Sweet Like Candy

Above picture by Daniel Cavazos

We are excited to announce that some of our best selling pieces from the Parklife Society Collection are now available online at Shop Hair Candy.

YAY!

The Cool Girl In Town

Laurel and I have been fans of Tavi's blog The New Girl In Town for a very long time. So we are so honored that Tavi is wearing I Love Factory in the newest issue of POP. Tavi wears the Prospect from our Parklife Society Collection. We really couldn't be happier. So awesome!

This issue of POP is on another level so go pick up a copy and check it out. The styling, art direction and photography is superb!

THANK YOU TAVI! We <3 you!

Joust Meets Couture

Images courtesy of Mario Moya Spring 2010

All good things must come to end. Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week was quite the party. The work is always plentiful and so is the fun. This Fashion Week was really special for us since it was our first Spring Fashion Week and we were honored to provide the elegant headpieces for couture designer Mario Moya. His work is exquisite. He worked as the master pattern maker at Zac Posen, and designed for so many iconic brands such as Marc Jacobs and Thierry Mugler.

Some of our favorite Spring 2010 lines were Chris Benz, Betsey Johnson, Karen Walker, Marc by Marc, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Outlaws of the Border and Peter Som. So much amazing stuff for this coming Spring. What I loved most of all was the mixing and matching of patterns, colors and fabrics.

Spring Fashion is meant to be colorful, fun, light and airy....and now we anticipate what London will show us!

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Daily Dose

I was honored when our friends at DailyCandy asked me to guest blog for their Fashion Week Dossier. My assignment was to take Laurel around with me on Fashion's Night Out to participate in the millinery scavenger hunt around lower Manhattan. Check out my report here!

Thank you DailyCandy!

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Fashion's Night Out

So many times we all take New York for granted, but Thursday September 10 was more magical than any night either of us have had here in a very long time. Everyone worked so hard to make it happen and Fashion's Night Out was a huge success. Crazy amounts people were out and about on the streets of New York tonight shopping and interacting in the organized chaos.

I was inspired to write this after speaking with so many unique and creative people. Each of whom embody such a endearing charm that upon meeting them you are swooped off to a far away land that only they have the key for.

Milliners are strong natured people. Who see the world from different perspective. They absorb whats around them and project what they see onto their hats. The result is masterful works of art that take on a life and personality of their own, and change the personality of the wearer.

Laurel and I started out our scavenger hunt at Ellen Christine Millinery in Chelsea, and then onto The Hat Shop in SoHo, and finally ending our adventure at Lisa Schaub in NoLita. Everyone was so sweet and we were honored to be in the presence of New York's Millinery elite. We had so much fun talking to everyone and finding the clues to each piece. And in the end Laurel won a beautiful white hat from Lisa Shaub. YAY!

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Season Three

We were sent this picture last night from a fan who spotted the cast of Gossip Girl filming on the street in NYC wearing I Love Factory!

Who doesn't love a 1920's flapper look!?!

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AHMAYZING

These pictures are of Karen O, lead singer for the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Glastonbury 2009 wearing an utterly amazing headdress. The hand headdress and cape were designed by her very talented costume designer, Christian Joy!

Such an inspiration.

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Explosions

Last beach days are upon us. The Autumn season brings a creative energy with it that can not be denied or ignored. New York explodes with some of the best creative talent the world has to offer during the next few months. So much to look forward to!

Happy long weekend!

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We <3 Japan

I Love Factory is getting some love over seas in a recent issue of Madame Figaro Japan. Featured above the White Dahlia, the Sherman, the Windsor and the Lefferts. If anyone can translate this article for us that would be great!

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Outside The Box

Kim Swift and Andrew Stevens at it again. The brains behind We Came In Peace have designed a stage made up of three hundred traffic cones at this years VirginMobile Free Fest at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland. Brilliant!

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For The Love Of Fashion

The beautiful sketch above was drawn by a very talented Japanese artist by the name of Miyuki Ohashi. Miyuki has been holding exhibitions since 1999 around Tokyo and Hong Kong, using fashion and art that she falls in love with as inspiration for her illustrations. We are honored that she chose I Love Factory as her inspiration for this piece. "I discovered your wonderful pieces in magazine Madame Figaro here in Japan and was compelled to create this sketch," said Miyuki.

Check out her blog for more!

Thank you Miyuki!

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Fantory

We LOVE when our ladies send us pictures of them donning their bespoke I Love Factory headgear. It is the icing on the cake for us to see all of you looking so damn fabulous! If you have pictures of you rocking your custom I Love Factory piece please email them to ask_us@ilovefactorybk.com, and we will happily post it up on the blog. Thank you so much for your continued support!

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Scattered Pieces

All Photos Taken by Alyssa Lori Morano for Scatterheart Travel

It's been a long time in the making but recent events have inspired our good friend Alyssa to launch her own travel and adventure blog. And we couldn't be more excited! Alyssa takes so much from every experience she has around the world. She has traveled to some of the most remote locations, living with tribes in the jungles of Central America, taking wooden boats up the Meekong River in Southeast Asia and has road tripped all around Western Europe. That is just the half of it. She is an extremely talented photographer who really understands the environment she is in and knows how to capture the moment. She has won numerous awards for her travel photography and continues to be an inspiration to all who know her.

You can check out Alyssa's travels at Scatterheart Travel.

Keep up the great work Alyssa!

We LOVE her.

Quirky [Is In]

Pictures above were taken behind the scenes on Christopher's blackberry

To milliners a hat is representative of a mood, and since we are all human (if you're reading this and you're not human, that's cool too!) we know it's possible to wear many hats in one day. That is where we drew our inspiration for the photo shoot we had with some of our most special pieces on Friday. Our goal was to convey the many moods of a woman throughout her day, week or year, and remind everyone that for every mood there is a beautiful hat to top it off.

This was another successful collaborative effort between the factory and all those great minds that surround us. Thank you to Jacqueline and Michelle at Fashion Leak and Bleach Online for asking us to be a part of the Fashion Leak series. Thank you to photographer, Michael Abrego and Fast Ashleys Studios for the amazing studio space. Nicole Greener for the FABULOUS hair and make-up. Our models who were working it in all ways Laura and Ellison, thank you ladies. And of course our good friends Kim Swift and Andrew Stevens from We Came In Peace always know how to make any idea take shape and form. They specialize in turning it out!

Our interview with Fashion Leak www.fashionleak.org will be up in September. Keep you posted. So excited to see it!

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Sunday Mornings

It's been a little while since our last blog. It's crazy how New York can seriously consume you, and so much time will pass without you even realizing! Sunday mornings are great for reflection on the week past and planning for the week ahead. Sunday morning means coffee, muffins and bagels, what's not to love!

This week is going to be a great one.

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