from the desk of the Fashion Fairy

I love these wallpaper digital art by brigitte zieger.  
Click here and select wallpaper pieces and watch a really fun virtual textile art experience.

from the desk of the Fashion Fairy

Even when it is raining cats and dogs for days, you can still go window shopping.

Start the slideshow and let the fun begin.       holiday window shopping .

from the desk of the Fashion Fairy

This piece is one of the best x-mas winter fantasies...  Fly around the world with the snowman!  

Here is a look at Stella holiday boutique at UniqueLA

It was really fun creating a friendly booth out of found objects.  We had to do a little brain storming for a simple yet elegant booth that would cost almost nothing to put together.  We love using found objects, recycling, and re-using materials.  While driving to the studio one morning, we found abandoned wooden crates out side of a local art gallery, new puppy (love the name btw). 

This really was the perfect material to showcase our comfy chic, and fantasy girl dresses. 

Along with our dresses, we displayed fun, fabulous floral designs for the home.   And super cute knitting materials, nothing makes us feel cozier than seeing balls of yarn.  We love anything that is hand made.

And here are our beautiful Starlet dresses on display.  Lots of parents, uncles, aunts and little girls went home happy with their Starlet dresses!

 

Los Angeles is alive with creativity

This past weekend was a blast!  Stella industries joined 324 other local designer Holiday Gift show UniqueLA.

We had no idea what to expect from our very first retail pop up shop!  It turned out to be a very exciting, jam packed two day event.  According to Sonja Rasula, the founder of Unique LA, there were some 8,000 shoppers.  

I can't say we met them all,  but we did meet and assist so many new Stella clients. 

 It was super exciting to meet our customers face to face. We loved bonding with them and getting feed back on our work.  Here is naming a few of our wonderful customers:

a staff from the office of Chief Officer Beck, LAPD,

an Oscar winning film producer, Cathy Schulman of Crash,

a local milliner that's been making hats for 23 years Louise Green Millinery Co.

and many more wonderful folks that are designers, teachers, architects, night club owners, gallery owners, and more.  It was a great cross section of our Los Angeles community and some from as far as NYC.  Thank you all for supporting stella industries.  We look forward to seeing you at Unique LA holiday event next year or sooner!

from the desk of the Fashion Fairy

Rei Kawabuko

Founder, designer Comme de Garcons

Here is a master of fashion design that first got me interested in fashion as something more than just pretty things to wear.  I learned about her while I was living in NYC in the 80's.  It was an exciting time for fashion.

When did Lady Gaga start checking out CDG?

Announcing Keedo Clothes Trunk Show Raffle Winners

Keedo Clothes, Oklahoma City, OK    November 4, 2010

Trunk Show Raffle Winners  Congratulations

Mindy Baskett  blue midnight size 8

Micah Norman  pink size 18

models  not included

from the desk of the Fashion Fairy

i have a little secret.  i love shopping, not necessarily buying but looking, looking and looking.  Here is a place where i can get some window shopping done from my desk.
where do you window shop?

http://fashiontraveler.com/shop-windows-prada.htm

70's and 60's Style Starlets

These days we are super preoccupied with designing our fall 2011-12 collection at stella studio.

It’s always fun to look at fashion starlets from decades past for inspiration. 

We are forever in love with the 70’s and the 60’s.  Here are some starlet characters we love for their iconic styles. 

70’s

Ali Macgraw-  perfect preppy chic

Cher-glamorous

Pam Grier- Super smart bow and pinstripes 

60’s

Jean seberg – classic comfort in stripes

Brigitte Bardot loves stripes too!

And love the 50’s dress styles accentuating the natural waistline, cinching, shirred full skirt on a simple bodice. 

Taylor Swift, a newbie, she is simply sweet!

YIn and Yang

I find myself often saying to the children, "pay attention."   I've been walking on this street crossing for almost 5 years now to reach my design studio in downtown Los Angeles.  It was only last week I "paid attention" to what I was walking on all this time.  It made me smile to find this Yin and Yang symbol.

This is a chinese philosophy definition of Yin an Yang.  As part of the Tao, they are merely two aspects of a single reality. Each contains the seed of the other, which is why we see a black spot of Yin in the white Yang and vice versa. They do not merely replace each other but actually become each other through the constant flow of the universe.

starlet is born

Our best new dress to date, Starlet started shipping this month.  We are super excited to get these lovely soft swingy dresses on our retailers hangers for every lucky girl out there. Every girl is a star.