come.fly.with.me // Free People Aspen Holiday

 

Speaking of the beauty of mountains...one of the biggest perks of my job is Aspen. It is by far the most beautiful airborn view I have ever seen. The terrain just gets more and more stunning as you approach the top and I find myself glued to the airplane window every time I go...

 

 

And since Aspen is the place to be for the Holidays, we had to give it a little extra display love this season. My favorite element was these adorable hand painted vintage skis that our home office sent me to play with, and this is what I came up with...

 

 

Just a few snapshots of the Holiday magic happening in Free People right now...Enjoy!

 

clutch by Osklen Fall 2013

 

 

Curated Collection // Mountains in Color

Because my mountain view is absent on this dreary gray Seattle day, a mini collection of color infused mountainscapes are inspiring me today...

 



 

from top: Lena Smirnova, elydoric, Brion Nuda Rosch, tchmo, Chris Minielly

 

Here's to the boldest of colors in the highest of places...Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

An Artful Weekend: From Up Above

I came across this 'Plane Windows' series by artist Jim Darling and immediately felt a connection. Lately I've been spending a lot of my life up in the air and I'm often taken aback by how beautiful the view out of my little portal window can be...

 

Hope your weekend is filled with artful inspiration...Enjoy!

 

 

An Artful Weekend: Galaxy Eyes

Happy Sunday! I'm off to Los Angeles today to help open our brand new Santa Monica Free People and I can't wait to be beach-side. There is just something about salt water, sand and clear blue skies that is just good for the soul. These gorgeous prints from Galaxy Eyes are like a little dose of that for your wall...

 

 

I hope your weekend was full of blue skies, or whatever your version of that may be...Enjoy!

 

 



Jewelry Love: Hanna Reingold

Did I mention I get to work with some crazy talented people? Well miss Hanna Reingold is definitely one of them. She showed her work at last month's Art Show and my friends, we have an uber talented jewelry designer in our midst. Each uniquely hand crafted crystal piece is a work of art in itself and I'm kind of in love. They're a mash up of quartz, leather and vintage findings and they are pure bohemian brilliance...

 

 

She made this last piece specially for yours truly and I plan on wearing the thing out. You gotta love a chunky statement piece that somehow goes with everything in your closet. Happy Friday everyone...Enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Artful Weekend: Alexandra Valenti

Alexandra Valenti is one of those artists that continues to produce work that emanates her signature wanderlust style while at the same time innovating and creating something fresh and new with each project she takes on. Her bohemian brilliance is completely unique, mixing stunningly raw photography and fashion with watercolor and patterning in a way that makes each image feel like a little portal into a purely artistic world...

 

images via Alexandra Valenti

 

Wanting to spend the weekend soaking up new inspiration, Alexandra Valenti was on one of the first places I turned...Enjoy!

 

FREE PEOPLE DISPLAY // Fall in Manhattan Beach

Happy Wednesday my friends! I wanted to share how we transformed Free People Manhattan Beach into Fall. This is such a fun store to work in because the windows look out to the beach below and the sun is always shining. Novelty denim is such a huge part of the Fall lines that we wanted to incorporate it into the Fall display. So I spent a good month bleaching, dying and sewing denim into tapestries to hang in the stores. Needless to say, when it came to constructing them for Manhattan Beach, we wanted to give them a beachy vibe...

 

 

I found this rich henna color to decorate the windows with, thanks to Montana's new line of paint pens, and it ended up being the perfect hue for Fall. And of course, after spending the whole month figuring out different bleaching techniques for denim, I couldn't help but transform some of my own denim as well...Enjoy!