DYI Make Your Own Face Mask

March 21, 2020

About 3 weeks ago I started thinking about how I could design a face shield that would look good and protect my eyes, nose, and mouth from saliva coming from another human. I get the whole social distancing, but in reality people are kinda gross and I don’t really want to look like a medical worker. Plus those surgical masks are meant for them, the medical community, not us.

I googled and came up with nothing that was ship-able or possible to wear. So I started with what resources I had and the idea to make a prototype of a chic face mask.

I went to Jack’s 99 cent store and Burlington and got the thickest clear shower curtain available to start making a prototype https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF1GpDAtfkEcsHgZi2R91NA see my YouTube Live here I demo it.

Then I realized I needed to upgrade to some thicker vinyl. I went to the plastic supplier in Nyc and got a few yards, Perfection.! The issue now is they are afraid to open and can’t ship it to me so I am struggling with getting more of the vinyl .

So, place you order now - I am transparent with the cost and there is no mark up.

Let me know what you think I have talked to 3 Dr. friends and think this is a good option

If I get more vinyl then I have a force of freelancers ready to go & make this a scale-able idea!

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SKEWVILLE showing us: How to Toss

September 7, 2018

A week before a select few of us got a sneak peek at the new ( Soho house ) Dumbo House, in Dumbo. Skewville, interviewed by Martin Klipp of Beyond Art Creative got into the story of the wooden sneakers. It was very informative to hear Skewville speak to the history of how it all started to where they are now- this is what hooked me. These guys are the real deal.

VOLEZ, VOGUEZ, VOYAGEZ - LOUIS VUITTON October 27, 2017 - January 7, 2018

November 28, 2017

Got my tickets to see the Louis Vuitton Volez, Voguez, Voyagez exhibition. LV asked renown curator and historian, Olivier Saillard to prepare this exhibition. He is known for curating at, Musée de la Mode in Paris and Marseille, the Musée Bordelle and the Victoria & Albert museum in London. It is up untill January 7th but free tickets for the tour are suggested. I added the link below. I will be posting and sharing my POV of this event!

RECAP: OF the show....

What struck me as interesting is how the brand started, and the craft that went into making the trunks. I took the picture below to show how each one of the logos was hand painted! That's craft. If you look at the mark making it's 100% someone actually painting the logo on the trunks. That's more than 10,000 hours ( smile) for expert status.

Also what was great to see was that they made LV tire trunks for exactly that use. ( YES AN LV CASE FOR YOUR SPARE TIRE ) what a luxury!

The "bucket bag" trending for the past few seasons can also be traced back to LV and in one of the most cleaver ways. Champagne was carried in a "bucket bag" and there it is .... the inspiration for the shape of the trending purse. ( see picture below)

The expansion of LV to collaborate with artist|brands has probably proven very successful and profitable. Supreme, yayoi-kusama

Richard Prince, and Steven Sprouse, are some the highlighted ones in the show and probably some of my favorite collaborations.

I look forward to seeing how major fashion houses continue to excite the public, stay relevant with newness and create ways to educate the public and grow the fan base in non traditional ways!