Notting Hill Design Blog

Irving Penn – RIP

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by admin.

It was a sad morning when I heard the news that famed photographer Irving Penn had died.  As a “feminine minimalist”  (I DO like curves – it doesn’t have to be straight lines) I was always a fan of his “less is more” shoots – in an industry where often the tendency can be to [...]

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Our Friend Jin – from Housemaid to Harvard

Posted on 25. Aug, 2008 by admin.

We met Yuri through our friend Jin Robertson – another incredible woman.  Jin was a Korean factory girl who immigrated to America as a housemaid at age 22 with little English and $100 to her name. Through determination, imagination, and sheer will, she became a U.S. Army Major and later graduated from Harvard with a [...]

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