Lamb and Fennel Mint Salad (Chia Chong and Libbie Summers)

A Lavender Fibers Project

Words and Artwork by katherine sandoz Photography by Chia Chong  in the bowl:  hundreds of silk, cotton and linen leaves and blooms ready to be sewn and wired into abstract […]

A Kick Ass Collar

I was pretty excited when I saw this awesome shoot the gals shot in NYC about knives, allowing me to tap in to my darker side (which isn’t too hard). Knives you say? Why not add some bullets to the mix? I adore this kick ass collar by Assad Mounser made with stainless steel bullet spike drops.

A Lesson in Geography and Modesty

There’s nothing like a worldly person to remind you you’re not.

When I meet Merveille Kasongo, her body language reads like one of those signs on the back of a semitruck that warn: “Stay back 200 feet.” Her arms remains locked at her sides and without smiling she looks directly at me with big dark eyes lined with lashes so thick I wonder how they could be real. My brassy American sensibilities are, of course, injured.