My parents got married in 1974. My mom was three months pregnant with me, and was almost a decade older than my dad, but that’s not what made their marriage unusual. What made their relationship different in 1974 was that my dad is African American and my mom is Filipina. Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme […]
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My weekly “My Self-Employed Life” post is taking a break this week because I need to show you all the new things I’ve been working on. I found a good supplier for linen tea towels (I hate sewing tea towels, but hadn’t been able to find a company that sold nice, pre-sewn ones), so I’ve
The LA Fabric District is part of the larger, and largely unglamorous, LA Fashion District. Think bolts of fabrics being sold on the street, inexpensive clothes made in local factories, trim that was at the height of fashion six years ago. You have to hunt for what you need here – and that’s what makes
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Sometimes, when you need a bag to match a dress for a wedding that’s happening the next day, you give thanks that you can make one yourself. And you spend a record 30 minutes inking a transparency (no sketching it out first or manipulating it in Photoshop), run to the studio to expose the screen,