Nev-Fur Again! Oh, and Other January Joys!

            I wanted to name this new batch of corsets "The Ironic Doily" but I wasn't sure people would get it.  It's just that I'm OBSCESSED with these gorgeous Venise Lace appliques. They're high quality, they sew onto garments beautifully, and I adore the idea of intricate "shapes within shapes". I've found that when you're messing around with an hourglass, you can do really positive things and really BAD things (hence, the seam-ripper of justice!), to trick the brain into seeing things differently. With placing the lace, I endeavored to trick the eye into seeing even MORE of an hourglass, focusing on going IN and OUT in a dramatic way.

          So, I don't make New Year's Resolutions (I know, I'm such a hipster, right?) but I DO take January to seriously focus on myself and where I want the business to go. Back when I started this company, this used to be a "down" month for me, and I could take time producing inventory  for spring shows and drawing up designs, but as we've grown, I don't have the comfort of "down months" and every coming month seems increasingly packed with huge events and obligations!  I also have my brain which is always telling me to "PUSH", which is probably the reason that I did so many fur-trimmed things, and hated every second of it.

         It's not just that fur is messy when you cut it and it finds its way into every crook 'n' nanny (that is how my sister and I say nook and cranny.)