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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    February 2019

     Stop what you are doing and cancel your dinner plans for the rest of the month! I just discovered a television show that is so good it's literally all I...

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  • Lingua Franca x DVF Valentine's Day Event

    Lingua Franca x DVF Valentine's Day Event

    February 2019

    Join us tonight! Come celebrate our collaboration, pick up a "love is life" sweater and meet our fun team! I hope to see you tonight! Please rsvp by clicking the...

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  • Calling All Extraordinary Women!

    Calling All Extraordinary Women!

    February 2019

    I have the most exciting thing to tell you about... Happy Monday. I've been waiting for days for this Monday to arrive! If you know me at all, you know...

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  • You're Invited: Wear Your Sweetheart on Your Sleeve

    You're Invited: Wear Your Sweetheart on Your Sleeve

    February 2019

    You're invited! Visit 382 Bleecker Street for complimentary sweetheart monogramming on all in-store purchases made between Monday, February 11th and Wednesday, February 13th.

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  • Love Rules!

    Love Rules!

    February 2019

    Back by popular demand - our limited edition, hand beaded, hand bejeweled, hand stitched “love rules” sweaters. Each one is unique and they are even better in person! $100 from...

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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    February 2019

    It's fashion week here in NYC, which honestly seems less important than it used to. Sure, everything about the industry, in general, has changed, and shows are feeling more and more...

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  • The Alliance for Quality Education

    The Alliance for Quality Education

    February 2019

    This week, my friend and activist Zakiyah Ansari stopped by to chat about her work with the Alliance for Quality Education (AQE). I love sharing important and inspiring people like...

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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    February 2019

    Here's a list of some things I'm into this week: I can not wait for the new Frida Kahlo show to open at the Brooklyn Museum next week. Vintner's Daughter...

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  • The Gift is in the Wound

    The Gift is in the Wound

    February 2019

    Scenes from our very first embroidery class - see more on Insta stories! Photos by @danielgsilbert The Gift is in the Wound I picked up my old childhood hobby of...

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  • Being Human

    Being Human

    January 2019

    RxArt is a nonprofit whose mission to “help children heal through the extraordinary power of visual art” has led to 45 epic art projects in nearly 60 hospitals around the country. How...

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  • Brrrr! Brrrr! Brrrr!

    Brrrr! Brrrr! Brrrr!

    January 2019

    It's colder outside than Nancy Pelosi's latest letter to Donald Trump! (Lol - I couldn't resist, go Nancy go!). You know it's bad when you start wearing thermal turtlenecks UNDER...

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  • You're Invited: Custom Embroidery Class With Lingua Franca

    You're Invited: Custom Embroidery Class With Lingua Franca

    January 2019

    Join our friends at Lingua Franca for a lesson on how to stitch! The afternoon will be complete with one-on-one instruction, a take-home embroidery kit and an LF sweater for you to customize. RSVP to...

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