Maybe it’s because I’m so emotional about everything…but whenever I sit down to design I always start with the feeling. How do I want to feel? How do I want you to feel? And what kind of clothes will help us get there? And the feeling I was searching for in my wardrobe - more than feeling brave or beautiful - was hope. In a season of my life where the bridge between “postpartum new mum” and “businesswoman with a toddler” felt closer to walking a tightrope without a safety net, I desperately wanted to put on something and feel hopeful.
Fine Tailoring Volume Two was inspired by transitions. The ones we plan for and the ones we don’t. The liberating break up and the messy divorce. Moving cities or moving out of home. Starting a family or becoming an empty-nester. Navigating grief, illness, or the postpartum body you don’t recognize. Because when you’re going through a transition in your life, really the thing you’re hoping for, what you’d chop off your right arm to have, is for someone or something to show you everything’s going to be okay.
My parents always remind me I was the most sensitive kid at school - I just don’t know any other way to be. But you can’t convince me clothes aren’t emotional or that our relationship to them isn’t meaningful. Sometimes getting dressed in the morning is the first act of hope in your day. You put on something great and you’re one step closer to who you know you can be.
