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Fast Forward to Spring... 2011

I just barely finished designing my Fall/Holiday 2010 line, and already it’s time to move on to Spring 2011. It’s important to have samples ready ...

Antique-aholics Anonymous

I love antiques. Since I was a teenager, I have been obsessed with vintage clothing, shoes, magazines, houses, furniture… everything! When I was ...

Cordoba

In my mind, Spain has alway been a tempestuous land of devastatingly handsome men and beautiful women dancing against the backdrop of a fiery red s...

Suzanna Dai Fall/Holiday 2010

I went home this weekend to shoot photos of my Fall/Holiday 2010 line, which I am very excited about. I don’t have names for all of the groups yet...

More Mosaics

I’m still thinking of Italy and Greece…. I found these photos of Hearst Castle, William Randolph Hearst’s breathtaking estate in San Simeon, CA. Th...

Amalfi

Italy - beautiful country of aesthetic treasures, where modernity is a glance away from the ancient, and both are constantly playing off of each ot...

Art Deco Is Alive and Well

I’ve recently read that Art Deco is dead, but I could not disagree more. Lately, it’s been one of my biggest inspirations. In fact, I recently did...

La Dolce Vita

One of the most inventive fashion designers from the 1930s is Elsa Schiaparelli. In typical Roman form, she had fun with fashion and didn’t take an...

Hot Spots

It’s cold. Really cold. Whenever it’s this cold, I always start thinking about where I can go that’s warm, sunny, and far away. I grew up in Hou...

Go West

There’s something so American about taking a road trip. At the back of our psyches is a constant pull to run away, hop into a car and drive as far...

Paris

I fell in love with France when I was about 12 years old. One day I woke up and decided I was going to be French. Well, maybe it was that I was g...

More Color Inspiration for Spring

In one of my recent posts, I talked about color as a major inspiration for me. Recently I have become obsessed with Ballerina Colors, but also mix...