Journal — Inspiration

Most of the floral patterns and prints I create for Atèlette are inspired by antique textiles I have found through antique pattern & fabric sample books such as this one from Old Pacific Print Works, a textile company based in Massachusetts. I came across this collection from 1880-1881 and there are so many beautiful motifs inspiring me for Spring and Summer of next year.   Source: Printer's Sample Book (USA); Manufactured by Old Pacific Print Works; leather, paper, cotton; Gift of Frederick J. Whitehead from the collection compiled by his father...

This really isn't my 61st mood board, I've probably made hundreds of them to be honest though I rarely share them because I think "Oh, these aren't pretty enough" or whatever self-limiting/self-doubt speech I'm giving myself that day. Anyhow, I thought I'd just start sharing them in the journal and not really because they're inspiration for any single particular piece I am working on, but to show that my inspiration is drawn from so many things and sometimes it is just a piece of a photo, or just a detail...

Yesterday I shot all of the pieces that are part of our Spring Reverie with one of my favorite models, Patience (who I met through Instagram), in one of my favorite places just north of Portland. The day before I spent the morning driving through the quiet streets on the island, the water's surface sparkling with sunshine, tree branches with fresh new buds and flowers gently swaying in the wind, the scene was so idyllic. I drove around making sure the locations I wanted to shoot were accessible and to make sure the...