The Secret of Art and of Life .... is "Simple"

I was recently invited to visit a designer, in person, in his studio ~ a "big-time" designer replete with his own store on Madison Avenue. Visions of grandeur and glamour ....

Ummmm, No computer, or printer or pattern drafting software ... only a marker and white paper.



The designer - a 70 year old gentleman dressed in a simple cotton shirt and black work apron - not fashionable garb.






A $350 sewing machine that sews straight ... only straight. 3 pairs of scissors. Straight pins - the most basic of straignt pins - no pearl heads.




A cluttered studio embellished by a wall of memories; photos of his beloved cats who for years rested on piles of fabric on the cutting table, visions of the past as a handsome aspiring young designer, gifts and art from friends, ......... just a wall.











A sewing machine, paper, marker, pins, scissors and a wall of memories.

A simple life. A successful life. A happy life.



The designer is KOOS .... of course !