An inspirational visit.

My brother and his husband Thom surprised me with a visit to NY this week (which is part of the reason I haven’t been posting regularly).  Jordan has been nothing but supportive and encouraging since I left the world of mass consumerism to launch this collection on my own.  He was one of the few people in my immediate entourage who pushed me forward instead of pointing out all the negatives when I had my own doubts.  I hope he knows how important he has been in the development of this collection (and maintaining my sanity).

We went to the Guggenheim to see the Kandinsky exhibit which blew me away.  I’ve never seen so many of Kandinsky’s works all in one place, nor have I seen such a clear progression of his work throughout his career, spanning two wars, several moves to new countries, and differing painting philosophies.

My final collection for Covet was inspired by Kandinsky’s later work, done while he taught at the Bauhaus in Berlin.  I saw a smaller exhibit at the Tate Modern in London over a year ago that stuck with me.  I didn’t realize it until I saw the painting above, but I believe there was some strong inspiration from that work in The Square Project as well.  But his earlier work struck a cord this time and I believe I will carry that with me to the Fall 2010 collection.  But more on that later.

I’m preparing linesheets and sending out sales packets to the stores I would like to see carrying the SS10 collection.  My wish list of stores, you might say.  This is not my favourite part of the job, but it is a very necessary part.