​A couple of weeks ago I was painting alone in our home studio while Paul was at the store.  As I worked in silence I was thinking about a conversation I was having with my friend Carrie over text the night before. 

• Carrie: I just read that Dorothy Draper and Sister Parish were cousins. Sister Parish was an original decorator at the Kennedy White House, but was usurped by a French decorator. I believe there are still textiles with her name on it. I mention this because I’ve mentioned her to you and you have spoken about Dorothy D.

​​I studied fashion in school and like most people, very little of what I studied ever comes back to help me in my day-to-day life.  The only exception is the semester that I spent in a class called History of Textiles & Costumes.  I don't think a week goes by that I don't call upon something that I learned in that class. Although it was a fashion history class, it was taught from the perspective of how fashion is influenced by other design of the day, like art and architecture.