Place: Stacie Taylor

The place that we chose to make our home speaks to who we are. The items we surround ourselves with and the manner in which we choose to arrange our living and work spaces-especially when the two overlap-can reveal insights into our everyday personas as well as the people we aspire to be. Here the place where Stacie Tayor of Stacie May creates...



Q: What do you love about your home?
Stacie: All the things and people I love are right there. The structure itself doesn't matter when you have that.





Q: Describe your physical working environment?
Stacie: Messy. It's always messy. I try to clean up and organize between each project but there are always multiple projects going on at once. I believe that it's important to have a space where I can feel free to throw things on the floor, make piles of fabric scraps, have trims and sketches thrown about without feeling like I can't walk away and shut the door! The space itself is cozy and comfortable and provides the right inspiration.

















Photographs: 2010 Melissa Au, Dandelion Dreams Photography

Interviews: Part One

List a few things about yourself that may be previously unknown to many around you?
Stacie:
1. I once met the legendary Clint Eastwood as his waitress in a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia.
2. I always wanted to be a figure skater.
3. I was a ballet dancer for 11 years.
4. I love listening to cheesy 70's soft rock.
5. I've visited 38 out of the 50 states.

Nora: I don't know how to swim (I sooo want to learn but I'm scared)


Day or Night?
Cathy: Day

Stacie: Night

Nora: Day
Melissa: Night

Awake or Asleep?

Cathy: Awake
Stacie: Asleep

Nora: Awake
Melissa: Asleep

Book or Movie?

Cathy: Book
Stacie: Moive

Nora: Book
Melissa: Book

Coffee or Tea?

Cathy: Coffee
Stacie: Coffee

Nora: Coffee
Melissa: Coffee

Chaos or Order?

Cathy: Order
Stacie: Controlled Chaos

Nora: Order
Melissa: Order

Plan or Whim?

Cathy: Whim
Stacie: Whim

Nora: Plan
Melissa:Whim

Busy or Idle?

Cathy: Busy
Stacie: Busy

Nora: Busy
Melissa: Idle

Inside or Out?

Cathy: Inside
Stacie: Both

Nora: Out
Melissa: Out

What interests do you take time for, other than fashion design/teaching/art?
Stacie: Movies, Music, Theater, Art, A little bit of traveling, occasional hiking and camping, paging through glossy fashion mags, spending time with good friends, my dog and my boyfriend.

Nora: Art, Outdoors and Culture.

Cathy: I am very self disciplined--I either run, bike or swim every day depending on what I am training for at the time (running or tri events) I find cardio and working out make my mind more focused and sharp and clear thinking. Some of my best ideas come while running. It's kind of a meditative thing where tons of thoughts float around and something becomes clear to me.

What do you fear?
Cathy: Not being remembered.
Stacie: Heights.
Nora: Making mistakes.
Melissa: Losing my loved ones.

Interview Questions by Melissa Au

Introduction: Stacie Taylor, Designer ~ Stacie May

Stacie May is a San Diego based clothing company that offers women sustainable, season-less, timeless clothing for those who want to be unique and express themselves as individuals. Stacie May clothing is created in house, in the U.S., from sketches to samples. Pieces are not mass produced making each a limited edition. The inspiration for Stacie May’s graceful, feminine, yet classic looks can be attributed to an appreciation of antique and vintage collectibles, art, music, movies, history, and architecture along with an flair for experimentation with fabrics, colors, textures, and cuts that compliment curves.


Women of all shapes and sizes have always loved Stacie May, she really understands women with and without curves. Stacie stays true to her collections by not going with what the latest trend is but by finding inspiration from different areas of her life. Stacie manages to maintain her artistic flair while balancing a home life and a full-time job as a design consultant for a local San Diego business.




Stacie May's Events and Credits include: Fashion Week San Diego 2008, Scottsdale Fashion Week 2008, Escondido Fashion Week 2009, Thread Runway December 2009, Project Ethos Incubator April 2010, Lovestruck at La Jolla Playhouse 2010, Haute Magazine, Fashion Chicago Magazine June 2010 and October 2010, Viva La Moda Magazine, San Diego Reader, Smashing Darling Featured Designer, USTrendy Top 100 Designers, Industry Showroom, Hunt and Gather Boutique, Local Boutique, 34Fourteen, Burbank.

msstaciemay@staciemay.com ~ www.staciemay.com

Photography by: Gail Bowman, Modern Eye Images ~ www.moderneyeimages.com

Meeting: September 13th Rancho Bernardo Winery

The Crossroads: The Theme at Which We Will Converge

IN VINO, VERITAS...

In wine, there is truth. Wine, as a universal beverage around the globe, appeals to people across all cultures, tracing back to ancient times. In ancient Greek mythology there is the God of Wine, Dionysus, as well as stories in Roman history of Bacchus, God of Wine. Throughout time, wine has been used in religious ritual as well as an accompaniment to meals and for social gathering. Wine, in a way is an art form, stimulating and encouraging conversation with its sensuality and enticing mystery. Its aroma excites our senses of taste and smell. Its aesthetic fascination originates from the visual beauty of the vines growing in fields with bright green leaves and sumptuous grapes to the wine glasses it fills at our dinner tables. Behind it all is the chemistry, the science, at the basis of the long process of cultivating the most perfect sensuous nectar.

At the essence of Art and Fashion, there is truth. Art and Fashion, like wine, dates back to ancient times and they too stimulate the senses, and spark conversation with their aesthetic mystery. The process of creating wine, Art and Fashion possess parallels - from the planting of the seed growing into a beautiful plant that grows fruit to the harvesting, picking, and fermenting resulting in fantastic worldly creations of color and texture. It is Team Crossroads’s intention to create clothing, accessories and visual art that references the sensuality and beauty of wine, the science of the wine making process, story-telling through photography, and the teaching of the science of wine making, demonstrating the artistic process.

A few preliminary inspired pieces by Cathy Breslaw and design sketches by Stacie May below...