Bespoke hand engraved monogram in custom mixed pink ink to match the envelope lining.

This is a little animation showing how Mrs. Collins creates a monogram or cipher from scratch. Each design is sketched, by hand, with a pencil on tracing paper. She always starts with random exercises combining the client’s initials. Once established, the initials are created into a unique design in the form of a pencil drawing

Nora Navra Library 1902 St. Bernard Ave. Free and open to the public. Mack Guillory III, Emcee. Julie Dietz, Reader. The historic fight for civil rights in New Orleans is more complicated than most others in the United States. Prior to Reconstruction, and the Jim Crow era, free people of color here could legally own

Late October 2018: Phillips auction house in Manhattan’s tony, bluestocking district, premiered a curated selection of vintage apparel and accessories from Keni Valenti’s collection of over 20,000 pieces collected over forty years. This selection, and more, are currently being sold exclusively on Bluefly. This collaboration between Valenti and Bluefly was brilliantly curated by Jeff McKay.