what's in a name?

I have decided on a name for my new Blog! I love coming up with tag lines and punny titles. Have you ever read the titles of the articles in WWD? They make me groan, they are so good! But I digress... I have made up a few good catchy slogans for my company over the years that I was still considering. Here are a few:

Fashion=MCsquared
Don't Just Stand There. Accessorize!
Every Good Girl Deserves Fashion

But I decided to go with the broadest title possible for this Blog so I could go in any direction with my musings on style trends, people, food, shoes, luxury, shopping experiences, street trends, my own new designs, and probably more. i am a fashion designer.gee* will allow me to discuss "all things fashion designer," where ever that may lead.

Anyway, I think I am going to like doing this Blog. I have a lot of opinions, and I like to seek out lots of things, and now I get to share them all! Hooray. Plus I don't mind telling you, I need a bit more structure to my day. More on the topic of organization in other entries. I can't wait!

*I coined this phrase years ago when a hat design I created landed me on the pages of Vogue (gee!) and totally changed my career path. Once a curatorial assistant in Japanese Art, now a Fashion Designer, self-taught, self-employed, self-generating, and for some years now! I started my company in Boston, and recently uprooted and moved the whole operation to NYC! I started with hats, and then switched to doing a full line of women's clothing. Later I added accessories, and silk-screened t-shirts. I design clothing that is item-based, Japanese-inpired, economical and useful. I like a limited color palette of darks, but I also like the candy-colored bright tones mixed with very flat, bold prints. As a rule, I do not like lacey, flowery, drapey things. I do like lace and flowers but only if they are flat and bold and sculptural. And anything I make that is "drapey" is really more structured and sculptural. So I have a certain style. If you like my kind of design, you will get hooked.