming wildflowers, petal-like ruffles and a sweetly playful disposition overflowing with vivacity. The dramatically elegant silhouette is reminiscent of delicate monarch wings – a true homage to the golden season, making even the laziest of days into an occasion to remember.

The Flora Dress is part of a storied movement – a collection of sustainable treasures of silk, hand-made construction, and with the highest of ethical standards. Alive with richness & fluidity, each detail was designed to cherish the feeling of the end of summer – carrying one through the end of a season, and into the beginning of the next.

…In a few stolen moments, a roll of film reflects an intimate story yet to be told – our muse lingered upon vivid memories of summer, bathed in heirlooms of silk. A heartfelt portrait of a nostalgic, romantic return to a very special place and time.