PLUS! New Clients: A Love Story in Tuscany and Organic Mood-Changers. A Never-Before-Told Capote Story and More!

My ancestors were NYC “puffers.” Beginning in the 1900’s, my people uprooted from Europe and migrated to hard-scrabble NYC, where they persisted through two World Wars; traded their Yiddish for English, all while making their fortune in America by manufacturing stylish snowsuits for children. Snowsuits were a new luxury thing and for many years it did actually snow a lot during the winter in the Northeast, even in April! Making snow angels while looking adorable became a thing and my ancestors thrived by serving their times.

Full-on, Eskimo snowsuits seem ridiculous now, even for kids. Today climate change, Balenciaga and new definitions of puffers have changed everything.

Clearly what served us brilliantly yesterday won’t serve us today. Nor was it designed to serve us tomorrow.
Time to pack away the puffers.
Bye Winter, Hello Spring.

While I have imagined, designed and created for mass and niche pop-culture and luxury lifestyle clients for over 30+ years, from nature-inspired body jewelry on major couture runways to award-winning landscape art spanning thousands of wild acres in Brazil, and my agency is known for touchpoints of meaning that connect and energize all our lives…however, like my relatives, I ask myself, what are the most useful, essential services and product for the current times we’re in?
 
The answer I hear lately is “less is more.”
We all have more on our plates than ever before. As a remedy, we’ve added new MICRO services that create impactful MACRO results to guide our agency’s latest creative offerings.
 
Our new services packages fit your desires and schedules ~ they are either efficient powerful boosts based on MICRO incremental hourly consults or MACRO major deep dive, day-long intensives.
 
Read more about our new packages and our current agency projects. (plus the Tuscany love story, Capote and other intrigues!)

New Packages!
Marketing consultation and support by the hour.
Our new special rate for packages at $150. per hour can include:  

• Tech Tutorials
• Social Media Saviors
• PR Puffery Ideas

Creative consultation and support by the hour at $150. per hour can include:

• Branding
• Photography/video
• Logos

Your custom business-building packages come in two basic sizes:

• MICRO: 1 session, via a 1-hour consult call, $150. per hour

         Save with our Monthly MICRO Package: 4 sessions  month consisting of 1-hour consult call per week, discounted at $500.

• MACRO. A retreat for your brand! For start-ups or re-brands, a full-day, intensive VIP brand immersion in a beautiful hotel space, including a scrumptious luncheon, my just be the best use of your time. You will leave this bespoke, no-distractions session with new brand conception strategy, creative direction and a full brand package (messaging + visual) 1 week later. Consults include our creative team in person or by Zoom. $5000.

Testimonials From Two “Puffed Up” Clients

MICRO

From one meeting, in one paragraph, you captured my essence in words better than people who know me for 20 years!  Thank you!Liz Eubank, interior Designer

MACRO

We worked with Jade to create a private invitation for our prospective retreat club members. Jade and her team were a delight to work with. They took the time to set a clear strategy, asked thought-provoking questions to understand our brand and our ideal clients, and created a stunning invitation and presentation deck for us in both digital and print editions. The copy and imagery used was sensory, luxurious, and inviting. The level of detail and attention was high and we were overjoyed with the final outcome. We would highly recommend Jade for your future branding projects.Natalia Edelmann, Owner, LUXE Club Retreats

More testimonials here.

Our Latest Puffery

Our clients have ranged from psychics to US Ambassadors, CIA agents and psychologists to Olympic athletes plus MICRO to MACRO brands in design, wellness and lifestyle. See what’s new this month below at the agency for some inspiration.
Go MACRO with Jade Dressler Collective

OUR PHOTO/VIDEO COLLECTIVE
Book a free Meet and Greet Zoom or a consult with our photography/video team, a synergy of talent from photographer, videographer Ylva Erevall @ylvaerevall; to hair stylist and our Artistic Director, Marco Maranghello @marcomaranghello; and makeup artist, Oscar Caballero @oscarmakeup1
 
OUR BRANDING, TECH AND GRAPHIC COLLECTIVE
Carol Morgan Eagle and Barbara Davis are a dynamic duo, the perfect blend of creative and tech savviness.
 
Book a one on one, or a collective photo/video session…just reply to this email to get started.

More Muses (in Film + Television)

Congrats to our friend and client, Kim Jackson of Evotion Media, board member with New York Women in Film + Television (NYWIFT) !
 
This year Everything Was Sparkling about the NYWIFT 2024 Muse awards at Cipriani.

The line to enter went around the block!

I was so honored to sit at the @Evotionmedia media table invited by Kim and Zach Lebeau. Our client, @mymoodbars donated a month’s supply of nutritional bars for the raffle…a perfect NOURISH, AWAKEN and SOOTHE gift…for our industry! Seeing old friends, meeting new friends…there must have been 1000 people in attendance!

I’m so happy to be a NYWIFT member and plan to do more with this powerful group.
The lineup of award winners and presenters was so inspiring!

From Front Line PBS editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rat; award-winning actress and producer Alex Borstein, actress and trade union leader, national president of the SAGAFTRA Fran Drescher; to award-winning actress and filmmaker, Kyra Sedgwick.

We were happy to see filmmaker Michèle Stephenson receive an award for directing. PR-partnered with Katrina Boswell, we cheered her Albies award in September with Maysles Documentary Center for her film, Going to Mars: The Nikki GIovanni Project.

Incredible industry trailblazers!

In the mood…

Welcome To Our New Client, MOOD BARS

THE HEALTH CHALLENGE.
“As a vegan and diabetic woman, I discovered it was impossible to find a nutritional bar for both myself and my patients, family and friends that wasn’t packed with salt and excessive calories” relates reproductive and perinatal psychiatrist, Dr. Carly Snyder, co-Founder of MOOD BARS. “I searched high and low in vain for bars formulated specifically for women that were made of high-quality whole foods and nutritionally-dense ingredients that did more than just ‘filled you up’ or ‘tasted ok’.”

Dr.Carly took her frustration one step beyond. Fueled by the idea that ‘you are what you eat’, what if an all-natural, nutritionally-dense bar could actually help shift a mood, from famished to NOURISH; from low energy to AWAKEN and from irritable to SOOTHE?

THE TASTY SOLUTION.
Inspired by her female patients, and armed with decades of experience and a detailed understanding of physiological changes and resulting mood fluctuations, plus the support of a team of highly knowledgeable specialists; Dr. Carly realized she could fill a hole in the nutritional market, and MOOD BARS was born.

Get your MOODS in order here: My MOOD BARS
Have an event, want to sample and write about MOOD BARS? Just reply to this email.
 The Maysle’s Eye on Iris

Our client Maysles Documentary Center was in the news these past months from our inclusion in a Black History Month must-attend events in AMNY, to folks and media like Town & Country buzzing about the rumor of the Maysles brothers filming Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball as portrayed in the new FX series, to the passing of one of the Maysles’ subjects, the legendary Iris Apfel.

In tribute to Iris, Maysles shared:
“We at Maysles Documentary Center would like to pay tribute to rare bird and geriatric starlet Iris Apfel, who died this week at the ripe age of 102 and a half. She was the subject of one of Albert Maysles’ final films, IRIS, which screened at MDC in May 2015 to sold out audiences. Opening night was moderated by Harlem’s own Michael Henry Adams, with Iris herself in attendance, and a line of fashionable Harlemites down the block… Iris was a cherished supporter of MDC, an Albie Awards attendee, and a born and raised New Yorker, who will continue to be an inspiration to us all.”

For more Iris love, see @mayslesdocementarycenter on Instagram.

Oh! Oprah Daily, Coppola and Capote!

One of our favorite clients is Freck Vreeland, the 96-year old former Sr. US Diplomat, CIA agent, and son of the iconic Diana Vreeland, for whom we do branding, PR and social media.

Recent press on Freck and his adventures has ranged from the Sophie Coppola profile in The New Yorker to The Swans TV series on Truman Capote…even to Oprah Daily, where  we secured a feature for him titled “90 Might Be The New 40!”

Here’s a juicy sample story from his fascinating Instagram feed, which we steer and create:

Freck: It would seem that I have a story from my memoir for every occasion and people’s renewed interest in Truman Capote and his swans is no different.

When my wife Betty and I decided that we needed a weekend house in New York the person who offered to show me country homes on Long Island was none other than Truman Capote. He lived near Sagaponack, a small town about a two-hour drive from Manhattan. Now one of the most sought after areas in America, back then it was just potato fields populated mainly by Polish immigrants. Truman and I zipped around in his green convertible Jaguar in quest of “For Sale” signs. Finally, one “For Sale” sign led us to a simple but wonderful farmhouse. It was on Sag Main Street, two houses down from the tiny local post office and gas station. Betty and I bought the property and became part of the weekly migration of professionals who put aside their weekday jobs in New York to commute to their country homes for the weekend. I befriended Truman over the years. When Betty became seriously ill it was Truman who helped me publish her poetry in time for me to present it to her.

For more intriguing stories, follow Freck’s Instagram here.
My Illustrative Goals

Speaking of The New Yorker.  My black and white Puffer sketch was illuminated with color by a new collaborator, our graphic/tech guru, Barbara Davis, also known as “BPix.”

I think it’s ready for The New Yorker, yes?

More PR hits … Broadway Show Tunes = Trainer Tips

Vinny! When a new thin but very fit and muscular trainer belted out show tunes in my gym’s power pump classes, even I was singing along!

“The sun will come out toooo-mor…row…” Broadway actor and lover, Vinny Celeiro is Queen of the Gym and when he barks out “and 5,6,7 8” and “Hup! Hup!” you better move your …

We were so inspired by him that we pitched Vinny to Prevention magazine for their article, “16 Clever Ways to Boost Workout Motivation, According to Trainers”

Hup! Hup! Vinny’s MICRO tip reached the MACRO 10 million readers of Prevention:
Personal trainer Vincent Celeiro, suggests planning a fun activity before or after your sweat session. “Something that sparks your joy so that you can look forward to it! Go out to lunch, treat yourself to some retail therapy, or culture yourself and go see a Broadway show!”

My MACRO Illustrative Goals

Yep, yep! I do LOVE making my sketches and collages and I made a whole lotta art for January birthdays, including the making of a Prince collage portrait.

I worked off a famed early poster for a concert in Frankfurt as it seemed most magical with that mesmerizing direct gaze of his. I updated his Highness with floral flounces, mushrooms on that tiny twerking torso and sparkle pine cones for both his pineal and Princely private areas.
New Client, The Celestiale Experience aka An Italian Slow Luxury Love Story

MICRO MACRO. To sum up this latest, longish MACRO email, I offer 3 MICRO words which convey SO MUCH!

Retreat…in…Italy

 
Evocative enough, imagine being a guest of a custom week-long feasting and foraging experience in golden, abundant Tuscany this Fall season.
 
Introducing The Celestiale Experience. Not just a travel destination but most importantly an inspiration for an enchanting way of living anywhere in the world.
 
The magical heart of this tour is Niccolò Pieranni, a Tuscan home chef among three generations of his family along with his wife, Lourée Maya, a veteran of international hospitality, together living and sharing an all-inclusive week of  wining, dining, and the in-depth discovery of Tuscany’s beauty. (more pics here)

By day, guests truffle hunt with locals; soak in a luxury thermal spa; enjoy historic and upscale winery tours and tastings; explore medieval villages and organic farms; learn to make pasta dishes with the truffles they have harvested and more. By evening, guests enjoy grand event-designed wine-paired candlelit dinners al fresco at magnificent castle and countryside farmhouses before retreating to an ELLE Decor magazine featured, minimalist designed palazzo with beautiful frescoes and private garden, in the heart of an enchanting medieval village.    Tour dates for 2024 are September 29–October 5; October 6–12; and a shorter trip on Sept 15–19th.   Happy to share more or images, please indulge yourself and view their site here and their Instagram here.   If you book a trip please mention me or our agency’s name and I want to hear every detail once you return!   Truffles for Fall Season in Italy Anyone?

Full circle friends. What are you dreaming about? Let’s create together!

Let our 30+ years of serving up creative for pop-culture and luxury lifestyle clients, work for you. We love to consistently create meaning, stories, and creative content with clients that connect and energize our lives. We are a full-service agency with clients in North and South America and Europe. See our newest brand book of services here!

How to match inner vision to outer purpose?

Emotions are power.
They change us, cleanse us and connect us.

In this changing season, we can let go of this idea of “mindsets” and instead we can activate our “feelings flow” a fluid deep look + feeling for the core of our intentions and emotional experiences. These days, everyone I know is riding this creative rocket.
 
Case in Point: Those earrings I am wearing are called “Correspondance” from the collection I co-designed that walked the runways of Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass and Mary McFadden in the 80’s.

The bubbly essence that inspired the design is a “Core-Respond-Dance.” The vibrance of the name speaks to the interconnected inspiration and emotional collaboration that I love and why I do what I do to enhance our clients’ creativity and power.
 
NEED SOME FEEL-YOUR-FLOW POWER TIPS? Have a look at 9 emotionally empowering intentions playing out at the core of the projects in our business these days. It’s what we are seeing, feeling, supporting, pitching, producing and empowering.
 
Mindsets, goals and strategic plans naturally flow from there.
 
I’d love to bring that power of togetherness and meaningful correspondence to your projects and business …Reply to this message and let’s talk about how my agency can support you with branding, creative, marketing and BOOM! POWER!

Poke this link here for my 9 MY FEEL-YOUR-FLOW-POWER TIPS!

Get your garden growing this minute, this quarter, this season!

Here’s what’s on our screens, desks, (sidewalks and hearts) to inspire you towards BRAND MAGIC…

VIDEO for a psychic medium;

SOCIAL MEDIA + MARKETING for the top Black documentary film center;

CONTENT for new tech digitizing physical treasures;

NEW PLATFORMS for a celebrity hair guru;

BOOK support for the memoir of a perfumer;

a COVER STORY for a former US Ambassador;

BRANDING + SITE for a film + TV producer duo and SLOW LUXURY creative collabs.

Quick notes on why we love these clients + projects… would love to hear your thoughts!

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#1 UP FIRST! VIDEO FOR A PSYCHIC MEDIUM!

We are creating Alaine Portner’s brand and site re-design including a series of six Q+A videos like this one here. Imagining your own video series upping your realms? I do indeed foresee your prosperous future when we co-create stellar VIDEOS for you!

#2 SOCIAL MEDIA + MARKETING FOR A NATIONAL TREASURE.

A Harlem-based nonprofit organization, Maysles Documentary Center, is committed to community, education, and documentary film, the center uses film making to amplify and expand under-represented artists and narratives, while empowering young filmmakers in creative self-expression, communicating ideas, and advocating needs.

We love doing their MARKETING + SITE work! Need that energy for your biz, cause or stylish self-expression? Let us help!

#3 WE LOVE TO MAXIMIZE CONTENT DIRECTION FOR NEW BRANDS.

Vaulted is a new idea which adds digital video and assets to tell stories about treasured objects, thereby increasing their value. Heirlooms, collectibles, antiques, even Grandma’s cookbook!

Yawning over NFTs? Vaulted is multi-dimensional tool connecting COMPELLING CONTENT … and most exciting … invites people and brands to weave sharable stories around what is most important to them.

#4 WE LOVE BUILDING NEW BRAND PLATFORMS, period!

A new BRAND platform for Marco Maranghello, who is top of his game as a celebrity hair stylist, film producer and philanthropist, is next level for the whole team! It’s like building a nest, a place to imagine and produce the structural support for creatives that in turn, gives wings to transformation.

You know that sounds poetic, and we say, “As it should be!”

#5 BOOK SUPPORT FOR THE MEMOIR OF A PERFUMER.

With an unusual talent for detailing the sensuality of her exotic travels from the secrets of the Far East to the deserts and gardens of Africa where she discovers scents, perfumer, Maria McElroy’s memoir is a fascinating project. We are crafting her BOOK PROPOSAL and EDITING THE BOOK. (while swooning.)

Her testimonial, “Jade, you have helped me immeasurably!” says it all.

#6 SOCIAL MEDIA AND PR FOR A GRAND GENT.

This COVER STORY placed for our client, the 95-year-young former Sr. US Diplomat, CIA agent, and son of the iconic Diana Vreeland, Freck Vreeland, shows how in love he is with life and wife, Sandra. A dapper world traveler, living in Rome, his 17K Instagram followers love his character, quotes and lifestyle, a world built by us.

Y’all know you have no time for the social platform action you need! Let us PR + SOCIAL you and your world of business.

#7 NEW VENTURES, NEW BRANDING AND NEW SITE.

Grateful to be on a 20-year journey with my dear friend, producer Kim Jackson, spanning from the Hamptons Film Festival in 2000-something to designing her logo and newest platform, Evotion Media. See her notable work on the new Evotion site we designed, here.

Cinematic dreams and visions of your next venture keeping you up at night? Let us BUILD YOUR BRAND, LOGO and WEBSITE so you can get some restful sleep!

#8 DESIGN PROJECTS LEAPING IN OUR DREAMS.

We are passionate about the transformational aspects of people, places and brands.

#9 You Who? If you are a personality, brand or property that needs a boost and a bit of brand magic, let’s make your garden grow together!

Oh hi, hello friends, have some BELATED new year prezzies from me!

S’cuse me, I was just out here meditating under a tree, chatting with the full moon and glittering morning stars via my futurist-channeling headdress.

Finally! I was gifted a 2023 vision!

For this new year, we wish the brightest creativity and insight for you ~ our friends, network, clients, and co-creators ~ by sharing inspired GIFTS + PRESENCES via a sampling of nine favorite agency client projects that recently moved the stars.

But first,  with the light + green return to the earth, and while I kiss the sky, here’s my visionary 2023 gift for you.

We love being an answer to prayers!
Maybe yours?

I’m offering Y’ALL 2 gifts:

• A free 1-hour brand strategy call.

AND / OR

• Make an intro for our agency team and enjoy a 10% referral fee based on the project or retainer.

ARE YOU PERHAPS WONDERING…
What’s your passion and purpose?
How to handle all your marketing support needs that keep you awake at night?
How to dust off and refresh a dream or biz?
 
Our agency helps businesses scale up with creative + marketing agency services for luxury lifestyles, personalities, and wellness brands. Based in NYC, we offer stellar messaging and design at great prices, backed by 30 years of creating brand experiences for mass and niche brands.

Come, the light + highness beckon…

YOUR GIFTS.

From an hour strategy call to a full rebranding project, or even a referral or co-created vision …we’d love to learn more about you, read about our agency by clicking here:

OUR CAPABILITIES DECK

And Now, Drumroll…A Scroll of 9 of Our Favorite People + Projects Flying into 2023

*1 Alaine Portner Is a Powerful Psychic Presence

THE PRESENCE BEYOND

The accolades say it all about Alaine Portner, The Happy Medium, on our new branded site for this wise psychic medium. (And yes, it’s true, she’s my lil sister)

“Your site’s photos and videos are very “new age” misty. That just won’t do, since your vision is so clear,” I told her in that older sister vibe.

Sneak preview: We envisioned something more flowery + energetic, like Alaine’s personality, events, and revelations. She’s TV bound and her work around the world is growing.

YOUR GIFT.

Do we have the same kind of psychic vision as Alaine? A smidge sometimes!

We most definitely have a vision for brand stories. Videos are a special love. We’ve directed all sorts of powerful video stories, from a TV pilot during a Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week to an industry sustainability panel in the Highlands of Scotland to filming lifestyle for Europe’s CNN (n-tv), in Manhattan and the Hamptons.

See our Vimeo page of videos here.

What dream can we create with you?

*2 Freck Vreeland Is a Strategist.

A WARM PRESENCE.

Our favorite gentleman client, Freck Vreeland, a former US Ambassador and Diana Vreeland’s son, recently rocked his favorite Winter scarf in New York magazine.

He says, “I modeled my favorite scarf for @thestrategist. “Blue is my favorite color because it reminds me of the Majorelle blue of my beloved Marrakech. This was a Christmas gift from my godson, so it’s extra special.”

An intriguing cross between James Bond and Barack Obama, Diana’s son Freck is now a vibrant 95 elder with an equally fascinating life. He came to us to help with his branding, book proposal, social media, and promotion of his memoir.

We PR’d Freck, created his site, and zoomed his Instagram account from zero to 11.9K in just months (now 17K!) with posts on everything art, culture, Diana Vreeland, Cold War spies, and the doings of a pal of people like Jackie O, Mick Jagger, and Richard Branson.

Freck was also ordained a “Granfluencer,” the over-65 set that is thriving according to a recent New York Times story about a surprising set of stars that are having the time of their lives. Read more in this interview with Freck.

YOUR GIFT.

Want to happily be wrapped up with a new brand strategy and content, like a favorite, snuggly luxe scarf? See our work and get inspired here.

*3 DR. PEDRE COURTS THE INFLUENCERS CAMPAIGN

A HEALTHY PRESENCE.

In advance of the game-changing new book by “America’s Gut Doctor,” aka Dr. Pedre, The GutSMART Protocol, coming April 4, 2023, we are securing endorsements and brands for a gift box guaranteed to thrill influencers in the wellness and food worlds.

Our goal is to “wow!” with treats like delish gluten-free granola, master chef tools, surprises like a mini fermentation device, and of course, a hard copy of Dr. Pedre’s new book. We hope to teach people Dr. Pedre’s GutSMART habits with the contents of the Influencer Box.

YOUR GIFT.

How to win over influencers on social and journalists in media? We’ve created exciting gifts to entice endorsement for over 20 years, be it the perfect PR pitch at the right moment to hand-delivered, precious Dior sunglasses in a box of all things delicious and French. See our award-winning creative work here.

*4 Robin Wilson Is A Wellness Brand Powerhouse

A CLEAN PRESENCE.

We were honored recently to be consulting and securing events for Robin Wilson, founder of CLEAN DESIGN HOME®, focused on the allergen-aware lifestyle. Her company is now a global lifestyle brand, sold at retailers like Macy’s and the UK-based NEXT, plus a growing list of hospitality brands.

A wellness industry pioneer since 2000, Robin was named to INC magazine’s “Top 100 Female Founders” list (2020) and speaks regularly at conferences and industry events.

For a Victoria’s Secret Black History Month employee event, we secured her spot on their panel on resilience, which will reach thousands of employees.

Even Cosmopolitan magazine raves that Robin’s bedding has the best luxury sheets, here.

YOUR GIFT.

Who here needs a biz boost? Consulting, coaching, marketing, and PR’ing is the wellness solution for you and your biz! Hit reply to this email and let’s connect!

*5 IONX IS FIBER MADE FROM METEORS TO HEAL AND INCREASE PERFORMANCE.

A SPACE-AGE PRESENCE.

Our success running the PR in NYC for a global launch of Speedo’s Olympic-winning Fastskin full-bodysuits, with famed Olympian Michael Phelps and teammates (as seen above in our Vanity Fair placement) turned out to reverb in 2022.

Incredibly, on a first call with the inventor of IONX — an ionized performance and prevention fiber — the start-up founder told me how he worked on Speedo’s Fastskin and admired the PR campaign… wow. What a coincidence, I was doing the PR for that!

Today we’re on the team, conceptualizing the branding, site, collateral, and PR for IONX.

YOUR GIFT.

Got Olympic-sized branding or PR desires? We can make you a winner, speedo!  Subscribe on the Ionx page to keep ahead with this winning brand!

*6 YUM! WE HUGELY GREW NUTRITIONIST JESS CORDING’S SOCIAL.

A HEALTHY PRESENCE EXPANDS.

Content, content, content.

More, more, more.

Better, better, better.

Isn’t this what everyone wants for 2023?

We are happy to report that we grew the social media for health expert Jess Cording in 2022, with an 82% increase over 2021.

You’ve seen Jess’s advice in Forbes, Prevention, Fitness, Shape, MindBodyGreen, and even on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. She is a registered dietitian, integrative nutrition health coach, podcaster, and writer with a passion for helping others simplify their wellness routine.

Did we gift her more exposure? Yes. More time for her to write her book? Yes!

YOUR GIFT.

Are you desiring more, more, more time + social media?

Oh, and more content creation, too?

We can be your gift in 2023, see our social media work here.

*7 EVOTION MEDIA FLOATS A NEW LOGO.

A VERY MOVING CINEMATIC PRESENCE.

Admiring the power of our agency symbol, film producer, Kim Jackson came to us for a major logo for her new venture, Evotion, where storytelling meets the evolution of emotion. With a request for a tight turn around we dove into those emo waters!

Thus the “e” met a watery feel with bubbles and movement, something that clearly evoked transformation in an alchemical way. Thus also the gold. Moving transformation through phenomenal film for a shift to our reality.

Peep Kim Jackson’s most recent film, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, “Down with The King,” about a rapper (played by Freddie Gibbs) who settles in the wilderness for inspiration.

YOUR GIFT.

Are you logo-adjacent?

When my agency designs a logo, we follow a desire to bring forth the love, the essence of a personality or a brand in its simplest most engaging form. It should grab attention and slowly reveal its messages.

Head to this post on “thejadedress.com” where you can have a look at some of the diverse, inspired, evocative, and moving logos we’ve designed, plus the stories behind our ecstatic logo design experiences.

*8 YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED AT AN EXCLUSIVE LUXURY RETREAT.

A LUXURY PRESENCE.

With travel restricted, the Pandemic was the perfect time to conceptualize, write, and design the identity and sales brochure for our client, Luxe Club Retreats. This European-based concierge offers custom, global, and ultra-luxury healing experiences from private yacht sunbathing to out-of-this-world spaceship voyages.

YOUR GIFT.

Do you lust for full-scale CREATIVE that travels and speaks to a global audience? Our luxury experiences range from work with mass brands like American Express; heritage brands like Prada and Dior: and luxury design industry groups like Wein Products of Vienna, Austria, and Textiles Scotland.

Oh, and did we mention successes created for global wellness brands and luxury hotels?

Have a peek at projects here!

*9 O’TIS THE PRESENCE OF OTIS UPON A LOTUS.

A GOD-LIKE DOGGO PRESENCE.

O’tis so amusing to capture characters, I love to illustrate the LOVE in all kinds of funny beings.

Meet Otis the dog. Meet O’tis upon a Lotus.

Otis is a Hoodle, a husky and standard poodle mix, a massive, magical dog with one tiny quizzical white eye who oversees my friend Betty’s incredible shop, Hawk + Floret, in the river town of Frenchtown, NJ. (just named the best small town for shopping in the country in USA Today‘s 10 Best Reader’s Choice travel awards.)

So many people love Otis that Betty and I conceived and created Otis greeting cards for holidays, birthdays, and this everyday useful greeting: Otis on a Lotus.

Otis isn’t online, he’s old-fashioned. DM his mom @hawkfloret on Instagram to buy his cards. Om Shanti!

YOUR GIFT.

Are you praying for designs that will send you to Nirvana?

Meditating for custom Illustrations to match your genius and transcend time?

Yes, we do that.

Do Visit Our Little Design Shop for Art, our Coloring Book + T-Shirts at The Jade Dress Shop.

full circle friends. what are you dreaming about for 2023? let’s create together!

We are a full-service agency with clients in North and South America and Europe.

Why not let our 30+ years of serving up creative for pop-culture and luxury lifestyle clients, work for you? We love to consistently create meaning, story and creative together with clients that connects and energizes our lives.

See our newest brand book of services here!

Openings. In the fascinating sensory energy explore that is Feng Shui, doors and windows represent voices. These openings between spaces and moments are like the voices, ours or others, that alter our paths. Doors are voices of authority or parents, while windows are the voices of creativity or children. Openings are the go-between, the energy that connects us.

Holiday openings in NYC are a heady mix of the voices and vibration of miracles, tradition and gifts…all hailed within a space of joy we share for the possibilities of a new year approaching.

One of my favorite traditions every year is Holiday House, a designer showhouse that warms up the soul for the holidays, like the soft, bright lights of a destination in a wintery night. In previous years, I’ve compared it to the board game of Clue, with a wish or story in every room, this year the 2022 Designer Showhouse event is a study in contrasts with one penthouse apartment splashed with eclectic designs and the other showcasing the nuances of neutral design.

Open until Dec. 11, at The Kent, a 30-story luxury residential tower on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, each room enjoys what must be the hugest windows and the most incredible views of the skyline, East River and Central Park! Hello creative voices!

One for the heart: 14 exuberant years in, the event proceeds help raise critical funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). Founder, creative director and breast cancer survivor, Iris Dankner, co-chairs Amy Lau and Jean Shafiroff, (who always wins the best-dressed award!), seen here with Iris and Patti Carpenter. The evening was presented by Extell and CL Investment Group, along with the many, many contributing design and resource names, plus Benjamin Moore, ready to celebrate with their pink hue color for 2023, Raspberry Blush.

As is our custom, we share with you 9 TRENDS WE LOVED FROM GIFTED VOICES …Plus, a little Feng Shui-inspired commentary, peppered with a dash of numerology and chakras, following our 9 Stars Passport, our GPS system for life, a Design Sync of our Bodies, our Spaces, our World.

Did you think chakra energy centers were just in our bodies? Oh no! Come, let’s explore more!

TREND 1. EXUBERANT POEMS

 Designer: Alison Rose x Roche Bobois, alisonroseny.com

At the root and foundation of any home is the magnetic gathering spot ~ at Holiday House it’s where the bar is. The Grand Salon.

It’s my favorite room this year. People gathered at the watering holes, one, a crazy quilt, harem island of acid-trippy patterns and an exuberant, violet caterpillar couch by Roche Bobois, capped with a captivating neon green photo of a series of doors.

Transitory, ancient and modern at the same time, quixotic Chinese calligraphy graffiti splashed across one wall like a Basquiat, a collaboration between Alison Rose and Rachel Thicks. It felt like an unearthed  poem. Is it surprising that Alison’s earliest memories are of spending her formative years in the pioneering workspace of her mother at New York City’s Museum of Natural History, a place where dramatic vignettes inspire fantastical, detailed environments?

WHY IT WORKS. Intention. Root. Grounding. Community. Family. Where it all begins is via our first chakra in our body and yes, public and private spaces have that energy center too. Honoring these recharge rooms with an intriguing mix of ancient tradition and comfort plus the energy of EXUBERANT POEMS hits the spot!

TREND 2. HEALING HALLWAYS

 Designer: Aamir Khandwala

The hallways that connect the room worlds at Holiday House turn into a labyrinth of galleries. I loved the undulating red carpet that softened the trek in the “Winter Solstice” gallery, by Aamir Khandwala, where giant crystals and vast sparkly interstellar photographs of Aurora Borealis inspired.

Designer: Katie Brandt Interiors, katiebrandtinteriors.com

In another hallway, designed by Kate Brand Interiors, grouped abstract black and white graphic explorations meet a star spotted rug underfoot. The essence of energy movement through simple graphic boldness and contrasting relationships function like a clarifying shot of caffeine or green juice. Attention held!

WHY IT WORKS. The second chakra is about crystalline, earthy connects of desire and passion. The basic ego transactions of life between self and others, like money, sex, fears and hopes. Imagine creating HEALING HALLWAYS that remind you to steady your breath and connect to the cosmos!

TREND 3. A MEDITERRANEAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE

Designer: A-List Interiors, alistinteriors.com

Pop into the “Roman Holiday” room and suddenly you are in Italy with all the classic richness and elegance that inspires the legendary Italian beauty and ingenuity.

From the scenic mural wallpaper of gentle massive trees to tiny details like lush coffee-table books, all an invitation to a centering slowdown.

WHY IT WORKS. The third chakra, at the core of a home or our bodies, is the earthy energy of the middle, heath and vibrancy, like a sun. It’s the light, where we center, process and merge. A MEDITERRANEAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE is a bright centering trend, perfect to incorporate in any space for a heal, like a sunny atrium in Rome, the classic focal point of a home.

TREND 4. THINK PINK

Designer: Zimmerman. Wearer: Honorary Chair Jean Shafiroff. 

An extraordinary dress might launch a thousand ships or inspire a cause… behold philanthropist, Jean Shafiroff, who consistently graces red carpets in elegant and eclectic couture.

Her layered, transparent sheer pink fluff dress with tiny, dangling pink crystals by Zimmerman captivated and captured the buoyant hope brought by the work of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

WHY IT WORKS. The fourth chakra represents the heart, mentors and travel, all expansive pursuits of joy. The symbolism of THINK PINK is a call to soften, nurture, and celebrate our capacity for vulnerability, healing and love.

TREND 5. SOFT VOICES

Designer: Elsa Soyars, “Gatsby 2022,” elsasoyars.com

Soft n’ Sexy. Soaring the heights of the penthouse master bedroom entitled “Gatsby 2022,” is a gold and beige Fromental wall covering of undefinable, yet lyrical organic forms. It creates a perfect balancing and grounding mood between the massive floor to ceiling windows. The sand tones made this wild-color girl both sleepy and excited…which is what bedrooms are for.

Designer: K.A. Murphy, “Into The Wild” kamurphyinteriors.com

The Cocoon of the Baby’s Room. Nursery wallpaper from Phillip Jefferies with textural embroidered swans floating and diving through lil fluffy clouds inspired the whole “Into The Wild” room and suited the contemplative window view of the wild city well. Protective animal spirits populated the room, I especially loved the animal baskets in this nurturing cubby hole, guardians of story time.

WHY IT WORKS. The 5^th chakra is the voice and our higher, expanded creative expressions. With all the vocal clamoring in the public square these days, we all need the remedy of SOFT VOICES.

TREND 6. REFLECTIVE DIMENSIONS

 Designer:  Alison Rose x Roche Bobois

Again with Grand Salon? Yes, a reflective on dimension. Yes, because the most exciting square footage in Holiday House showcased a painting on the wall in conversation with an extraordinary 6-foot flower arrangement that could have been a dragon or a sea creature. The glass dining table offered a dreamy reflective pool conversation between the art and the organic beauty. It was fluid and inter-dimensional. A slow luxury trend to support our evolving perspective on the world post-COVID and crazy.

WHY IT WORKS. Chakra six is the third eye, the beyond-3D-duality that inspires in yoga and in Feng Shui, in short it is “wisdom.”  Designing with light and reflection elicits a wise contemplative, be-here-now, in the moment soothe with REFLECTIVE DIMENSIONS.

TREND 7. TRANSFORMING COLLABS

 Designer: Cynthia Rowley x Parete paretewalls.com

This collab unfolded a multi-hued sensoria “butterfly sanctuary in the sky, harnessing the power of nature and color to set hearts aflutter.”

The charm of millions of butterflies flit-flitting about on the walls and a telescope to spot migrating Monarchs outside (yes they love NYC too) transformed this room to a butterfly cocoon commune.

Deemed the pioneer of “surf-leisure” by Vogue, Cynthia Rowley’s signature wetsuits and neoprene swimwear are displayed in an adjoining closet. Her garments are made with recycled materials and green technology, so the result is a gentler impact on butterfly and human habitat. The promise of A TRANSFORMING COLLAB, indeed.

WHY IT WORKS. The seventh chakra is transformation, which is so elemental to life, that someone, somewhere, somehow invented a caterpillar / cocoon / butterfly magic.

TREND 8. TINY HOUSE/TINY OFFICE

 Designer: KRID Studio, kridstudio.com

Got an extra empty closet? No I didn’t think so. But if you did, it could be turned into a tiny office!

The key is expansive details, like the live feed, huge high-definition computer screen that functions like a window via a video camera mounted on the terrace. Glass of champagne, also necessary for a tiny office!

WHY IT WORKS. Chakra eight is all about career, life path and destiny. A TINY HOUSE/TINY OFFICE with an expansive view suits the NYC spirit and those with too many closets.

TREND 9. TERRACE PASSIONS

Designer: ML Interiors  “A Love Letter to NY” minalisanin.com

The ninth chakra is all about relationship. 

I happened to catch two people actually doing that relating thing, see the lady in the jade green dress with the orb on the left magnetize towards the green pants man on the right underneath the twilight above a diamond city.

Design-wise, the terrace heart beats came from sculptural large furniture perfect for cuddling, like an adult playland. Swervy orange loop chairs for all kinds of fun by Tupelo whispered my name and the name of my secret lover for a big bear hug.

Love notes were scattered about, including the Sarah N Co. moss art wall, festooned with a pink ribbon.

WHY IT WORKS. Playfulness is the number 1 most important quality in any relationship. Don’t you agree?

Speaking of fun relationships, we wish you joyful holidays!

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Holiday House NYC’s Fall 2022 Designer Showhouse event will run through December 11^th with general admission tickets priced at $40. Tickets can be purchased here.

Founded by interior designer and breast cancer survivor Iris Dankner in 2008, Holiday House is an interior design showhouse in which top interior designers and lifestyle brands can showcase their talent. All proceeds from Holiday House events benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. You can learn more about Holiday House by visiting their website at www.holidayhousenyc.com

The event sponsors included Nash Stone Group, M. Daddio, Inc. Builders, Exequor Wellness, Fabricut, Phillip Jeffries, New York’s Little Elves, Roche Bobois, Kirsch, Benjamin Moore, Ann Gish, Parete, Top Hat Home Services, Tito’s Vodka, Royal Botania, Modernist Cuisine, FJ Hakimian, Studio Greytak, Neil Kerman Gallery, Frette, Stark Carpet, AJ Madison and John Lyle. Media Partners included Modern Luxury Manhattan, Hamptons Real Estate Showcase, and Park Magazine.

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