Karen and Sara Brown

“We share everything, we have the same taste, but the likelihood of the two of us putting the same thing together is slim to none.”

Karen’s occupation: conceptual designer for Ralph Lauren Home. Sara’s occupation: interior designer for Ralph Lauren showrooms

Karen and Sara do “schlumpy chic” with perfection: Karen in her baggy high-waisted khakis, suede shirt, and western bolo for evening, and Sara in her white Victorian dress, worn only with the chunkiest of men’s bucks (never a heel) and sometimes a fisherman knit cable. I am fascinated by their respective interpretations of the same heavenly tattered, exemplary, Americana wardrobe that they share completely – “we are each other’s other half.” I was laughing to myself as they recounted one of their more mortifying childhood memories, when their mom picked them up from school in preppy, Connecticut in her floor-length Pendelton coat, dripping in state-of-the-art…

Patricia Fox

occupation: interior decorator and accessory designer

Patricia’s passion and sensibility for dressing is brimming with a feverish passion for the over-the-top frivolity and explosive design sensibility of a king or queen, circa mid-1700′s, with strong overtones of Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV of France. She could easily be the carefree girl swinging on a swing in the Fragonard painting. She likes to feel the thrill of royalty in her crowns at home, but she rules the streets of Manhattan in her layers of crinoline and bejewled everything, most of which she makes herself. Patricia is conscious of her uplifting effect on everyone – she gets mostly smiles and thumbs up. In her couture-like, runway-worthy, two-feet-high Queen of Confection hat, people are stopped in their tracks – she says there is that moment of silence and then you know “you…

Elizabeth Burns

age: 81 occupation : Interior Designer

We absolutely love Elizabeth in her Samurai pants, jodphurs from India, and archival vintage. When you see how chic she is in her authentic fisherman pants, it makes you wonder why everyone doesn’t have a pair? You can get a version of them at almost any local Thai/Indian store. She claims that hers are THE ONES that Yohji copies. Elizabeth climbs mountains all over the world and the treasures from those trips define her eclectic style.

“Getting dressed, feeling good about yourself then forgetting about it and living the life, living the day.” -Elizabeth Burns