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Where do we go from here…’up’ she said, and with reflection. Next on deck, set to launch in about a year, the @jeknewyork signature dress. A construction, couture-technique, and color theory lover’s dream. 🩷#wellroundedwoman

Where do we go from here…’up’ she said, and with reflection. Next on deck, set to launch in about a year, the @jeknewyork signature dress. A construction, couture-technique, and color theory lover’s dream. 🩷#wellroundedwoman

Final check. JEK New York is live! 🩷 #imadeit

Final check. JEK New York is live! 🩷 #imadeit

Black — The LAST chapter in “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Black — the absence of light.

Kohl — in a section of the Louvre, Bes, a statuette depicting the fierce fighter + protector of women, children and homes, lives. In his hollow head, is a small container for kohl eyeliner. The belief is in the magical properties of kohl, a mineral.

Payne’s gray — absolutely adored by artists for its ‘atmospheric perspective’ quality.

Obsidian — aka volcanic glass. It forms from molten lava erupting from the Earth, coming into contact with ice or snow and cooling very quickly. Dr. John Dee, an Elizabethan, English mathematician, astrologer, and natural philosopher used obsidian to call his spirits. The Aztec patroness of witches, Itzpapalotl, means obsidian butterfly. I love that.

Ink — the tendency for ink to be black is due to fluidity and ease. The ancient Chinese were known for perfuming inks with clove, honey and musk! Islam has a devotional relationship with black ink too — the Arabic word for ink, midād, is related to the divine substance or matter.

Charcoal — ‘a carbon-rich by product of organic matter — usually wood — and fire’. Purest and less ashy when oxygen exposure is limited.

Jet — aka lignite. A type of coal formed over periods, and periods of time from wood that is highly pressurized. At its peak formation, it can be carved and polished to a glassy sheen. Whitby, England is where the top notch jet is found.

Melanin — a true black that resides in the animal kingdom, though not in plants. Two types of melanin — eumelanin and pheomelanin. A raven, is an absolute, black animal excellence. Ravens are known to be visually striking, and very intelligent.

Pitch black — the absolute fearsome form of darkness! ‘What manner [of land] is this into which I have come? It hath not water, it hath not air, it is deep, unfathomable, it is black as the blackest night.’ — Book of Dead.

Read the entire book, documenting and posting each chapter. Learned so much, and the book traveled to many countries. Built a habit.

Next up, the live launch, March 25, 2025. 🩷#trustthetiming #jeknewyork2025

Black — The LAST chapter in “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Black — the absence of light.

Kohl — in a section of the Louvre, Bes, a statuette depicting the fierce fighter + protector of women, children and homes, lives. In his hollow head, is a small container for kohl eyeliner. The belief is in the magical properties of kohl, a mineral.

Payne’s gray — absolutely adored by artists for its ‘atmospheric perspective’ quality.

Obsidian — aka volcanic glass. It forms from molten lava erupting from the Earth, coming into contact with ice or snow and cooling very quickly. Dr. John Dee, an Elizabethan, English mathematician, astrologer, and natural philosopher used obsidian to call his spirits. The Aztec patroness of witches, Itzpapalotl, means obsidian butterfly. I love that.

Ink — the tendency for ink to be black is due to fluidity and ease. The ancient Chinese were known for perfuming inks with clove, honey and musk! Islam has a devotional relationship with black ink too — the Arabic word for ink, midād, is related to the divine substance or matter.

Charcoal — ‘a carbon-rich by product of organic matter — usually wood — and fire’. Purest and less ashy when oxygen exposure is limited.

Jet — aka lignite. A type of coal formed over periods, and periods of time from wood that is highly pressurized. At its peak formation, it can be carved and polished to a glassy sheen. Whitby, England is where the top notch jet is found.

Melanin — a true black that resides in the animal kingdom, though not in plants. Two types of melanin — eumelanin and pheomelanin. A raven, is an absolute, black animal excellence. Ravens are known to be visually striking, and very intelligent.

Pitch black — the absolute fearsome form of darkness! ‘What manner [of land] is this into which I have come? It hath not water, it hath not air, it is deep, unfathomable, it is black as the blackest night.’ — Book of Dead.

Read the entire book, documenting and posting each chapter. Learned so much, and the book traveled to many countries. Built a habit.

Next up, the live launch, March 25, 2025. 🩷#trustthetiming #jeknewyork2025

Check. 🩷 #jeknewyork

Check. 🩷 #jeknewyork

Reflecting before relaunching. Er, well launching the first garment and relaunching the newly, designed website. It’s taken time, and that’s ok. Would rather take it. I am a lover of slow and a lover of leisure. I am not a fan of the hectic, much, nor schedules nor deadlines, and the associated, undue pressure.

This morning heard the song ‘Slow Hands’ and was a good reminder of how much I love and fond of slow. That does not mean that one should procrastinate as I have the tendency to, it means there is a balance and self awareness surrounding. I learned, learned in the process of the redesign and launch, so much, and if that’s all there is at the end of the day, I’ve achieved and successful, by my own definition and terms. Not society’s.

I can see in these choices for the home page, the dynamic changes that will come, meaning the website designer mentioning, when I was having a hard time deciding, I could always change out the design. That felt good and made the decision easier.

🩷
#jeknewyork #spring2025 #loverofslow #hands

Reflecting before relaunching. Er, well launching the first garment and relaunching the newly, designed website. It’s taken time, and that’s ok. Would rather take it. I am a lover of slow and a lover of leisure. I am not a fan of the hectic, much, nor schedules nor deadlines, and the associated, undue pressure.

This morning heard the song ‘Slow Hands’ and was a good reminder of how much I love and fond of slow. That does not mean that one should procrastinate as I have the tendency to, it means there is a balance and self awareness surrounding. I learned, learned in the process of the redesign and launch, so much, and if that’s all there is at the end of the day, I’ve achieved and successful, by my own definition and terms. Not society’s.

I can see in these choices for the home page, the dynamic changes that will come, meaning the website designer mentioning, when I was having a hard time deciding, I could always change out the design. That felt good and made the decision easier.

🩷
#jeknewyork #spring2025 #loverofslow #hands

Sending a love note out into the world, the universe, from me to you. 🩷 #jeknewyork #youareprecious

Sending a love note out into the world, the universe, from me to you. 🩷 #jeknewyork #youareprecious

Daily win, life win — I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandfather lately. There really isn’t a passage of time where he doesn’t enter my thoughts. He was one of the best men I’ve known, if not the best. I would be fortunate to cross paths with someone like him again. TC, as I called him, short for Thomas Clinton, his first and middle name.

Recently, on a trip home to Texas, came across this snip, my grandmother, JJ, another initial situation, cut out from The New Yorker (how apropos + kismet!) a little over a month after I was born. I was their first grandchild and it was that way for quite sometime.

TC built a rock solid business (this is my aim) that is still operating present day. And one that afforded a life of privilege though I don’t think it was the goal. It was an after effect. He was reputable, caring, considerate — he sponsored my soccer team I don’t know how many times, and genteel. Something I find missing these days. He wasn’t your shark like businessman yet his instincts were fierce. Fierce and fun. I never saw him red with anger or terrible to anyone, rather decent and humane, especially in civil discourse.

I hope to build my legacy much like his and glad I have his footsteps to follow. He’s the reason why I am such a college football nut, the reason why I know what it’s like to miss someone to your core and love unconditionally. He was a role model and father figure when I had none. He was my Mom’s Dad or my maternal grandfather.

TC was taken too soon from the world by, what I will call, a brutal form of stomach cancer, and one where I watched him melt away. He never succumbed to being anything but kind throughout the trauma of the disease and his death. He lived his life in kindness and as a gentleman, a true gentleman. This month is his birthday month, and this year marks 40 years since he has been gone. And I still miss him like crazy.

I love you TC and I know you are with me every day. 🩷

#jeknewyork #tc #guidinglight

Daily win, life win — I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandfather lately. There really isn’t a passage of time where he doesn’t enter my thoughts. He was one of the best men I’ve known, if not the best. I would be fortunate to cross paths with someone like him again. TC, as I called him, short for Thomas Clinton, his first and middle name.

Recently, on a trip home to Texas, came across this snip, my grandmother, JJ, another initial situation, cut out from The New Yorker (how apropos + kismet!) a little over a month after I was born. I was their first grandchild and it was that way for quite sometime.

TC built a rock solid business (this is my aim) that is still operating present day. And one that afforded a life of privilege though I don’t think it was the goal. It was an after effect. He was reputable, caring, considerate — he sponsored my soccer team I don’t know how many times, and genteel. Something I find missing these days. He wasn’t your shark like businessman yet his instincts were fierce. Fierce and fun. I never saw him red with anger or terrible to anyone, rather decent and humane, especially in civil discourse.

I hope to build my legacy much like his and glad I have his footsteps to follow. He’s the reason why I am such a college football nut, the reason why I know what it’s like to miss someone to your core and love unconditionally. He was a role model and father figure when I had none. He was my Mom’s Dad or my maternal grandfather.

TC was taken too soon from the world by, what I will call, a brutal form of stomach cancer, and one where I watched him melt away. He never succumbed to being anything but kind throughout the trauma of the disease and his death. He lived his life in kindness and as a gentleman, a true gentleman. This month is his birthday month, and this year marks 40 years since he has been gone. And I still miss him like crazy.

I love you TC and I know you are with me every day. 🩷

#jeknewyork #tc #guidinglight

Brown — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Brown — is not a hue, it’s shade. A hue is pure color while a shade is a mixture of, or darker version of. Brown is associated with the color of the Earth.

Khaki — the term khaki originates from Urdu, meaning dusty. The word referred to cloth, generally used for military, dust-colored garments that blended into landscapes rather than calling attention to.

Buff — shortened from ‘buffalo’ and typically related to fighting — especially during the American Revolutionary War. It was George Washington who understood political allegiance depended, symbolically, on colors. He showed up wearing a new uniform of buff and blue in 1775, the new colors of USA, and eventually, liberty.

Fallow — known as one of the oldest color names in English.

Russet — so this one is special! Recently found the Dictionary of Color, see older post, and the book was mentioned. Similar to the scarlet color, russet is utilized to denote a type of textile rather than exclusively color. It’s a reminder of color living in imagination than a precise naming.

Sepia — the cuttlefish’s defense, liquid ink made up melanin with a ‘burnt-coffee brown’ color or sepia. It has also been used as a pigment for artists and writers throughout the ages, and in modern times, more in the context of photography and the tone.

Umber — theorized name from the Latin word ‘ombra’ meaning shadow and one of the OGs of colors used by humans.

Mummy — an artists’ shop in Paris calls itself ‘A la Momie’ in tribute to the dark brown powder mixed with oil and amber varnish to become a rich color.

Taupe — again, a joy to see the Dictionary of Color mention! The naming of taupe vexed researchers partly due to the French word, ’taupe’, meaning mole.

Next up, black and the last chapter! 🕶️

Brown — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Brown — is not a hue, it’s shade. A hue is pure color while a shade is a mixture of, or darker version of. Brown is associated with the color of the Earth.

Khaki — the term khaki originates from Urdu, meaning dusty. The word referred to cloth, generally used for military, dust-colored garments that blended into landscapes rather than calling attention to.

Buff — shortened from ‘buffalo’ and typically related to fighting — especially during the American Revolutionary War. It was George Washington who understood political allegiance depended, symbolically, on colors. He showed up wearing a new uniform of buff and blue in 1775, the new colors of USA, and eventually, liberty.

Fallow — known as one of the oldest color names in English.

Russet — so this one is special! Recently found the Dictionary of Color, see older post, and the book was mentioned. Similar to the scarlet color, russet is utilized to denote a type of textile rather than exclusively color. It’s a reminder of color living in imagination than a precise naming.

Sepia — the cuttlefish’s defense, liquid ink made up melanin with a ‘burnt-coffee brown’ color or sepia. It has also been used as a pigment for artists and writers throughout the ages, and in modern times, more in the context of photography and the tone.

Umber — theorized name from the Latin word ‘ombra’ meaning shadow and one of the OGs of colors used by humans.

Mummy — an artists’ shop in Paris calls itself ‘A la Momie’ in tribute to the dark brown powder mixed with oil and amber varnish to become a rich color.

Taupe — again, a joy to see the Dictionary of Color mention! The naming of taupe vexed researchers partly due to the French word, ’taupe’, meaning mole.

Next up, black and the last chapter! 🕶️

Friday night lights. IYKYK. 🩷
#artstoresexy #happygirl #feelingthecreative #flowin #jeknewyork #coloraidlover

Friday night lights. IYKYK. 🩷
#artstoresexy #happygirl #feelingthecreative #flowin #jeknewyork #coloraidlover

When I stop struggling, I float. It’s the law.

Friday morning, riding waves professionally and personally, upon returning from Belize + Mexico in the early morning hours of Monday, remembered the quote. There are ebbs and flows, some harder + faster, some gentler + smoother, some positive + negative, though the ebbs and flows, the waves will always be.

Right now, it feels like a battering, and one remarkable buoy, or wisdom, is staying the course. Especially when one is trying to be ripped from. It’s easy to get caught up and be eaten up with fear. Fear is another topic in and of itself.

What I’ve noticed recently, is if I take care and do best to, and gosh, it’s a lifetime work in progress, though one day everything clicks without trying, kind of like an epiphany, a sign of growth (be present and one will see, witness!), I’ll be alright.

The universe will always take care of me and much like the quote from the Wizard of Oz, “You’ve always had the power, my dear, you just had to find it for yourself.”

By the end of this month, (fingers crossed w/a prayer) JEK New York will feature a blog and writing to heart’s content without character limitations! And yes, of course, the product launch. 🩷

#jeknewyork #bloglover #writer #marathonnotasprint #yougotthis #naturelover #dailywin

When I stop struggling, I float. It’s the law.

Friday morning, riding waves professionally and personally, upon returning from Belize + Mexico in the early morning hours of Monday, remembered the quote. There are ebbs and flows, some harder + faster, some gentler + smoother, some positive + negative, though the ebbs and flows, the waves will always be.

Right now, it feels like a battering, and one remarkable buoy, or wisdom, is staying the course. Especially when one is trying to be ripped from. It’s easy to get caught up and be eaten up with fear. Fear is another topic in and of itself.

What I’ve noticed recently, is if I take care and do best to, and gosh, it’s a lifetime work in progress, though one day everything clicks without trying, kind of like an epiphany, a sign of growth (be present and one will see, witness!), I’ll be alright.

The universe will always take care of me and much like the quote from the Wizard of Oz, “You’ve always had the power, my dear, you just had to find it for yourself.”

By the end of this month, (fingers crossed w/a prayer) JEK New York will feature a blog and writing to heart’s content without character limitations! And yes, of course, the product launch. 🩷

#jeknewyork #bloglover #writer #marathonnotasprint #yougotthis #naturelover #dailywin

The other day, walking to yoga, looked down and saw a shiny quarter, heads up. Turned it over and found HOPE! Don’t ever stop believing. EVER. 🩷 #logos #jeknewyork #hope #dailywin

The other day, walking to yoga, looked down and saw a shiny quarter, heads up. Turned it over and found HOPE! Don’t ever stop believing. EVER. 🩷 #logos #jeknewyork #hope #dailywin

Here comes the final push. 🩷 #jeknewyork2025 #dailywin #yougotthis

Here comes the final push. 🩷 #jeknewyork2025 #dailywin #yougotthis

Ethos effect, maybe more like ethos in real life. “I believe in pink…I believe the happiest girls are the prettiest girls…and I believe in miracles.” 🩷 #jeknewyork #lossofwordsandcapturingthismoment #incrediblyblessedandluckygirl #audreyhepburn #goodpushforthefinishline #birthdayflowers2025

Ethos effect, maybe more like ethos in real life. “I believe in pink…I believe the happiest girls are the prettiest girls…and I believe in miracles.” 🩷 #jeknewyork #lossofwordsandcapturingthismoment #incrediblyblessedandluckygirl #audreyhepburn #goodpushforthefinishline #birthdayflowers2025

Green — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Green — viridis is the Latin word for green. The name is related to a large group of words that suggest growth and life itself; virere means to be green or vigorous, and vis means strength, and then the term carries on from there.

Verdigris — a natural (I love!). Verdigris forms on copper and bronze when exposed to the following elements: oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, or sulfur. The patina is often seen on old, copper pipes and the like, and of course, the lady herself, the Statue of Liberty. And it’s French for, ‘green from Greece’.

Absinthe — known as the ‘green hour’ aperitif by Parisians, who adored the drink. An aperitif made from wormwood, aniseed, fennel and wild marjoram, along with alcohol (55-75%), though at first used for medicinal purposes.

Emerald — the color of the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, and a metaphor for magically fulfilling one’s dreams. The gem is a rare, fragile and stained green with deposits of the elements chromium or vanadium.

Kelly Green — most thought of St. Patrick when the color is mentioned, however he was more associated with blue until the mid 18th century. The Catholics who wanted a symbolic color, found on the Irish flag.

Scheele’s Green — a color from the compound copper arsenic. The color gained popularity during the late 1700s due to a lack of green pigments and dyes, and was born from a Swedish scientist, Carl Scheele. Everyone used it and it was later found, after suspect deaths and sickness, a 6 inch square of wallpaper with the color, contained enough arsenic to poison 2 adults! It was never banned though.

Terra Verte — known as green Earth. The color is a naturally occurring pigment made up of a variety of hues and minerals; actually green earths.

Avocado — natural world color resulting from environmental movements beginning in the late 1960s.

Celadon — rooted in L’Astrée, a book written by Honoré ď Urfé, telling the story of a shepherd, Céladon and his tale of winning back his lost love. Also, referred to ceramics, with the celadon hue, originating in the East.

Next up, brown and the next to the last chapter! 🍂

Green — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Green — viridis is the Latin word for green. The name is related to a large group of words that suggest growth and life itself; virere means to be green or vigorous, and vis means strength, and then the term carries on from there.

Verdigris — a natural (I love!). Verdigris forms on copper and bronze when exposed to the following elements: oxygen, water, carbon dioxide, or sulfur. The patina is often seen on old, copper pipes and the like, and of course, the lady herself, the Statue of Liberty. And it’s French for, ‘green from Greece’.

Absinthe — known as the ‘green hour’ aperitif by Parisians, who adored the drink. An aperitif made from wormwood, aniseed, fennel and wild marjoram, along with alcohol (55-75%), though at first used for medicinal purposes.

Emerald — the color of the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz, and a metaphor for magically fulfilling one’s dreams. The gem is a rare, fragile and stained green with deposits of the elements chromium or vanadium.

Kelly Green — most thought of St. Patrick when the color is mentioned, however he was more associated with blue until the mid 18th century. The Catholics who wanted a symbolic color, found on the Irish flag.

Scheele’s Green — a color from the compound copper arsenic. The color gained popularity during the late 1700s due to a lack of green pigments and dyes, and was born from a Swedish scientist, Carl Scheele. Everyone used it and it was later found, after suspect deaths and sickness, a 6 inch square of wallpaper with the color, contained enough arsenic to poison 2 adults! It was never banned though.

Terra Verte — known as green Earth. The color is a naturally occurring pigment made up of a variety of hues and minerals; actually green earths.

Avocado — natural world color resulting from environmental movements beginning in the late 1960s.

Celadon — rooted in L’Astrée, a book written by Honoré ď Urfé, telling the story of a shepherd, Céladon and his tale of winning back his lost love. Also, referred to ceramics, with the celadon hue, originating in the East.

Next up, brown and the next to the last chapter! 🍂

In 2025, don’t forget to dream with your eyes open. A love note from Paris. 🤍 #jeknewyork #2025

In 2025, don’t forget to dream with your eyes open. A love note from Paris. 🤍 #jeknewyork #2025

Almost there sweetheart. Just a little more. C’mon you can do this.

As I sit and tell myself, that what feels like a million little pieces, if not more, that have to come together to finish the site, as not to overwhelm, almost there. Home stretch.

While the hope was to have the product launched by end of year, and the product and the planned launch is absolutely, positively on track/done, the website build out is taking longer, and I am here for it. Don’t give up, I won’t, and keep moving forward — you’ve come so far. And take that in. Wearing this favorite sweatshirt today too. Giant hug.

Almost there world, almost there.

And in honor of this year’s anthem, according to Apple Music (and yes it is), and truly a, one of the best motivators, OR’s “Favorite Crime”. 🩷

#dedication #jeknewyork #2024 #almostthere #yougotthissweetheart #iloveyou

Almost there sweetheart. Just a little more. C’mon you can do this.

As I sit and tell myself, that what feels like a million little pieces, if not more, that have to come together to finish the site, as not to overwhelm, almost there. Home stretch.

While the hope was to have the product launched by end of year, and the product and the planned launch is absolutely, positively on track/done, the website build out is taking longer, and I am here for it. Don’t give up, I won’t, and keep moving forward — you’ve come so far. And take that in. Wearing this favorite sweatshirt today too. Giant hug.

Almost there world, almost there.

And in honor of this year’s anthem, according to Apple Music (and yes it is), and truly a, one of the best motivators, OR’s “Favorite Crime”. 🩷

#dedication #jeknewyork #2024 #almostthere #yougotthissweetheart #iloveyou

…just remember…
Cheers to the holidays and 2025.
Paris 2024.
🤍
#lifeisbeautiful
#lavieestbelle

…just remember…
Cheers to the holidays and 2025.
Paris 2024.
🤍
#lifeisbeautiful
#lavieestbelle

Photo shoot preview. Eeeeeeeeee (excitement deluxe). Proofs are here and made one full sweep through. 🩷 #jeknewyork #signaturescarf #linearripples

Photo shoot preview. Eeeeeeeeee (excitement deluxe). Proofs are here and made one full sweep through. 🩷 #jeknewyork #signaturescarf #linearripples

After running around all week, in prep, for photo shoot and everything else, it felt good to be in comfy sneaks yesterday by the late @virgilabloh. They felt like home. @jeknewyork ethos, pathos and logos in full effect too. 🩷 #almostthere #jeknewyork #theyarehome

After running around all week, in prep, for photo shoot and everything else, it felt good to be in comfy sneaks yesterday by the late @virgilabloh. They felt like home. @jeknewyork ethos, pathos and logos in full effect too. 🩷 #almostthere #jeknewyork #theyarehome

Blue — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Blue — it is a fact that everyone, even those who do sense of sight, have a special receptor for sensing blue light. It is critical for our circadian rhythm. The armed forces use of the color, especially the Navy, lending itself the naming of ’navy blue’, are responsible for establishing the color creditability.

Ultramarine — a true blue meaning unlike others blues tinged with green, it is not and tends to borderline into violet. Ultramarine is an exceptionally long-lasting color.

Cobalt— a synthetic color substitute created for ultramarine.

Indigo — jeans are the first to mind. The color ages well, due to arduous efforts of extracting the dye from plants, and is one of the most colorfast of all natural dyes. Indigo does not require a mordant or fixative to adhere to fabric.

Prussian blue — a color favored by Picasso in his blue phase, and famously known as the color lending itself to, and giving us the name, ‘blueprints’.

Egyptian blue — first named by the Romans, though it was the Egyptians and their highly valued color depiction leading to the naming by the Romans. To the Egyptians, the color represented the sky, the Nile, creation, divinity, and dissolution of evil, nurturing prosperity.

Woad — another plant based pigment loved by William Morris. When textiles are dipped into woad, the result first result would be a like a grassy color, turning into a deeper green, and then finally into the blue. It’s a magical color so-to-speak. Indigo can also be extracted from the plant too.

Electric blue — the glow of Chernobyl in 1986 and known also as the color of St. Elmo’s fire.

Cerulean — the Devil Wears Prada color mention. Called bleu céleste in French or heavenly blue in English. And the symbolic color of the UN.

Next up, green! 🌱

Blue — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Blue — it is a fact that everyone, even those who do sense of sight, have a special receptor for sensing blue light. It is critical for our circadian rhythm. The armed forces use of the color, especially the Navy, lending itself the naming of ’navy blue’, are responsible for establishing the color creditability.

Ultramarine — a true blue meaning unlike others blues tinged with green, it is not and tends to borderline into violet. Ultramarine is an exceptionally long-lasting color.

Cobalt— a synthetic color substitute created for ultramarine.

Indigo — jeans are the first to mind. The color ages well, due to arduous efforts of extracting the dye from plants, and is one of the most colorfast of all natural dyes. Indigo does not require a mordant or fixative to adhere to fabric.

Prussian blue — a color favored by Picasso in his blue phase, and famously known as the color lending itself to, and giving us the name, ‘blueprints’.

Egyptian blue — first named by the Romans, though it was the Egyptians and their highly valued color depiction leading to the naming by the Romans. To the Egyptians, the color represented the sky, the Nile, creation, divinity, and dissolution of evil, nurturing prosperity.

Woad — another plant based pigment loved by William Morris. When textiles are dipped into woad, the result first result would be a like a grassy color, turning into a deeper green, and then finally into the blue. It’s a magical color so-to-speak. Indigo can also be extracted from the plant too.

Electric blue — the glow of Chernobyl in 1986 and known also as the color of St. Elmo’s fire.

Cerulean — the Devil Wears Prada color mention. Called bleu céleste in French or heavenly blue in English. And the symbolic color of the UN.

Next up, green! 🌱

Stickers arrived today. Website buildout and product launch coming soon. Pinch me. It’s all about the eeeeeeee’s right now. 🩷 #dreamscometrue #jeknewyork #happygirl

Stickers arrived today. Website buildout and product launch coming soon. Pinch me. It’s all about the eeeeeeee’s right now. 🩷 #dreamscometrue #jeknewyork #happygirl

Purple — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Purple — two great dyes, Tyrian, symbolic of the wealthy and elite, and mauve, a man-made chemical wonder. The term purple, in and of itself, is fluid due, in part, to the Greek and Latin terms, porphyra and purpura, respectively, for deep shades of crimson, the color of blood.

Tyrian Purple — the color of clotted blood according to Pliny, and the color, a result of two types of shellfish native to the Mediterranean, Thasis haemastoma and Murex brandaris. Interestingly enough, when squeezed, the liquid from the shellfish is clear, smells of garlic and then within moments, after exposure to sunlight, the liquid turns from clear to pale yellow, to sea green, to blue and the finally, a dark purple-red. To achieve the best version of the color, both shellfish liquids were used and mixed together, tinged with blackness.

Archil — an arduous color to make from lichens (the preferred lichen is Roccella tinctoria), sometimes requiring 28 days for the right dark red-purple, even in modern times.

Magenta — the color’s survival has been dependent, heavily, on color printing. In earlier times, dangerous levels of arsenic, 6.5%, were found in magenta samples, making untenable. Magenta is almost exclusively the process ink in the CMYK color printing for pink.

Mauve — an accidental color from William Perkin’s scientific experiments with coal tar. The by-product of lighting with gas, produced a reddish powder, which when tinkered further, didn’t produce quinine (this was the goal), but a bright purple liquid.

Heliotrope — love saying the word! Melts on the mouth. A plant, who name comes from the Greek words helios (sun) and tropaios (to turn), and associated in the Victorian language of flowers, with devotion.

Violet — 1874, Paris. Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers and Co, was founded by a group of artists — Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Pissaro, and others. A preoccupation with a single color emerged as a constant theme, violet.

Next up, blue! 🌀

Purple — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Purple — two great dyes, Tyrian, symbolic of the wealthy and elite, and mauve, a man-made chemical wonder. The term purple, in and of itself, is fluid due, in part, to the Greek and Latin terms, porphyra and purpura, respectively, for deep shades of crimson, the color of blood.

Tyrian Purple — the color of clotted blood according to Pliny, and the color, a result of two types of shellfish native to the Mediterranean, Thasis haemastoma and Murex brandaris. Interestingly enough, when squeezed, the liquid from the shellfish is clear, smells of garlic and then within moments, after exposure to sunlight, the liquid turns from clear to pale yellow, to sea green, to blue and the finally, a dark purple-red. To achieve the best version of the color, both shellfish liquids were used and mixed together, tinged with blackness.

Archil — an arduous color to make from lichens (the preferred lichen is Roccella tinctoria), sometimes requiring 28 days for the right dark red-purple, even in modern times.

Magenta — the color’s survival has been dependent, heavily, on color printing. In earlier times, dangerous levels of arsenic, 6.5%, were found in magenta samples, making untenable. Magenta is almost exclusively the process ink in the CMYK color printing for pink.

Mauve — an accidental color from William Perkin’s scientific experiments with coal tar. The by-product of lighting with gas, produced a reddish powder, which when tinkered further, didn’t produce quinine (this was the goal), but a bright purple liquid.

Heliotrope — love saying the word! Melts on the mouth. A plant, who name comes from the Greek words helios (sun) and tropaios (to turn), and associated in the Victorian language of flowers, with devotion.

Violet — 1874, Paris. Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers and Co, was founded by a group of artists — Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Pissaro, and others. A preoccupation with a single color emerged as a constant theme, violet.

Next up, blue! 🌀

What the head can dream, and the heart can love, the hand can create — SCAD. 😍 #jeknewyork #keepmovingandgping #yougotthis #fillingcup

What the head can dream, and the heart can love, the hand can create — SCAD. 😍 #jeknewyork #keepmovingandgping #yougotthis #fillingcup

Red — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Red — “In 2012 a study was published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, advising waitresses to wear red. Why? Research found that if they wore this color, the tips they were given by male patrons would be increased by up to 26%. (It had no effect on female diners, who were stingier tippers overall anyway.)”

Scarlet — a regal, royal, religious color filled with controversy. When Mary Queen of Scots was executed, she removed her garments to reveal a “bright, scarlet under gown,” Elizabeth I wore scarlet as a princess, effusing a powerful appearance, and Pope Paul II required cardinals wear robes of scarlet instead of purple due to the diminishing Tyrian-purple mollusks, basically extinct.

Cochineal — my favorite because of nature. It’s a bug that lives on the prickly pear cactus leaf, and its essence (juice) is turned into a bright, red dye, quite easily, called carmine. For one pound of raw cochineal, it takes about 70K bugs! And one of the strongest, brightest colors in the world.

Vermilion — aka mercury sulfide, naturally comes from a mineral called cinnabar, and described by W. Kandinsky, “a feeling of sharpness, like glowing Stella which can be called by water.”

Rosso corsa — racing red. Italy’s national racing color, and adopted by Enzo Ferrari for his cars.

Hematite — mineral form of iron oxide resembling the color of blood.

Madder — an alizarin synthesis. Alizarin is the red colorant found in the roots of Rubia tinctorum, Rubia peregrina, and Rubia cordifolia equalling madder.

Dragon’s blood — no animals, whatsoever, are harmed in the making of the color. The color originates from the East, and actually from trees, the Dracaena genus of trees and their wound, red resin.

Next up, purple! 🦄

Red — “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Red — “In 2012 a study was published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, advising waitresses to wear red. Why? Research found that if they wore this color, the tips they were given by male patrons would be increased by up to 26%. (It had no effect on female diners, who were stingier tippers overall anyway.)”

Scarlet — a regal, royal, religious color filled with controversy. When Mary Queen of Scots was executed, she removed her garments to reveal a “bright, scarlet under gown,” Elizabeth I wore scarlet as a princess, effusing a powerful appearance, and Pope Paul II required cardinals wear robes of scarlet instead of purple due to the diminishing Tyrian-purple mollusks, basically extinct.

Cochineal — my favorite because of nature. It’s a bug that lives on the prickly pear cactus leaf, and its essence (juice) is turned into a bright, red dye, quite easily, called carmine. For one pound of raw cochineal, it takes about 70K bugs! And one of the strongest, brightest colors in the world.

Vermilion — aka mercury sulfide, naturally comes from a mineral called cinnabar, and described by W. Kandinsky, “a feeling of sharpness, like glowing Stella which can be called by water.”

Rosso corsa — racing red. Italy’s national racing color, and adopted by Enzo Ferrari for his cars.

Hematite — mineral form of iron oxide resembling the color of blood.

Madder — an alizarin synthesis. Alizarin is the red colorant found in the roots of Rubia tinctorum, Rubia peregrina, and Rubia cordifolia equalling madder.

Dragon’s blood — no animals, whatsoever, are harmed in the making of the color. The color originates from the East, and actually from trees, the Dracaena genus of trees and their wound, red resin.

Next up, purple! 🦄

Sleeping Beauties: Awakening Fashion

#study #name #couture #techniques #iykyk #jeknewyork #summerplaylist2024

Sleeping Beauties: Awakening Fashion

#study #name #couture #techniques #iykyk #jeknewyork #summerplaylist2024

May not be a fabric bolt order quite yet, though it’s a start! Nothing like ordering one’s own textile print and the solid color textile dyed to match. Four yards of each and again, definitely off to a good start. One product release this year is in sight, closer. Progress over perfection is hard work — it may even be harder than striving for perfection! 😉 #jeknewyork #linearripples #signature #custommade

May not be a fabric bolt order quite yet, though it’s a start! Nothing like ordering one’s own textile print and the solid color textile dyed to match. Four yards of each and again, definitely off to a good start. One product release this year is in sight, closer. Progress over perfection is hard work — it may even be harder than striving for perfection! 😉 #jeknewyork #linearripples #signature #custommade

Pink — ethos @jeknewyork. “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Pink — 1893, NYT article claimed one must give pink to a boy and blue to a girl because, supposedly, a boy’s outlook is more roseate than a girl’s, and a girl would become ‘baby blue’ to live a woman’s life in the world.

Baker-Miller Pink — a Pepto-Bismol shade, named for two commanding officers, Gene Baker and Ron Miller, who painted holding cells at the US Naval Correctional Center, to see if the color would lessen prisoner violence.

Mountbatten Pink — named after a British statesmen, Lord Mountbatten, in the 1940s due to Royal Navy losses in WWII. The color, a combination of medium gray with a spot of Venetian red, disappeared.

Puce — couleur de puce. Thanks to Marie Antoinette, and her never ending indulgences. King Louis XVI grew tired of his wife’s lush tendencies, and finding her trying a silk taffeta gown in a shade of brown, pink and gray, he remarked it was the color of fleas.

Fuchsia — the pink born from a flower and botany. Hippocrates, circa 460 BC, was one of the first, known people to study plants, and 500 years later, Leonhard Fuchs, began his plant research. It wasn’t until 1703, long after Fuchs had died, the plant, growing wild on the island of Hispaniola was found by Père Charles Plumier, and named in Fuchs’s honor.

Shocking Pink — Elsa Schiaparelli. The name is synonymous, however, Isabelle-Blanche Singer, the French aristocrat and sewing machine heiress’s only daughter, Daisy Fellowes, unfurled the color unto the world. It was one of her purchases from Cartier, a bright pink, 17.47 carat diamond, the Tete de Bélier, she was wearing the day she met Elsa.

Fluorescent Pink — fluorescents are very intensive hues, and saturated.

Amaranth — ‘everlasting’. Aztecs have the most meaningful relationship with, calling it huautli, considering it sacred and using it in rituals such as mixing a little, human blood from sacrifices into the dough, baking into cakes and then eaten by the devotees.

Next up, red! ❤️

Pink — ethos @jeknewyork. “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair.

Pink — 1893, NYT article claimed one must give pink to a boy and blue to a girl because, supposedly, a boy’s outlook is more roseate than a girl’s, and a girl would become ‘baby blue’ to live a woman’s life in the world.

Baker-Miller Pink — a Pepto-Bismol shade, named for two commanding officers, Gene Baker and Ron Miller, who painted holding cells at the US Naval Correctional Center, to see if the color would lessen prisoner violence.

Mountbatten Pink — named after a British statesmen, Lord Mountbatten, in the 1940s due to Royal Navy losses in WWII. The color, a combination of medium gray with a spot of Venetian red, disappeared.

Puce — couleur de puce. Thanks to Marie Antoinette, and her never ending indulgences. King Louis XVI grew tired of his wife’s lush tendencies, and finding her trying a silk taffeta gown in a shade of brown, pink and gray, he remarked it was the color of fleas.

Fuchsia — the pink born from a flower and botany. Hippocrates, circa 460 BC, was one of the first, known people to study plants, and 500 years later, Leonhard Fuchs, began his plant research. It wasn’t until 1703, long after Fuchs had died, the plant, growing wild on the island of Hispaniola was found by Père Charles Plumier, and named in Fuchs’s honor.

Shocking Pink — Elsa Schiaparelli. The name is synonymous, however, Isabelle-Blanche Singer, the French aristocrat and sewing machine heiress’s only daughter, Daisy Fellowes, unfurled the color unto the world. It was one of her purchases from Cartier, a bright pink, 17.47 carat diamond, the Tete de Bélier, she was wearing the day she met Elsa.

Fluorescent Pink — fluorescents are very intensive hues, and saturated.

Amaranth — ‘everlasting’. Aztecs have the most meaningful relationship with, calling it huautli, considering it sacred and using it in rituals such as mixing a little, human blood from sacrifices into the dough, baking into cakes and then eaten by the devotees.

Next up, red! ❤️

Orange, “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair

Orange — as the name of the color itself, became widely used in the 16th century after the ‘cumbersome portmanteau’ giolureade or yellow-red was used, commonly, by English speakers. Orange, unlike its complimentary color blue and calming features, draws a sense of urgency and responsive awareness. From Agent Orange, to traffic signage and warning signs, to the second highest threat level of terror in the United States after 9/11, orange speaks volumes of loudness. And due to the shortage of cream colored packaging during WWII, Hermès was forced to use the only paperboard color available; what is now the signature color, orange.

Dutch Orange — 07/20/1673, Dutch (which are fiercely proud of their signature color, orange) captured NYC, marching up Broadway taking it back from the British, rechristening the city, “New Orange” which lasted about 12 months. In 1674 a treaty was signed, ceding the city, along with the name to the British, however, the NY flag stills bears an orange stripe, showcasing Dutch origins.

Saffron — the most expensive spice in the world, hands down. The flowers are sterile, cannot grow in the wild, and must be picked by hand, with the removal of the stigma, entirely by hand; the flowers are too delicate otherwise. Buddhist robes are the most famous use of the color, and present in the flag of India.

Amber — the Amber Room, the eighth wonder of the world. True amber is extremely old, and young amber is known as copal (!). The gemstone is commonly found around the Baltic.

Ginger — part of the Zingiberaceae plant family which includes turmeric and cardamom.

Minimum — frequently used for manuscript illumination in the Middle Ages due to the orange-red shade that basically leaped off the page; it was signal. Could be used as a cheap alternative to vermilion and cinnabar, thought far from an ideal pigment because of toxicity related to the same of lead white.

Nude — “those of us with skin darker than nude, wrote Dodai Stewart in 2010, have realized how non-inclusive the color is, from Band-Aids to pantyhose to bras for years.”

Next up, Pink! 🩷

Orange, “The Secret Lives of Color,” by Kassia St. Clair

Orange — as the name of the color itself, became widely used in the 16th century after the ‘cumbersome portmanteau’ giolureade or yellow-red was used, commonly, by English speakers. Orange, unlike its complimentary color blue and calming features, draws a sense of urgency and responsive awareness. From Agent Orange, to traffic signage and warning signs, to the second highest threat level of terror in the United States after 9/11, orange speaks volumes of loudness. And due to the shortage of cream colored packaging during WWII, Hermès was forced to use the only paperboard color available; what is now the signature color, orange.

Dutch Orange — 07/20/1673, Dutch (which are fiercely proud of their signature color, orange) captured NYC, marching up Broadway taking it back from the British, rechristening the city, “New Orange” which lasted about 12 months. In 1674 a treaty was signed, ceding the city, along with the name to the British, however, the NY flag stills bears an orange stripe, showcasing Dutch origins.

Saffron — the most expensive spice in the world, hands down. The flowers are sterile, cannot grow in the wild, and must be picked by hand, with the removal of the stigma, entirely by hand; the flowers are too delicate otherwise. Buddhist robes are the most famous use of the color, and present in the flag of India.

Amber — the Amber Room, the eighth wonder of the world. True amber is extremely old, and young amber is known as copal (!). The gemstone is commonly found around the Baltic.

Ginger — part of the Zingiberaceae plant family which includes turmeric and cardamom.

Minimum — frequently used for manuscript illumination in the Middle Ages due to the orange-red shade that basically leaped off the page; it was signal. Could be used as a cheap alternative to vermilion and cinnabar, thought far from an ideal pigment because of toxicity related to the same of lead white.

Nude — “those of us with skin darker than nude, wrote Dodai Stewart in 2010, have realized how non-inclusive the color is, from Band-Aids to pantyhose to bras for years.”

Next up, Pink! 🩷

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