Lilian Asterfield: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

More Lace, Coming Right Up!

Lace Double Ruffle

Lace Triple Ruffle

Lace Katherine

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Shades of Purple & Gray

Find these lovelies in our online shop and at our local haunt, Turtle at 619 Tremont St. Boston, MA.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

When my Mom was little it was her dream to have a horse. Pretend led her to the Midwest as Annie Oakley, braking the legs off her porcelain toy horses as she galloped off to the sunset across the living room carpet. Her cowgirl heart won my Dad's over drafting tables at the design firm they met at in Boston, MA. Years later after their twins turned 7, my Dad did the kindest thing, He made my Mom's dream come true.

Bostonian, an Arabian in youthful dark gray, joined our family in 1985. Boston and I grew up together and at the age of 35, he took his last blade of grass and bid farewell.

He will be sorely missed and was greatly loved every day of his life.

- Nicole

Favorite Pairings, Roundup

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Tumblr Love

Cool French tumblr blog just posted one of our Sherlocks. Liking their eye. Check it out here.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Color Blast Weekend

We pulled out the color just in time for the weekend. Perfect for Boston's Fashion Week. So we have drizzle/flooding forecast for the next 5 days, Lilian Asterfield says, color the sun in!

Dancing may be required, ruffles a must! Purchase your one of a kind/vintage color here.

Hot-Hot Pink Double Ruffle

Persimmon Katherine

Rusty Retro Katherine

Friday, September 23, 2011

Our new Intern Model's Turtle's New Order

Meet Tori, a senior Fibers major at Massachusettes College Art & Design, she will be keeping the studio running smoothly for the next couple months.

Tori models a few of the pieces on their way to Turtle, located at 619 Tremont St. in Boston's South End. Turtle also carries our collection of one of a kind obi belts.

Ruffle Pup

Bugs models one of our Triple Ruffles scarves in the studio.

Egyptian Stripe

Katherine Scarf

Detail

I love when I find museum museum neckties. They always have such interesting prints that featuring what ever exhibitions might have been showing that year. Here we have a clever egyptian print from the Metropolitan Museum that we have parried with a preppy stripe. Find it here.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

New OOAK/Vintage Sherlock

This handsome 40's inspired silk firework design mixed over a preppy square medallion print could go boardroom buttoned up or unstructured sweater & denim. It's a one of a kind, scoop it up quick. Visit our shop here.

OOAK/vintage Sherlock

Tie Me Up In Colorful Knots

Knotted Twist in Fuchsia & Turquoise SOLD

Our "Knotted " necklaces made a huge splash in Chicago and we have just added a few to our shop.

Art Nouveau

Cranberry & midnight, I love Art Nouveau and always keep my eyes out for prints that hint at it. I first cam across Mucha's amazing illustrations as a little girl after coveting the hard cover copy my mother had of Sarah Bernhardt.

Ooak/vintage Katherine

He was born Alfons Maria Mucha in the town of Ivančice, Moravia, in what is now the Czech Republic. Mucha designed a poster for the actress Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress in Paris at the time. She loved the work, landing him a 16year contract immortalizing the beauty in his is unique style called Art Nouveau. Mucha would produce paintings, posters, advertisements, and book illustrations, as well as designs for jewelry, carpets, wallpaper, and theatre sets.

Here is one of my favorite advertisements of Mucha's.