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By Patrisha Z | Posted in News |May 29, 2012 6:44:43 PM

The Style/Squared board by graphic designer, blogger and all around chic-mama, Anna of In Honor of Design!

Congrats Anna... we LOVE your Style/Squared spirit!


Ariane from HATCH Collection says: "She embodies the HATCH woman because her style is refined, chic and playful with a lovely juxtaposition of vintage and new, elegance and whim and refinement and charm.


DwellStudio founder Christiane says: "Her hip style is modern, European and playful but still sophisticated. I love her pops of citrine and fuchsia, her graphic geometrics paired with florals and her bold use of colorblocking."


And a BIG thank you to everyone who entered! All of your entries are so valuable because along with HATCH, we're donating $10 per entry to Christy Turlington Burns' charity Every Mother Counts.


(Image Credit from top left: Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4, Image 5, Image 6, Image 7, Image 8).

 
 
 
By Patrisha Z | Posted in Inspiration |May 9, 2012 12:20:09 PM

In honor of Mother's Day and our first Pinterest contestStyle/Squaredwe've been celebrating stylish moms we love! Today we honing in on our favorite entrepreneurs!


Kate Spade

Kate Spade is another chic lady at the head of her own company. Kate knows a thing or two about mixing patterns and using bright colors. We adore her playful spirit!


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By Patrisha Z | Posted in News |May 8, 2012 3:08:24 PM

Earlier today we introduced you to our PR-gal Molly. The next rad mom we're featuring as a part of our Style/Squared contest over on Pinterest is HATCH Collection's Rachael Bergstein. She's an Art Director for HATCH, one of her favorite clients (especially right now!) and we couldn't wait to get all her chic little secrets on how she keeps it cool in the city while juggling her career, toddler and pregnancy!

Rachael is wearing The Tank Dress in cobalt silk from HATCH Collection.


How do you balance your work, personal and family lives?

It's tough sometimes, but never boring. It begins early, and there isn't much sitting around. But I love it, and it keeps me creative and on my toes. I also have an incredible nanny, and a wonderful husband!


Where are you from originally?

Pound Ridge, New York


Where do you live now?

East Village


Where are your favorite places to go with your kid in your neighborhood?

Tompkins Square Park, the soccer field across from my studio.


Describe your everyday style.

I like to have a balance to my look and for it to be not overly complicated, so not many patterns or frilly things. I like a little boy-meets-girl. Some punky tough-ness mixed with a little boho sometimes, or just something that can cut and balance. High meets low, always clean and modern. Plus layering on some jewelry from my friend’s line Made Her Think is an easy way feel edgy and chic.






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By Patrisha Z | Posted in News |May 7, 2012 10:44:39 AM

As a part of our Style/Squared contest on Pinterest, we're celebrating stylish moms this week on the Studio blog. First up is an interview with Chrisy Turlington Burns. Of course many of you know her as part of fashion's elite, but she's now using her celebrity to raise awareness for maternal health issues around the world through her charity Every Mother Counts.


On a rainy morning in New York last week Hatch Collection Designer Ariane Goldman and DwellStudio Founder Christiane Lemieux caught up with Christy over coffee at Starbucks. The three stylish moms had a great conversation about balancing motherhood, charity and personal style! Check it out...


Q: Give us the background story on what inspired you to start Every Mother Counts.

A: I experienced a complication after delivering my daughter eight years ago that I later learned could have been life threatening, especially if I had not been where I was when I delivered and perhaps even more important, in the hands of a qualified team that included a doula, nurses, midwife and ultimately an OB. This experience got me thinking about other women and the challenges that so many of them face that contribute to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths around the world every year. I wanted to share what I learned and I thought that a documentary film would be the best way to connect women through the shared experience of childbirth. I started filming No Woman, No Cry in 2008 and premiered it in 2010 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film tells the personal stories of pregnant women and their caregivers in four countries. Once I completed the documentary I decided to launch Every Mother Counts so that audiences could learn more about the challenges and solutions and get involved in a meaningful way.



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By Patrisha Z | Posted in News |May 7, 2012 10:40:45 AM

In honor of Mother's Day we are SO excited to announce our very first Pinterest ContestStyle/Squared! We teamed up with our friends over at HATCH Collection (an uber-chic line of maternity clothes) to put together a really fun way for you to show us your personal style—from outfitting the nursery to dressing yourself in sartorial splendor!

We can't wait to see all your cool designs! Make sure you enter—you could win $1000 towards designing your dream nursery from DwellStudio and $750 from HATCH Collection for a killer wardrobe—we wish we could enter!


Plus with every entry DwellStudio and HATCH Collection will make a $10 donation to our friend Christy Turlington Burns' charity Every Mother Counts!

If you need a little pinning inspiration check out Molly's board (DwellStudio Communications Director) and Rachael's board (HATCH Collection Art Director). See full details on entering the contest HERE> Good Luck!


P.S. Stay tuned to the Studio blog for an exclusive interview with Christy and with two of our own cool moms as well as profiles on the stylish moms who inspire us! And we may even feature some of the cool Pinterest boards that you're creating for the contest later in the week! So go ahead and get Style/Squared!!

 
 

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Christiane Lemieux is the Founder of DwellStudio, the author of Undecorate, mother of two plus a dog and is married to Joshua Young, who is also her business partner. Christiane graduated from the Parson's School of Design with a degree in Fashion design. She also has a degree in Art History. Christiane is inspired by travel and design. Most importantly, she is trying to figure out how to live a life of adventure with her family. Starting this business seemed like the best place to start. Stay tuned as we see how that develops...