Archive for October, 2009
Editors are Forecasting: Heavy Metal
1 Metal Details?! Are you kidding? …well this is a no brainer. Double D Ranch™ collectors know we always have great leather jackets loaded with metal details and this season is no exception. In fact we have more than the usual offering. Super high domed nailheads, pierced rings and a new staple effect are just [...]
‘To Do’ List: Get a Mammogram
About a year ago, I re-connected with several college sorority sisters through FaceBook. I have enjoyed our quick chats and catch-ups that try to recount 25 years in just a few short sentences. One friend is excited to have all of her kids graduated from college, Another is just getting started with her family [...]
Typical Day at Double D Ranch
One of the perks of working at Double D Ranch is getting to wear beautiful clothes everyday, just never know who else will wear the same outfit.
Editors Are Forecasting: Chain Reactions
l Ever Since Givenchy first showed mounds of chains on the runway, fashion editors have been forecasting gold chains and designers have been channeling Mr. T from the 70s television series The A Team. Well, at least that’s where I got the inspiration for Double D Ranch’s™ ‘Me and Mr. T Tee’. I piled up [...]
Friends From the Broadmoor
Friends from Double D Ranch™’s trunk show at the Broadmoor Hotel in beautiful Colorado Springs l
It’s Your World and the ‘Women’s Gazette West’
Audrey and Bob Ross (the Joy of Painting) have a saying in common: l It’s your world, you can do whatever you want. So when I sidetracked from designing the collection one day to creating a fictional newspaper, that is exactly what Audrey told me, it’s your world! “Women’s Gazette West” is my interpretation of [...]
Editors are Forecasting: Medallion Necklaces
l The eye blinding collection of Tsarist Russia’s Imperial jewels and ecclesiastic bling were the subject of the traveling exhibition that came to Houston back in ’97. I stood in line one Sunday afternoon to see “The Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial Court”. I have always had a curiosity about the [...]
Amarillo’s Tobacco Leaf, Trunk Show
Who: Tobacco Leaf Collectibles What: Double D Ranch Trunk Show Where: 3412 Carlton Dr. Amarillo, Texas When: This Friday & Saturday Cocktails start at 6 pm, Friday Show runs from 10 am to 4 pm, Saturday Why: Because it’s a PARTY!
