QUATREFOIL IN USE

Sweet baby and a Vegas wedding

QUATREFOIL

Hail the Quatrefoil!!  This versatile four leafed lobe is popping up everywhere! It first caught my eye in an interior design mag summer 2008, and seems to be making a splash on everything from business card cases to this fabulous ironwork gate.  I'm touting this Byzantine inspired symbol as the replacement to the flourish damask prints that worked tirelessly through 2007-8.  I love the more structured, lattice shape, which looks great as an all-over print or on it's own.  It can be quirky, ethnic or highbrow....both contemporary and classic.  I've already used it on both baby and wedding....will show you snaps soon!

INTRODUCTION

While a large portion of my projects are wedding related, this will not be devoted to covering the latest in bridal color, floral design, couture and decor. Instead, I hope it will be a mix of what I find inspiring at the moment, be it people, place, thing or thought.

Upstream, style development is a direct reflection of our environment as a whole:  the people we meet;  the clothes we wear; the chair we sit on; the vote we cast.  Fashion, furniture, interior design, politics, technology, society, economy ~ are all interconnected and have a hand in the evolution of style:  an article on post-modern decor might inspire a great new silhouette in fashion, or an arial photo might create the essence for a new print.  A new palette compensates for a bleak economy with bright colors....or mimics the mood in gloomy tones.

Downstream, the inspiration becomes a trend after finding a comfy niche in multi-mediums. Finding a way into closets, onto walls,  on tv, screen and magazines to a point where the consumer recognizes it as mainstream, is comfortable with how to best use and apply it, and establishes it as a trend.  

While mainstream trends are certainly important, it is the "upstream" inspirations of style development that interest me most.  I hope this site will give me an outlet to explore those ideas ~ even all the while I celebrate what is happening "now" with my clients.