"Birth of Impressionism" exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

Two weeks ago I was in San Francisco for a few days and made a stop at the De Young Museum for "Birth of Impressionism"-Masterpieces from the Musée D'Orsay exhibition. It was absolutely breathtaking.  If you have an opportunity, you must make your way to the De Young Museum-the "Birth of Impressionism" runs now through September 6th, 2010.

Degas- "The Dancing Lesson"

Caillebotte- "The Floor Scrapers"

Renoir- "The Swing"

Here are a few other images of work that resonated with me.

With Paul by our favorite place in San Francisco- the Buena Vista Café
at Hyde and Beach Sts. in the Fisherman's Wharf

Eye of the Day Garden Design Center Event

Two weeks ago I had the immense pleasure of attending a wonderful event at Eye of the Day Garden Design Center in Carpinteria, California. Luxe Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Pamela Jaccarino moderated a discussion by Landscape Architects Sydney Baumgartner, Puck Erickson, Katie O'Reilly Rogers and Brent Freitas, Owner of Eye of the Day Garden Design Center. Attendees were served a delicious lunch paired with wine by Foxen Winery.

 Eye of the Day Garden Center

Following the panel discussion we made our way to Lotusland in Santa Barbara for a private tour of the magnificent estate. Purchased in 1941, at the encouragement of her 6th husband, Madame Ganna Walska began her transition from international socialite to garden designer. Moving through the estate is much like moving from one room to the next, each garden independent from the next creating a range of emotions as one walks the property. A gorgeous and engaging experience. Highly recommended.

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Marcie Bronkar's Fabulous Japonaise at Cloth & Paper

When it comes to couture design, hand sketched and handled from conception to production, there are very few designers remaining that can be considered pioneers in the industry. Marcie Bronkar is one of them. After more than 20 years in the industry and becoming the mastermind behind the home collections of leading designers such as Paloma Picasso, she has placed herself as one of the most sought after home collection designers in the country.

Marcie's most recent textile, Japonaise, was inspired from an antique document featuring a phoenix bird. This woven masterpiece is completely reversible and available in five seductive colorways. Textiles of this significance and quality have made Marcie Bronkar a jewel in the industry, and have left us wanting more. Her latest work can be found in her Design Salon on Larchmont Boulevard in Los Angeles.

golden blossom on honey

smoke on aqua

rouge on raisin

 

silverleaf on bamboo

apple on raisin

The New Bohemian Couture at the Marcie Bronkar Salon on Larchmont

Marcie's May 13th event launching the new Bohemian Couture Collection of one-of-a-kind, hand sewn yummy pillows was a huge success! All guests had fun sipping champagne and tasting treats from La Luna.

The collection debuts all Spring at our salon on Larchmont Blvd. Do not miss these statement pillows in a rainbow of undefinable colors, yarns and texture. Our new fabrics, Russian Eggs and Sugarhill, are featured throughout the salon.

                     Designers  Karen Brody and Carol Poet with me at the New Bohemian Couture party

                      Alice in Wonderland dreaming sweet dreams of Russian Eggs and Sugarhill fabrics....

Messages From Marcie: C Magazine

Thank you to all of my friends at C Magazine for including such a yummy piece sharing the news of my new Left Bank Salon with all of their readers. 

Our Shelter Cloth kidney pillow featured above comes in an array of delicious colors and can be purchased at our Larchmont Design Lab.

The phone has not stopped ringing! All of us at Cloth & Paper are huge fans of their monthly publication.

Messages From Marcie: LUXE Interiors + Design

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my visionary friends at LUXE Interiors + Design for their friendship and support all throughout our launch year. Each page is magnificent and inspiring, larger than life with a keen eye towards couture and design.

I also want to extend a special thanks for their help with our December 9th VIP launch party. We are very proud to grace their pages.

"NEWS FLASH"

OUTSIDE the blue WHALE. Inside the LAB.

Design Stylist Marcie Bronkar launches her first Salon and Lab open to Designers. Previously, only available at the Pacific Design Center in LA and showrooms around the country.

In the words of Tom Ford, during times of "cutting back", good design and custom work have become a matter of "valuing authenticity, quality and substance". Marcie could not agree more.

The buzz in LA and on this charming tree lined street known to locals and the Design Elite as Larchmont Village has just gone couture.

This level of attention to service and quality at such affordability is a sign of our times and reflects a significant change in the design market.

Give us a call at 323.336.5626 to meet with Marcie or just stop by to see what all the talk is about.

Here is the founder and creative director of Home Couture and Cloth & Paper, welcoming you to her Design Lab resembling a Left Bank Salon, Marcie Bronkar / Home Couture featuring Cloth & Paper.

Opening night launch party, December 9, 2009 - Before our guests arrived.

 A glimpse inside our Design Lab and Salon.

"Flower Power" printed on Belgian linen in 2010 Sunshine colorway.

 

"Japonaise" fabulous, reversible, one hundred percent cotton in six important colorways.

Our signature mattelasse "Shelter Cloth" in twenty yummy colors.

The perfect, modern drapery. Alone or in our signature layers our "Snowflake" in Angel.

 "Orsay" velvet in Sash. Modern chic, reminiscent of Paris in the twenties in four delicious colors.

"Sugar Hill" a wonderful handmade quality and hand, one hundred percent cotton debuting this Spring.