noelle o designs

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patchwork backpack
family, fashion, shoes

Back to School With Shiny New Kicks

It’s that time of year again… time to set the alarm, pack the lunch, coiff the hairdo, slip on a pair of new shoes and head off to school. Here’s what the first day back looked like at our house: Carefully planned outfit- as always, thank you H&M. Pause to enjoy the backpack- I found […]

design, fabric, fashion, media

get me on that train

I noticed this Louis Vuitton ad campaign in a magazine this summer (couldn’t find it online yet- weird, or maybe I should have looked harder). Since then, I haven’t been able to get it out of my head and finally, there it was- in my New York Times Style magazine on Sunday- yay! Lovely, all […]

art, books, fashion, humor, sewing

vintage advice, still relevant

A good friend forwarded this snippet from a Singer sewing manual on to me and I’ve been shocked ever since- that’s the ritual I follow everyday- I never sew without my French chalk by my side… and lots of makeup. Seriously though, it’s why we watch Mad Men, (well, one of the reasons- after the […]